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Fons Rademakers

Fons Rademakers

Director · 1920–2007 · Roosendaal, Netherlands

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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.

Directed 11

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Rose Garden

    Director

  2. 1986

    The Assault

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter

    Director

  2. 1976

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

    Director

  3. 1973

    Because of the Cats

    Director

    55
  4. 1971

    Mira

    Director

    59

1960s

  1. 1966

    The Dance of the Heron

    Director

  2. 1963

    Like Two Drops of Water

    Director

  3. 1961

    The Knife

    Director

  4. 1960

    That Joyous Eve...

    Director

1950s

  1. 1958

    Village by the River

    Director

Acted in 13

1980s

  1. 1983

    All Rebels

    Movie

  2. 1981

    Vrijdag

    Chef van Jules

1970s

  1. 1978

    Mysteries

    Chief Constable

    53
  2. 1977

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

    Postbode

  3. 1975

    Lifespan

    Prof. van Arp

  4. Katie Tippel

    Klant

    66
  5. 1973

    Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces)

    Movie

  6. 1971

    Daughters of Darkness

    Mother

    71

  7. Arsène Lupin

    Mullen · 1 episode

    76

  8. Mira

    Notaris

    59

1960s

  1. 1969

    Obsessions

    Raoul Orlov

    52
  2. 1968

    The Enemies

    Willy

  3. 1965

    Aah... Tamara

    Movie

Produced 8

1980s

  1. 1987

    Diary of a Mad Old Man

    Producer

  2. 1986

    The Assault

    Producer

1970s

  1. 1979

    My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter

    Producer

  2. 1978

    The Inheritance

    Producer

  3. 1976

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

    Producer

  4. 1973

    Because of the Cats

    Producer

    55

1960s

  1. 1966

    The Dance of the Heron

    Producer

  2. 1963

    Like Two Drops of Water

    Producer

Wrote 4

1960s

  1. 1963

    Like Two Drops of Water

    Scenario Writer

  2. 1960

    That Joyous Eve...

    Idea, Scenario Writer

1950s

  1. 1958

    Village by the River

    Writer

Appearances1

1990s

  1. 1993

    Hollywood by Bike

    Himself