Fons Rademakers
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
September 5, 1920 — February 22, 2007 (86 years)
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.
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
| 1983 | |
| 1980 | Friday · as Chef Van Jules |
| 1978 | Mysteries · as Chief Constable |
| 1975 | Lifespan · as Prof. Van Arp |
| 1975 | Katie Tippel · as KlantOn Plex |
| 1972 | Markant: Elise Hoomans · as Cast |
| 1971 | Daughters of Darkness · as MotherOn Plex |
| 1971 | Arsène Lupin · as Mullen |
| 1971 | Mira · as Notaris |
| 1969 | Obsessions · as Raoul Orlov |
| 1968 | The Enemies · as Willy |
| 1966 | De dans van de reiger · as Stem Van Edouard |
| 1989 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1976 | |
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| 1966 | |
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| 1958 |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1979 | |
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| 1976 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1966 | |
| 1963 |
| 2007 | Allemaal film · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 1993 | Op de fiets naar Hollywood · as Himself |
| 1990 | Barend en Van Dorp · as Self |
| 1987 | The 59th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Accepting Award For Best Foreign Language Film |
| 1963 | The Dark Room of Damocles · as Scenario Writer |
| 1960 | Makkers, staakt uw wild geraas · as Scenario Writer |