Fons Rademakers
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing11
movieThe Rose Garden
1989
Director
movieThe Assault
1986
Director
movieBecause of the Cats
1973
Director
movieMira
1971
Director
movieThe Dance of the Heron
1966
Director
movieLike Two Drops of Water
1963
Director
movieThe Knife
1961
Director
movieThat Joyous Eve...
1960
Director
movieVillage by the River
1958
Director
Acting15
movieHollywood by Bike
1993
Himself
movieVrijdag
1981
Chef van Jules
movieMysteries
1978
Chief Constable
movieLifespan
1975
Prof. van Arp
tvArsène Lupin
1971
Mullen
movieMira
1971
Notaris
movieObsessions
1969
Raoul Orlov
movieThe Enemies
1968
Willy
Production8
movieDiary of a Mad Old Man
1987
Producer
movieThe Assault
1986
Producer
movieThe Inheritance
1978
Producer
movieBecause of the Cats
1973
Producer
movieThe Dance of the Heron
1966
Producer
movieLike Two Drops of Water
1963
Producer
Writing4
movieLike Two Drops of Water
1963
Scenario Writer
movieThat Joyous Eve...
1960
Idea, Scenario Writer