Fons Rademakers

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Fons Rademakers

Directing September 5, 1920

Roosendaal, Netherlands

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 Gera…

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Daughters of Darkness

Daughters of Darkness

6.2 1971 Movie
Arsène Lupin

Arsène Lupin

7.8 1971 TV Show
Katie Tippel

Katie Tippel

6.3 1975 Movie
The Assault

The Assault

6.8 1986 Movie
Mysteries

Mysteries

5.2 1978 Movie
Because of the Cats

Because of the Cats

5.3 1973 Movie
Mira

Mira

5.3 1971 Movie
Obsessions

Obsessions

4.6 1969 Movie
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

6.2 1976 Movie
The Enemies

The Enemies

5.6 1968 Movie
Village by the River

Village by the River

6.9 1958 Movie
Like Two Drops of Water

Like Two Drops of Water

6.4 1963 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1993
    Hollywood by Bike

    Movie Himself

  2. 1989
    The Rose Garden

    Movie Director

  3. 1987
    Diary of a Mad Old Man

    Movie Producer

  4. 1986
    The Assault

    Movie Director

  5. 1983
    All Rebels

    Movie

  6. 1981
    Vrijdag

    Movie Chef van Jules

  7. 1979
    My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter

    Movie Director

  8. 1978
    The Inheritance

    Movie Producer

  9. 1978
    Mysteries

    Movie Chief Constable

  10. 1977
    Gejaagd door de winst (of het A.B.C. van de moderne samenleving)

    Movie Postbode

  11. 1976
    Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

    Movie Director

  12. 1975
    Lifespan

    Movie Prof. van Arp

  13. 1975
    Katie Tippel

    Movie Klant

  14. 1973
    Because of the Cats

    Movie Director

  15. 1973
    Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces)

    Movie

  16. 1972
    Markant: Elise Hoomans

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 1971
    Daughters of Darkness

    Movie Mother

  2. 1971
    Arsène Lupin

    TV show Mullen

  3. 1971
    Mira

    Movie Notaris

  4. 1969
    Obsessions

    Movie Raoul Orlov

  5. 1968
    The Enemies

    Movie Willy

  6. 1966
    The Dance of the Heron

    Movie Director

  7. 1965
    Aah... Tamara

    Movie

  8. 1963
    Like Two Drops of Water

    Movie Director

  9. 1961
    The Knife

    Movie Director

  10. 1960
    That Joyous Eve...

    Movie Director

  11. 1958
    Village by the River

    Movie Director