Fons Rademakers
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.
Acting (10 movies)
Directing (11 movies)
The Assault
1986
Max Havelaar
1976
Because of the Cats
1973
Mira
1971
Like Two Drops of Water
1963
Village by the River
1958
The Knife
1961
The Rose Garden
1989
That Joyous Eve...
1960
The Dance of the Heron
1966
My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter
1979
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Village by the River | 1958 | Writer |
| Because of the Cats | 1973 | Writer |
| Because of the Cats | 1973 | Producer |
| Max Havelaar | 1976 | Producer |
| The Inheritance | 1978 | Producer |
| The Assault | 1986 | Producer |