Gertjan Houtman was born in Holland in 1954.

In 1985 he started making documentary programmes in association with the Dutch trucking magazine Truckstar. Among the memorable films that resulted were Alaska Highway and Heavy Transport. Gertjan worked freelance for the Mammoet corporation which famously raised Londons Millennium Wheel as well as the Kursk submarine. In collaboration with Mammoet he produced several more programmes on heavy and specialised transport.

Gertjan continues to make programmes, work as a magazine journalist and spend time on his classic boat.

DVDs produced by Gertjan Houtman available from Old Pond
Alaska Highway, 1999
Heavy Lifting and Hauling, 2000
Heavy Transport, 2000
Ice Roads, 2007
Super Trucks, 2000
Transporting and Lifting Wind Turbines, 2006
Transporting Exceptional Loads, 2002
Trucking and Living in Canada, 2005