
Curt Fortin – Creative Director @ TALES Kollektiv
Curt Fortin is a Dutch-Aruban creative director, author, and multidisciplinary storyteller with over two decades of experience across television, theatre, and interactive media. After hosting the TV show Top of the Pops on Dutch broadcaster NPO and interviewing artists such as Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, and Robbie Williams, he went on to build a long career in youth television and drama for broadcasters including RTL Nederland, Nickelodeon, and NTR. He authored award-winning youth novels such as Yakanuko, which was honoured with the Hotze de Roosprijs and later adapted into a national theatre tour across the Netherlands.
In 2020, Curt joined TALES Kollektiv — an educational entertainment studio that creates cultural stories and worlds, bringing together culture, community, and nature — as Creative Director for multiple projects. Curt is currently leading the creative direction for World of Us (WoU Game), an online multiplayer game that invites children to explore the cultures, stories, and landscapes of different parts of the world together.