Jan Verdijk is a writer and director. He directed various commercials and short films. The film A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKY won the Shotcutz Festival Amsterdam in 2016. In 2019 the film WILD won the Mérliès d’Or for best European Fantastic short film at Sitges Film Festival.

In 2021, INDRINGER and short film PANTSER premiered at the Nederlands Film Festival. That year PANTSER won the Gouden Kalf for best short film.

In 2025 his debut feature KIND released in cinemas nationwide. KIND was selected in competition at Austin Film Festival and became the opening film at Razor Reel Flanders.

Right now he is developing two new feature films.