Ivan Tai-Apin

Ivan Tai-Apin
Born
Ivan Patrick Tai-Apin

(1977-02-23) 23 February 1977 (age 47)
Paramaribo, Suriname
EducationHigher Vocational Studies
Occupation(s)actor, director, screenplay writer and producer
Years active1999 - till now
OrganizationIT GOES Productions

Ivan Patrick Tai-Apin (born 23 February 1977) is a Surinamese actor, director, screenplay writer and producer. He is mostly known for his out of the box theater shows & plays. In 2016 he started a camera acting school in Suriname and is the managing director of It Goes Productions & Casting.

Biography

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Ivan Tai-Apin was born on 23 February 1977 and is the youngest of 4 children. In 1983-1984 he swam with the swimming club Neptunes and became national swimming champion of Suriname in his age category. In 1995- 1996 he became basketball youth champion of Suriname with SCVU. He left Suriname and went to the Netherlands at the age of 21 to study Industrial Engineering at the Hogeschool Rotterdam.

In 2002 during his studies, he started taking acting lessons with Rotterdam Interfaculty Student Cabaret (RISK) under the direction of Han Hazewindus. In 2006 and 2007 he started taking masterclasses in directing at RISK and in 2007 and 2008 he won the student one-act play festival in Rotterdam as a director with the plays 'The vegetarian cobbler' and 'The letter from Don Juan'. In 2008 and 2009 he directed and co-produced the international Unity is Strength Awardshow[1] in Rotterdam for the ‘Eenheid is Kracht’ foundation. In 2009 he coached the festival actors for the UNICEF Children Rights Festival in Rotterdam and was the drama coach for the children who competed for ‘the right to be a star show’. From 2005 to 2008 he worked as a director for the controversial Rotterdam clothing brand Truustrendy[2] and as an actor for Hazewindus Theater Productions.

In 2004 Tai-Apin got his first film role as Stanley in 'A joke goes on a journey and other stories' directed by Dutch director Janwillem de Kok. From 2004 to 2009 he was a member of the board of the Surinamese Inspraak Committee (SIO). In 2010 and 2011 Tai-Apin worked as a director at the Youth Theater School Amsterdam South East (JTSZO) in the Bijlmerparktheater in Amsterdam.In 2011 he directed his last play Lavatorie[3] in the Netherlands and left for his home country Suriname on July 24, 2011.

In 2013 he had a leading role (actor) in the opening show of Carifesta in Suriname, in 2016 he started his production company It Goes Casting & Productions. In 2018 he directed and produced his debut film Wiren, which was selected for the Netherlands Film Festival (NFF) and DBUFF filmfestival in 2019 and became the first Surinamese film on Netflix in 2020. From February 2019 to November 2019 he became interim director of Theater Thalia in Suriname. In November 2020 his debut movie Wiren was the first movie from Suriname that got Submitted by the Suriname Selection Committee for the 93rd Oscars. On January the 28th 2021 The movie Wiren was listed and approved by the Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts.

Filmography

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Year Filmography Role
2018

-2019

Wiren (feature film) - debut[4] Director, screenplay writer & producer
2017

-2019

  • commercial Fernandes[5]
  • commercial Parbo Bier
  • commercial Wippy Pindakaas
Lead Actor, reporter
2016

-2020

Castings
  • commercial Tulip, Optiek Ninon, Parbo Bier
  • telenamic etc.
  • Short movies and films etc.
Casting director, acting coach
2014 Akiki (short movie) Supporting role, acting coach
2013 Ala Sani kon Kenki now (documentary) Director, camera, and editor
2013 Carifesta opening show theatre Lead actor (TV performance)
2011

-2012

TV Station 18+ comedy show on TV[6] Camera, director, editor & co-creator
2010 Texas (short) Camera, director, editor, writer
2008 De Druppel (short)

Iso 597 (short)

Casting director

Actor (supporting role), acting coach

2004

-2010

  • Goede tijden slechte tijden, Parels en zwijnen,
  • Grijpstra en de Gier, Wereldhavendagen,[7]
  • commercial Balkenende
  • Waterkant TV[8]
Extra in film, lead roles in commercials,

reporter

Theater

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Year Theater Role
2019 Mohini, fighting against time[9]

(breast cancer)

Director & Co-writer
2019 Benefit theater show Thalia[10] Director
2018 Pride Show (LGBT+)[11] Director & Co-Creator
2017 Recovery Theater Water show

(advertisement show)

Director & Writer
2017
  • Afwas
  • Hilkia Lobman Show
Director
2017 I AM (Musical) Director
2016 Baka Fotenti Yari (LGBT+)[12] Lead Actor
2016 Ode aan het Doe Theater[13]

(history of Suriname)

Director & Co-writers
2015 Sick Society (Psychiatric patients)[14] Director & Co-Creator
2015 David & Bathsheba (Musical)

(Gospel theater show)

Director
2011 Lavatorie Director & Co-Creator
2009 Sito's Redding Lead Actor (monologue)
2004

-2009

Mother Courage

Midsummer Night's dream

Yvonne

Klokslag 3 Productions

Actor (supporting)
2004

-2009

De brief van Don Juan

De vegetarische schoenmaker

Director
2005

-2008

TruusTrendy fashion shows Director, Model
2004

-2005

Rotterdam safe city Billboard Model

References

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  1. ^ Unity is strength awardshow. "Eenheid is kracht Awardshow".
  2. ^ Nrc artikel. "Kledingsmerk Truustrendy".
  3. ^ "Theaterstuk Lavatorie theater Zuidplein Rotterdam".
  4. ^ "Wiren (film)", Wikipedia, 2020-12-03, retrieved 2020-12-09
  5. ^ Fernandes Kerstbroden Commercial. "Lead actor".
  6. ^ TV Serie. "tv station 18+".
  7. ^ Commercial. "De Wereldhavendagen Rotterdam".
  8. ^ Waterkant TV. "Reporter Owru yari Suriname 2009".
  9. ^ Recensie De Ware Tijd. "Theaterstuk Mohini fighting against time (breastcancer)".
  10. ^ Shoeket nieuws artikel. "nieuws bericht Thalia Benefiet Spektakel".
  11. ^ Werkgroep Caraibische letteren. "LGBT+ PRIDE SHOW".
  12. ^ Werkgroep Caraibische Letteren. "Theaterstuk Baka Fotenti Yari".
  13. ^ Artikel Starnieuws. "Recensie Ode aan het doe Theater".
  14. ^ Artikel Starnieuws. "Theaterstuk Sick Society".