Person

Fons Rademakers

Directing · 1920–2007 · Roosendaal, Netherlands

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.

Known for

Filmography

1993Hollywood by BikeHimself
1989The Rose GardenDirector
1987Diary of a Mad Old ManProducer
1986The AssaultDirector
1983All Rebels
1981VrijdagChef van Jules
1979My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules DepraeterDirector
1978The InheritanceProducer
1978MysteriesChief Constable
1977Gejaagd door de winst (of het A.B.C. van de moderne samenleving)Postbode
1976Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading CompanyDirector
1975LifespanProf. van Arp
1975Katie TippelKlant
1973Because of the CatsDirector
1973Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces)
1972Markant: Elise HoomansSelf
1971Daughters of DarknessMother
1971Arsène LupinMullen
1971MiraNotaris
1969ObsessionsRaoul Orlov
1968The EnemiesWilly
1966The Dance of the HeronDirector
1965Aah... Tamara
1963Like Two Drops of WaterDirector
1961The KnifeDirector
1960That Joyous Eve...Director
1958Village by the RiverDirector

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