Bio for Ronnie Stam
Ronnie Stam grew up in a creative atmosphere – being one of eight children in a small town outsideAmsterdam, Netherlands. The son of a hairdresser, as a child Ronnie spent a good deal of time in hisfather’s well respected hair salon.
Early on, Ronnie was introduced to a fellow Dutchman – hair legend Christiaan. Christiaan took Ronnieunder his wing and soon became Ronnie’s mentor. Ronnie was fortunate to work with him, being hisfirst assistant in Tokyo, Paris, Milan and New York for more than 10 years.
During this period, Ronnie and partners opened an Amsterdam salon that became very successful inthe Netherlands. Ronnie soon became in-demand and started splitting his time between the salon andParis, where he worked as a freelance hairdresser.
While in Paris, he worked with top fashion photographers such as Arthur Elgort, Patrick Demarchelier,Gilles Bensimon, Oliviero Toscani, Paolo Roversi, Peter Arnell and Pamela Hanson. Ronnie then decidedto move to Paris. He lived in France for five years.
From Paris, he moved to New York, and his success continued as he worked with countless top modelsand celebrities, including Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Helena Christensen,Paulina Porizkova, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Claudia Schiffer, Lauren Hutton, Elle Macpherson, TyraBanks, Steven Tyler, Carlos Santana, Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty, Duran Duran, Keith Richards, MickJagger, Joe Perry, Uma Thurman, Linda Evans and Lauren Bacall, to name a few.
Ronnie’s work has graced top global fashion publications, TV commercials, advertising campaigns,calendars, music videos and many special projects. He has worked with notable film directors such asMichael Bay and David Fincher.
Through the years, Ronnie formed a special friendship with Cindy Crawford, working with her on manyspecial projects including – MTV’s House of Style, book tours, exercise videos and calendars.
One of the personal highlights in Ronnie’s career has been to work exclusively and tour with world-known rock bands The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith.
Ronnie’s work has taken him around the world – North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, andAustralia.
He lives in NYC with his wife and daughter, Lola.
Ronnie has continued success while demonstrating his passion – most recently by becoming aneducator for Oribe Hair Care. He is represented by the talent agency Kramer & Kramer.