I’m Bas, a creative producer and director!

A young child touching a man's lips with their fingers in an outdoor wooded setting, with other people and trees in the background.

These are my
favorite commercials that I directed

TOMS OF MAINE

ACUVUE

CITYBLOCK HEALTH

INTEL

I take great pride in producing high-quality sponsored content

LA GALAXY

Ally partnered with Conde Nast Entertainment to profile two entrepreneurs who have grown their small ideas into inspiring enterprises through self-discipline and hard work. Here is an extended film (Directors cut) about Carlos Huber, the founder of Arquiste Parfumeur. Client - Ally Agency - Condé Nast Creative Director - Will Misselbrook Production - Birchwood Films Director, Director of Photography, Editor - Bas Berkhout Co-Director, Producer, Writer - Alex Knell Producer - Alberto Roldan Gaffer, Assistant Camera - Colton Huynh Hair, Makeup, Wardrobe - Misaki Ishihara Art PA - Gabrielle Khan PA - Christina Carreira Sound Design - Peter Stoel Public domain images via Prelinger Archives

ALLY BANK

Living happily in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 1992, Heleen left everything behind and moved to a farm upstate New York. Why did she go? To save her daughter’s life. A series of films about positive change. Created for Charles Schwab's "Why I left" campaign in collaboration with Vimeo.

CHARLES SCHWAB

FACEBOOK

MASERATI

DROPBOX

DOW

WSJ CUSTOM STUDIO

GOOGLE

PORSCHE

I also produce short docs independently

ROOTS OF RESILIENCE

DOODLE ARTIST

PICTURE BOOK MAKER

AMERICAN STUFF MAKER

CLASSICAL PAINTER

I love producing animations together with my wife, Hanne

UPS

CHARLES SCHWAB

CITYBLOCK HEALTH

Side projects

Like Knows Like
Jugded

Select interviews

Directors Notes
Format Magazine
Ways We Work
Vice
Vimeo
1985
Cool Hunting

Select awards

Gold Telly Awards 2022
Gold Promax 2019
Gold American Advertising Award 2017
Debut Film Award Dutch Film Festival
Audience Award Go Short Film Festival

Select features

AIGAdesign
It's Nice That
Swiss-Miss
Booooooom
CreativeMornings
Vimeo
Core77
MediaStorm

GOOD clients

UPS, Google, Wall Street Journal, Charles Schwab, ESPN, Facebook, Robb Report, Intel, Vimeo, Asics, Time Inc, Condé Nast, The Atlantic, Honeywell & Porsche

THANK YOU, friend. You made it to the end.