April de Haas

Fixer In The Netherlands

Producer, Fixer

Native English Speaker . Netherlands Local .

About Me

I’m an experienced Canadian Producer that has been living and working in the Netherlands for 10 years providing production services to international companies looking to shoot in the Netherlands.

Back home in North America I worked on commercials, live to air shows, and various scripted and unscripted content for over 20 years, providing complete logistical production services including locations, crewing, permits, insurance, travel, paperwork, voice and on-screen casting, managing set design and build, post production, script supervision, script breakdowns, and management of production teams and crew.

Working with a native English speaker here in the Netherlands brings an ease and comfort to my North American and English speaking clients. I provide an understanding of English expectations and working norms that creates a harmonious shoot for English speakers with my solid relationships and knowledge of working conditions and social norms here in the Netherlands.

With a complete respect for your project, you can expect to be treated with the utmost attention to quality, making your shoot here a seamless and enjoyable experience.

Productions I've Serviced

Testimonials

I've frequently watched April pull-off production miracles - helping conceive big, bold ideas and executing them flawlessly under tight deadlines & stressful conditions. She's the rare producer whose expertise straddles the worlds of creative development, senior production management, talent acquisition, and content direction. April's a rockstar.

- Teddy Wilson, Host, Mighty Trains, Discovery Canada & International, Smithsonian Channel USA -

April provides a unique approach to supporting her clients by very professionally taking on as much as the client requires with constant follow up and extraordinary attention to the details. She provides both a technical and creative understanding of production that encourages the Producer to leave all of the details in her hands.

- Lindsay Cox, Senior Vice President, Insight Productions -

April knows her work down to the last detail, priding herself on exhaustive research and helped create and launch three daily television programs and multiple specials and hired a full production staff, crew, cast, set-up post-production, and work closely with transmission, engineering and programming. She is funny and curious and great to be with.

- Mark McInnis, VP Production, MTV -

April is easily one of the most skilled, knowledgeable, and hard-working senior TV professionals I've worked alongside. She brings a unique breadth of experience, passion, and leadership to every project she sinks her teeth into.

- Teddy Wilson, Host, Mighty Trains, Discovery Canada & International, Smithsonian Channel USA -

April's turn key style means she builds the entire technical team, corresponds with the talent, gets all of the quotes from the Suppliers and finds the location. I wish there were more Producers with April’s knowledge and confidence to support us on our many productions. I would be delighted to work with her again and provide a recommendation to any new client. She is a stand out and during production in Amsterdam with Shawn Mendes, we always knew we were in good hands.

- Lindsay Cox, Senior Vice President, Insight Productions -

You're great to work with!

- Chisholm Lyons, Former Vice President, Marketing

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