Hein Mevissen

Hein Mevissen is an artist, director,[1]designer, photographer and entrepreneur with a Jewish Catholic background.[2] He started John Doe in 2001. He is the inventor, developer and designer of the John's Phone[3][4] with Diederiekje Bok: they created the phone in 2006 and launched it into the market in 2010.[5] John's Phone is also on display in the Museum of Ideas and Inventions in Barcelona. Some of Hein Mevissen’s design and art work is part of the permanent collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands.[6]

Mevissen has directed short films and television commercials for European products. He also directed several shorts for MTV, which he has sometimes chosen to film in the United States.[7] In 2011 he directed a short comedy film he wrote with Dutch writer and columnist Leon de Winter and Diederiekje bok called Bin Laden The musical[8] for which Frank Zappa's keyboard player Peter Wolf, wrote the music.

Trivia

Mevissen was called a Wunderkind in a Radio show about the United States [9] In 2012 Mevissen was featured[10] as one of the most talented individuals in the Netherlands. In 2008 Advertising Age featured Mevissen as Director to watch.[11] Mevissen is big in charity [12] and helps several charity projects every year[13] with his company Ollimania. Hein Mevissen’s work has been shown in Europe. It is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the contemporary Museum of Art Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam[14], the Miba National Design Museum in Barcelona, as well as museums in Munich, Germany.

Film directing
  • 2004 – L 'Ospedale (MTV) (Short)
  • 2007 – Brassband (MTV) (Short)
  • 2008 – Rocket Bros (MTV) (Short)
  • 2010 – John From Burlington (Comedy Central) (Short film)
  • 2010 – Aliens (Comedy Central) (Mini series)
  • 2017 – Olli Dream Big Animated short film.

(Named are only shorts and short films)

Author
  • 2014 – Olli en het poepkanon, co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Leopold) (Dutch)
  • 2014 – Olli is een olifant, co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Leopold) (Dutch and German)
  • 2015 – Olli en de woestijndraak, co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Leopold) (Dutch)
  • 2015 – Olli gaat op reis, co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Leopold) (Dutch)
  • 2015 – Olli and the pudding rocket, co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Leopold) (Dutch and English)
  • 2015 – Een kusje voor Tutje, co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Leopold) (Dutch)
  • 2016 – Olli wordt later, co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Leopold) (Dutch)
  • 2016 – Sugar Mousey It's always about love, co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Ollimania) (English)
  • 2016 – Hello Olli, co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Ollimania) (Dutch, English, French)
  • 2016 – The art of Ollimania, co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Ollimania) (English)
  • 2016 - "Happy Ollidays", co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Ollimania) (Dutch, English, French)
  • 2016 - "Olli Dreams", co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Leopold) (Dutch)
  • 2016 - "Tutje BFF", co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Leopold) (Dutch)
  • 2016 - "The Art of Ollimania", co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Ollimania) (English)
  • 2017 - Marike Bok, author of biography Marike Bok (Giant Dutch Dog Books) (Dutch)
  • 2017 - Practice Yoga with Olli", co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Ollimania) (English)
  • 2017 - Olli and the glorious shit storm", co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Ollimania) (English)
  • 2018 - Olli and the old forest", co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Ollimania) (Dutch, English)
  • 2018 - Santa Olli", co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Ollimania) (English, Dutch, French)
  • 2019 - The BBQ King", co-authored with Diederiekje Bok (Ollimania) (English, Dutch, French, Finnish, Polish, Danish)

Awards

Hein Mevissen won several international awards[15] for his work as a creative and as a director. Including a few times the New York festival[16][16] Gold World Medal. In December 2013 John Doe[17] got awarded with the highest Dutch advertising award[18][19][20][21] the Golden Loeki[22] for the Olli commercial that Mevissen wrote, produced and directed.[23] The agency John Doe got the award in a Live television[24] show from Arian Buurman, CEO of the Stichting Ether Reclame who hosts the Loeki awards.

Entrepreneur

John's Phone is a mobile phone that Hein Mevissen and Diederiekje Bok designed and manufactured.[25]

Mevissen is also the creator and designer of the character Olli that was original created in 2004 as a character for a bottled mineral water.[26] Bok and Mevissen are the founders of Ollimania.[27] Ollimania books are published in The Netherlands, France, England, Germany and Belgium.

gollark: I don't use Technic, it is heresy.
gollark: As soon as I work out how to update.
gollark: At last my evil plan can begin.
gollark: OOoo, you expanded the world border?
gollark: You're being very icosahedral here, all of you.

References
  1. "Directors to watch". Creativity. November 19, 2008.
  2. "Founders of John Doe Amsterdam". Idea Mensch. March 15, 2011.
  3. "Dutch launches no-frills mobile phone". Brandrepublic. November 16, 2010.
  4. "Nederlandse mobiele telefoon alleen om te bellen" (in Dutch). Nu.nl. January 21, 2012.
  5. "John's Phone: minimalistisch designmobieltje" (in Dutch). Het Parool. September 24, 2010.
  6. "Hein Mevissen in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen". Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. June 12, 2016.
  7. "Dutch director finds L.A. area a fertile field for commercials". Los Angeles Times. March 3, 2010.
  8. "Bin Laden star in musical" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. May 5, 2011.
  9. "Radio Interview Hein Mevissen" (in Dutch). NPO1.
  10. "Entrepreneurs to watch out for". March 28, 2012.
  11. "Directors to watch Hein Mevissen". AdvertisingAge. November 19, 2008.
  12. "Sophia children's hospital". July 19, 2013.
  13. "Het bijzondere verhaal van Olli" (in Dutch). The post Online. January 2, 2019.
  14. "Collection Boijmans van Beuningen, Hein Mevissen". Boijmans Van Beuningen.
  15. "John Doe Amsterdam grossiert in prijzen" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. June 26, 2007.
  16. "New York Festival Gold Medal". 2007. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  17. "John Doe grossiert in prijzen" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. June 26, 2007.
  18. "Olli wint Gouden Loeki" (in Dutch). Telegraaf. December 19, 2013.
  19. "Olli wint Gouden Loeki" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. December 19, 2013.
  20. "Gouden Loeki naar John Doe's Olli" (in Dutch). Adormatie. December 19, 2013.
  21. "Gouden Loeki 2013: Olli met reclamebureau John Doe" (in Dutch). Reclamewereld. December 19, 2013.
  22. "Gouden Loeki Awards".
  23. "Olli creditlist". October 2, 2013.
  24. "Olli wint gouden Loeki" (in Dutch). Show News. December 19, 2013.
  25. Ingeborg van Lieshout. "Een telefoon om mee te bellen". Sync.
  26. "Olli en het poepkanon trekken de wereld in" (in Dutch). October 29, 2014.
  27. "Home of Olli". Ollimania LLC. September 10, 2015.
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