Fons Rademakers
Born: 1920-09-05 in Roosendaal, Netherlands
Died: 2007-02-22
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
1993
- Hollywood by Bike as Himself
1989
- The Rose Garden ... (Director)
1986
- The Assault ... (Director)
1983
1981
- Vrijdag as Chef van Jules
1979
- My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter ... (Director)
1978
- Mysteries as Chief Constable
- The Inheritance ... (Producer)
1976
1975
- Lifespan as Prof. van Arp
- Katie Tippel as Klant
1973
- Because of the Cats ... (Director)
1971
- Arsène Lupin as Mullen
- Mira as Notaris
- Daughters of Darkness as Mother
1969
- Obsessions as Raoul Orlov
1968
- The Enemies as Willy
1966
- The Dance of the Heron ... (Director)
1965
1963
- Like Two Drops of Water ... (Director)
1961
- The Knife ... (Director)
1960
- That Joyous Eve... ... (Director)
1958
- Village by the River ... (Director)