Biography
Alphonse Marie "Fons" Rademakers (5 September 1920 – 22 February 2007) was a Dutch actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter.
His 1960 film Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Award.
During a career spanning several decades he directed 11 films, including The Assault, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986, and The Village on the River, nominated for the same award in 1959. Making him both the first Dutch director to be nominated and win this award.
He granted a wide-ranging interview to Radio Netherlands in 1987.
He died in 2007 in a Geneva hospital of emphysema, after the life-support machines were switched off at his request.
Filmography
all 26
Movies 24
Director 9
Producer 5
self 3
TV Shows 2
The Rose Garden (1989)
The Assault (1986)
Minuet (1982)
Vrijdag (1981)
Dag dokter (1978)
Mysteries (1978)
Max Havelaar (1976)
Lifespan (1975)
Because of the Cats (1973)
Arsène Lupin (1971)
Mira (1971)
Obsessions (1969)
The Enemies (1968)
The Knife (1961)
That Joyous Eve... (1960)
Village by the River (1958)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1920-09-05
Deathday2007-02-22 (86 years old)
Birth NameAlphonse Marie Rademakers
Birth PlaceRoosendaal, Netherlands
CitizenshipsKingdom of the Netherlands
AwardsGolden Calf Culture Prize, Silver Bear for Best Director
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