Renée Scheltema (1951) is a Dutch documentary filmmaker and photographer.

After her Drs. degree in Criminology in 1974, she went to the University of California in Berkeley ( M.A. School of Journalism ). Her main subjects were TV-Journalism and Photo-Journalism.

For 25 years Renée has worked for Dutch television as a director, producer and camera-person. Some of her documentaries were commissioned by NGO's.

Other films were made on a freelance basis like “Hush”, a portrait of artist Tracy Payne; “Seven Days in Burma”,

“The Death Penalty”, “Portrait of a Zen couple”, “The Bus”.

Her latest award-winning documentary is called: 

“Something Unknown Is Doing We Don’t Know What”  (www.SomethingUnknown.com)

A feature documentary about the science behind psychic experiences, which has been officially selected at seven film festivals, and won the Special Jury Award at the Arizona International Film Festival.

As a photographer, Renée has been working for magazines and newspapers in Holland, the US, and South Africa.

She was a member of Gamma Liaison in New York (now called Getty Images).

Renée lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Degrees:

-M.A. School of Journalism. University of California. Berkeley

-Drs Criminology. University of Leiden. Netherlands.

-Bachelor at Law. University of Leiden. Netherlands.