To Yehova be the Glory!

Ivan Patrick Tai-Apin (23th of February 1977) is a Surinamese - Dutch actor, director, screenplay writer and producer. He is now twenty two years in the entertainment industry and is mostly known for his out of the box theater shows & plays. In 2016 he started a camera acting school in Suriname and was the managing director of It Goes Productions & Casting.

In 2018 he wrote (screenplay), directed and produced his debut feature film Wiren, which was selected for the prestigious Netherlands Film Festival (NFF) and DBUFF Film festival in Amsterdam. After its theatrical release in Holland in 2020, it became the first Surinamese film on Netflix, iTunes and Amazon prime. In November 2020 Wiren was the first movie from Suriname that got Submitted by the Suriname Selection Committee for the 93rd Oscars in the International feature film category and got approved by the Academy of Motion pictures, Arts & Science. In 2020 Wiren got selected for the Gouden Kalveren award competition in Holland and also screened at the World Expo 2020 in Dubai and the IDB Bank in Washington DC. In April 2024, Wiren became the opening film at the International Film Festival of Ancient Splendor (IFFAS) in Ujjain Pradesh, India. In September 2024, Wiren was screened as the closing Film at El Cine Brasilia at the Grulac Film Festival in Brasilia, Brasil. The Grulac film festival is an international film festival in which films from South America, Central America and the Caribbean are selected by their own governments.

In 2021 Ivan became the head live-entertainment of Suriname at the World Expo 2020 in Dubai and received an Award from the Surinamese government for his outstanding accomplishments. Ivan Tai-Apin is now based in Europe, he stopped with entertainment . Now he is searching for the truth with Yehova on his side.