
Ilja Roomans
Ilja Roomans is producer for Docmakers, a collective of award winning filmmakers based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She has 20+ years of experience producing both national productions and international co-productions. She is a member of the EAVE Producers Network, the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a board member of the Dutch Academy For Film. Recent films include The Propagandist (2024) by Luuk Bouwman, winner of the IDFA Best Dutch Film Award 2024, Where Dragons Live (2024) by Suzanne Raes and Master of Light (2022) by Rosa Ruth Boesten, 3 Emmy nominations and multiple festival winner (including SXSW Best Documentary Feature Award 2022).
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer
- 9 on MovieCove
What are Ilja Roomans' films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 9 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 5 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 8 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ilja Roomans' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ilja Roomans' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
9 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

The Propagandist(2024)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Close to Vermeer(2023)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Amigo Secreto(2022)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Licht(2022)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Master of Light(2022)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
My Rembrandt(2019)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Bugs(2016)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 9 MovieCove titles from 2016 to 2024.
How do Ilja Roomans' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed1
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Ilja Roomans work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ilja Roomans' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bruno Felix shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Suzanne RaesShared titles: Close to Vermeer (2023), Ganz: How I Lost My Beetle (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Suzanne Raes

- Oeke HoogendijkShared titles: Licht (2022), My Rembrandt (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Oeke Hoogendijk

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Sander VosShared titles: The Propagandist (2024), Licht (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Sander Vos
- Alex SimuShared titles: Close to Vermeer (2023), My Rembrandt (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Simu
- Gregor MeermanShared titles: Licht (2022), My Rembrandt (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Gregor Meerman
Producers
- Bruno FelixShared titles: Ganz: How I Lost My Beetle (2019), Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World (2018), Bugs (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Bruno Felix

- Femke WoltingShared titles: Ganz: How I Lost My Beetle (2019), Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World (2018), Bugs (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Femke Wolting

Mixed roles
- Boudewijn KooleShared titles: Licht (2022), My Rembrandt (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Boudewijn Koole
