Charlotte Verminck is a Belgian filmmaker, writer, director, and cultural entrepreneur. She builds work at the intersection of cinema, movement, and human experience — driven by emotional truth and a deep belief in what film can do.
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Founder of Above The Nerve, she has built her practice independently — financing her own productions, assembling her own teams, and developing her own international audience from the ground up. Above The Nerve exists because she chose to build rather than wait. That choice has shaped a body of work recognized internationally for its emotional depth and distinct visual language.
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Verminck's work has become known for its exploration of the interior life — thought, perception, selfhood, and the unseen forces that shape how we experience the world. Choreography and movement are central to her cinematic language, used not as decoration but as a way to make internal states visible: an extension of character, emotion, and the silent architecture of the mind. She trained in film choreography and movement direction with Francesca Jaynes — whose credits include Black Widow, Gravity, and Pinocchio — and Dale Mercer, bringing a level of physical storytelling to her films that is genuinely uncommon.
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She works as a writer-director with a strong authorial vision, originating and producing her own films and shaping each project from first word to final cut.
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Her short visual poem Pathless earned recognition from the Institute for Experimental Arts and continues to screen at festivals internationally. It remains one of the defining early works of her practice.
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Her narrative short film Mind of Thoughts — an exploration of self-doubt, internalized pressure, and the quiet weight of the inner voice — premiered at the 25th anniversary edition of the Beverly Hills Film Festival, screening at the iconic TCL Chinese Theatres. Charlotte conceived, financed, and produced the entire film herself — securing a six-figure budget by bringing sponsors and believers to the table through sheer conviction, then leading 55 cast and crew across three countries to bring that vision to life.
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The film has since toured internationally — opening the Ferrara Film Festival in Italy alongside Paul Haggis's Oscar-winning Crash, gathering awards in Los Angeles, Barcelona, and New York, and being presented at the Flanders House in New York. It has received critical recognition from The Hollywood Times, Shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, and Selig Film News, among others.
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Out of Mind of Thoughts grew something Charlotte had not initially set out to build. Following deeply resonant audience responses — including a premiere where Te Gek?!, Belgium's leading mental health organization, was present in support of the work — she developed the Mind of Thoughts Screening & Conversation Experience: a curated format combining the film, a behind-the-scenes documentary, and a live conversation focused on thought, self-perception, and the inner life.
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The format reflects a wider instinct in her practice — to build cultural infrastructure around the work, extending its life beyond the screen and into the institutions, universities, and communities where its themes can do meaningful work. The experience is now being brought to cultural institutions, universities, civic organizations, and private events internationally.
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Above The Nerve takes its name from Emily Dickinson's idea of going above the nerve — past the place where fear lives. That philosophy shapes not just what Charlotte makes, but how she makes it. Above The Nerve was founded on the belief that the strongest work emerges from environments where every person on a team is genuinely valued, heard, and respected — never treated as a number in a production. That commitment is as central to the company's identity as the work itself.
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The company operates across film, fashion, and visual storytelling — with a growing focus on the intersection of cinematic language and fashion, and a particular ambition to develop long-form narrative work and brand collaborations at the highest international level.
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Charlotte's love of storytelling began at ten years old with a camera and an instinct she has never lost. By seventeen, while studying International Communication and Media, she was already working as a video artist and creative director for acclaimed Belgian musician Ozark Henry, co-founding the experimental arthouse collective SOH. An internship at Little Minx — the Hollywood production company led by Rhea Scott — deepened her commitment to emotionally driven, authored cinema.
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Her work has been featured in Sabato — awarded European Magazine of the Year, The Hollywood Times, and profiled on VRT, Belgium's national broadcaster. In 2025, she was named Honorary Citizen of her hometown on Belgium's National Holiday, in recognition of her cultural contributions.
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Her practice spans film, fashion, and visual storytelling, alongside a parallel body of work in cultural programming and speaking. She is based in Belgium and works internationally.
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Film. Fashion. Speaking. Brand partnerships. cv@charlotteverminck.com