Biography
Theodorus Maurita Frenkel (14 July 1871 – 20 September 1956) was a Dutch film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He worked in Britain under the name Theo Bouwmeester for the Natural Color Kinematograph Company, using the surname of his renowned mother and uncle (both accomplished actors), before working in Germany in 1913 and 1914 and then returning to the Netherlands, a neutral country, before World War I. He directed more than 200 films between 1908 and 1928. He also appeared in 21 films between 1911 and 1948. His nephew Theo Frenkel Jr. (1893–1955) was a film actor.
Filmography
all 25
Movies 25
Director 15
Producer 2
Director
The Dutch Circus (1924)
Movie
Director
Judith (1923)
Movie
Vriend van Edward Buchanan
Alexandra (1922)
Movie
Actor
De bruut (1922)
Movie
Director
Toil of Men (1921)
Movie
Director / Producer
The Bolshevik (1920)
Movie
Director
De Dood van Pierrot (1920)
Movie
Director / Producer
Pro Domo (1918)
Movie
Director
Fatum (1915)
Movie
Vriend van Elsa's zus
Zijn viool (1914)
Movie
Director
Carmen (1912)
Movie
Director
The Adopted Child (1911)
Movie
Oedipus
Oedipus Rex (1911)
Movie
Svengali
Trilby and Svengali (1911)
Movie
Director
A Woman's Treachery (1910)
Movie
Director
Salome Mad (1909)
Movie
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1871-07-14
Deathday1956-09-20 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceRotterdam, Netherlands
RelativesTheo Frenkel jr.
CitizenshipsKingdom of the Netherlands
Also Known AsTheo Bouwmeester-Frenkel, Theo Bouwmeester
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