Frans Zwartjes

Frans Zwartjes

Directing

May 13, 1927 — November 18, 2017Alkmaar, Netherlands

Frans Zwartjes (*Alkmaar, 5/13/1927–The Hague, 11/18/2017) was 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.

Known for

Living

Living

1971

Pentimento

Pentimento

1979

Bedsitters

Bedsitters

1974

Sorbet '3'

Sorbet '3'

1968

Audition

Audition

1973

Anamnesis

Anamnesis

1969

The Great Magician

The Great Magician

2006

It's Me

It's Me

1976

Moving Stills

Moving Stills

1972

Medea

Medea

1982

Directing30

film fragments

film fragments

2015

Director

Beyond

1992

Director

Rudi van Dantzig repeteert

Rudi van Dantzig repeteert

1984

Director

Medea

Medea

1982

Director

In Extremo

In Extremo

1981

Director

Pentimento

Pentimento

1979

Director

It's Me

It's Me

1976

Director

Bedsitters

Bedsitters

1974

Director

Audition

Audition

1973

Director

Moving Stills

Moving Stills

1972

Director

Living

Living

1971

Director

Seats Two

1970

Director

Through the Garden and Into the Living

Through the Garden and Into the Living

1970

Director

How Did You Know I Was in Trouble

How Did You Know I Was in Trouble

1970

Director

Toilet

1970

Director

They Are Five

1970

Director

Spectator

1970

Director

Behind Your Walls

Behind Your Walls

1970

Director

Visual Training

Visual Training

1969

Director

Spare Bed-Room

1969

Director

Anamnesis

Anamnesis

1969

Director

Eating

1969

Director

Compilatie

1969

Director

Collage

1969

Director

Sorbet '3'

Sorbet '3'

1968

Director

Birds, One

1968

Director

A Fan

1968

Director

Sorbet II

1968

Director

Dolls

1968

Director

Film II

Film II

1967

Director

Sound9

Beyond

1992

Original Music Composer

Pentimento

Pentimento

1979

Sound Designer

It's Me

It's Me

1976

Music

Bedsitters

Bedsitters

1974

Sound Designer

Moving Stills

Moving Stills

1972

Music

Living

Living

1971

Sound

How Did You Know I Was in Trouble

How Did You Know I Was in Trouble

1970

Music

Through the Garden and Into the Living

Through the Garden and Into the Living

1970

Music

Eating

1969

Original Music Composer

Crew6

In Extremo

In Extremo

1981

Cinematography

Body Art

Body Art

1975

Cinematography

Living

Living

1971

Cinematography

They Are Five

1970

Cinematography

Sorbet II

1968

Cinematography

Dolls

1968

Cinematography

Camera4

Beyond

1992

Director of Photography

Medea

Medea

1982

Director of Photography

Pentimento

Pentimento

1979

Director of Photography

It's Me

It's Me

1976

Director of Photography

Acting2

The Great Magician

The Great Magician

2006

Living

Living

1971

Production2

Pentimento

Pentimento

1979

Producer

Bedsitters

Bedsitters

1974

Producer

Writing2

The Great Magician

The Great Magician

2006

Writer

Pentimento

Pentimento

1979

Writer

Art1

It's Me

It's Me

1976

Production Design

Editing1

Pentimento

Pentimento

1979

Editor