Directing
Fons Rademakers
NL, EN cinema · 26 credits
Born
5 September 1920
Died
22 February 2007 (aged 86)
Birthplace
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 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
Filmography
Hollywood by Bike
as Himself
The Rose Garden
Director
The Assault
Director, Producer
Vrijdag
as Chef van Jules
My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter
Director, Producer
Mysteries
as Chief Constable
The Inheritance
Producer
Katie Tippel
as Klant
Lifespan
as Prof. van Arp
Because of the Cats
Director, Writer, Producer
Daughters of Darkness
as Mother
Mira
as Notaris, Director
Obsessions
as Raoul Orlov
The Enemies
as Willy
The Dance of the Heron
Director, Producer
Like Two Drops of Water
Director, Producer, Scenario Writer
The Knife
Director
That Joyous Eve...
Director, Idea, Scenario Writer
Village by the River
Director, Writer