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Maarten van der Duin (Netherlands, 1967) is scriptwriter and stage director. After graduating from Leiden University in Slavic languages and Soviet Studies he went to acting and directing schools in Poland and Russia. Maarten staged theatre productions in Moscow, Noginsk and Yakutsk and in 1998 he organised a festival of Russian classics in the King's Head Theatre in London. In the Netherlands he subsequently switched to television and participated in seven seasons of West Wind, a drama series for television channel RTL4, as an assistant producer, editor-in-chief and scriptwriter. After writing scripts for Trauma 24/7, a hospital drama series for Net 5, he was involved in all 78 episodes of Scent of Roses & Vodka Lime (RTL4) as editor-in-chief or main writer. The last season of Scent of Roses & Vodka Lime was produced by him as creative producer. In April 2007 Maarten left the Drama Department of Endemol Netherlands and since then he has worked as a freelance screenwriter on drama series, like Missing Without a Trace (AVRO), Cops Maastricht (TROS) and youth series, like The Apple Core (Het Klokhuis), 13 in the War (NPS) and Sportlets (Nickelodeon), that was nominated for a MIPCOM JR Licensing Challenge. His short film Salto Mortale was selected for Kort! 2008 (NPS & Netherlands Film Fund) and is being shown at festivals in Spain, Hungary, Egypt, Puerto Rico etc. (detailed resume).