Biography
Frans Zwartjes (*Alkmaar, 1927) is a film maker, musician, violin maker, artist and sculptor. In the late 1960's he became well known with films showing grotesquely dressed up actors involved in little power-mad sexual games. Hysterics and cruelty are his regular topics. Susan Sontag called Zwartjes "the most important contemporary experimental film maker". Zwartjes made over fifty films. Pentimento (1979), Living (1971) and Ín Extremo (1981) seem to be his best known films. Director Ruud Monster's documentary The Great Wizard portrays Zwartjes as a self-conscious artist who comments on the world in a farcical way. The film was partly shot at Zwartjes's home, while he was composing.
Filmography
all 31
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film fragments (2015)
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The Great Magician (2006)
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Beyond (1992)
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Rudi van Dantzig repeteert (1984)
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Medea (1982)
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In Extremo (1981)
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Pentimento (1979)
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It's Me (1976)
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Bedsitters (1974)
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Audition (1973)
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Moving Stills (1972)
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Living (1971)
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Seats Two (1970)
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How Did You Know I Was in Trouble (1970)
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Toilet (1970)
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Through the Garden and Into the Living (1970)
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They Are Five (1970)
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Spectator (1970)
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Behind Your Walls (1970)
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Visual Training (1969)
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Spare Bed-Room (1969)
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Eating (1969)
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Compilatie (1969)
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Collage (1969)
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Anamnesis (1969)
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Sorbet '3' (1968)
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Sorbet II (1968)
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A Fan (1968)
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Birds (1968)
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Dolls (1968)
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Film II (1967)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1927-05-13
Deathday2017-11-18 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceAlkmaar, Netherlands
CitizenshipsKingdom of the Netherlands
AwardsOuborg award
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