Director
Fons Rademakers
Born 1920 · 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.
Directed
The Assault
Director · 1986
Village by the River
Director · 1958
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Director · 1976
Like Two Drops of Water
Director · 1963
The Rose Garden
Director · 1989
Because of the Cats
Director · 1973
The Knife
Director · 1961
Mira
Director · 1971
The Dance of the Heron
Director · 1966
That Joyous Eve...
Director · 1960
My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter
Director · 1979
Acting
Daughters of Darkness
Mother · 1971
Katie Tippel
Klant · 1975
Arsène Lupin
Mullen · 1971
Gejaagd door de winst (of het A.B.C. van de moderne samenleving)
Postbode · 1977
Mira
Notaris · 1971
Hollywood by Bike
Himself · 1993
The Enemies
Willy · 1968
Mysteries
Chief Constable · 1978
Lifespan
Prof. van Arp · 1975
Obsessions
Raoul Orlov · 1969
Vrijdag
Chef van Jules · 1981