Pieter Verhoeff graduated in 1966 from the Amsterdam Film Academy's directors department. Since then he has directed an impressive amount of documentaries, television drama's and films. The Letter To The King is Pieter Verhoeff's sixth film.

Filmography
1966 Final exam Dutch Film and Television Academy, director’s department, Amsterdam 1967 - 1969 20 film portraits of artists and 'normal people' for IKON 1970 – 1984 Documentaries and TV-drama for VPRO 1980 – 2007 Feature films, documentaries and TV drama (several producers) 1990 - 2000 Professor ‘director’, Dutch Film and Television Academy 1998 - 2000 Chairman of the Dutch Director’s Guild 2000 – 2007 Vice-chairman of the Dutch Film Festival board
Feature Film 1974 - present - HET TEKEN VAN HET BEEST, with Gerard Thoolen, Marja Kok and Peter Faber - (1980) - DE DREAM, with Peter Tuinman, Joke Tjalsma, Freark Smink and Huub Stapel – (1985) - VAN GELUK GESPROKEN, after Marijke Höweler’s novel, with Marijke Veugelers, Gerard Thoolen, Michiel Romeyn and Peter Tuinman – (1987) - DE ZONDAGSJONGEN, after Cherry Duyns’s novel, with among others Tom van Hezik – (1990) - NYNKE, with among others Monic Hendrickx and Jeroen Willems – (2001) - DE BRIEF VOOR DE KONING, feature film, after Tonke Dragt’s novel, with among others Yannick van de Velde, Quinten Schram, Derek de Lint and Monic Hendrickxs - (2008)
TV drama 1972 – present: - RUDY SCHOKKER HUILT NIET MEER, screenplay Gerben Hellinga, fake report about a child who cries like the sound of a jet plane – (1972) - KLEINE KLAAS EN GROTE KLAAS, after Hans Christian Andersen’s novel – (1975) - DE BEWAKERS, docudrama, about the experiences of a security officer- (1976) - DE STRIJD OM DE STAD, docudrama about the battle of a civil sergeant - (1977) DE RODE DRAAD, docudrama about Amsterdamse S.J. (Socialistical Youth) in the seventies – (1978) - DE KATVANGER, docudrama about the koppelbazen-syndicaat - (1980) - BLINDEMAN, revision of Hugo Claus’play - (1985) - ILLUSIES, ironic drama with students of the Amsterdam Theatre school and Film Academy students of the Sint Joost Academie in Breda - (1987) - JISKEFET, absurdist series - (1989-1991) - DE VUURTOREN, 3 part television series - (1994) - DE LANGSTE REIS, Television-film based on the kidnapping of Gerrit-Jan Heijn – (1996) - MATEN, Television-film about the Dutchbatters in Srebrenica – (1999) - KENING LEAR, Television edition of the Play, with Rients Gratama as Kening Lear – (2003) - RADIO BERGEIJK, 8-par t.v.-series for the VPRO, base don the radio program – (2007)
Selection of documentaries from 1970 - present: - FIGURANTENDROMEN, about a casting agency (1970) - DE 20ER EN 30ER JAREN IN NEDERLAND EN NEDERLANDS OOST-INDIE, 7 parts, with Hans Keller (1971) - HET GAT VAN NEDERLAND, diverse portraits (1972) - DE HOOGOVENSTAKING, about the controversial strike at the biggest steel fabric in the Netherlands - DROOMLAND, with Cherry Duyns, about the ladies novels cultural industry (1974) - CULEMBORG BIJVOORBEELD portrait of a Dutch city, 7 parts, with Netty Rosenfeld (1974/75) - IN DE VOETSTAPPEN VAN ATHANASIUS KIRCHER, about the famous Jezuïet, inventor and Universalgelehrte’ (met Anton Haakman) (1975) - MODERN LEVEN, about the dramatic happenings in a small working-class family in Hoorn, 7 parts – (1979) - DE ANTONELLI’S, a portrait of a Romanian aristocratic family (1980) - KAPLANAS, a double portrait of a Jew in exile and his native country Litouwen (1982) DYNAMISCHE KRACHTEN, about the revision of the method of Coué (1983) - BUITEN BEELD, about the commision of advice ‘Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten Vormgeving en Bouwkunst’ (1989) - DETTE’S MEMMETAAL, portrait of Dette Glashouwer, producer of theatre (1998) - EIGEN WEG, portrait of farmer-artist Leon Adriaans (2002) - ALLES KOMT ERGENS VAN, film portrait of the actor Gerard Thoolen, who died in 1996 Gerard Thoolen (2003) - PIETER LAURENS MOL, KUNSTENAAR, filmportrait for VPRO-program RAM (2004) - EEN GELUKKIGE HAND, portrait of Peter van Straaten, designer/writer, inclusive dramatised AGNES-feuilleton, with Rene Fokker etc. (2005) - HAFID BOUAZZA, portrait of the Dutch/Morrocan writer (2005) - DAT ZOEKEN ZONDER VINDEN, portrait of the blind poet Tsjêbbe Hettinga (2006) - FOPPE DE HAAN – ‘MEESTER’, portrait of Jong Oranje’s coach, for HOS/KRO Profiel (2007) - HET ONZEGBARE, about Jan Siebelinks novel, Knielen op een Bed Violen, which wasa a big succes (2007)