Fons Rademakers
Age: N/A | From: Roosendaal, Netherlands
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Roosendaal, Netherlands
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Movie Involvements: 27
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Assault
(1986) Producer
Because of the Cats
(1973) Writer
Mira
(1971) Director
The Rose Garden
(1989) Director
Max Havelaar
(1976) Producer
Village by the River
(1958) Writer
Like Two Drops of Water
(1963) Director
Mijn Vriend, Of Het verborgen leven van Jules Depraeter
(1979) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Himself | |
| 1981 | Chef van Jules | |
| 1978 | Chief Constable | |
| 1975 | Prof. van Arp | |
| Klant | ||
| 1971 | Mother | |
| Mullen | ||
| Notaris | ||
| 1969 | Raoul Orlov | |
| 1968 | Willy | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Director | |
| 1986 | Director | |
| 1979 | Director | |
| 1976 | Director | |
| 1973 | Director | |
| 1971 | Director | |
| 1966 | Director | |
| 1963 | Director | |
| 1961 | Director | |
| 1960 | Director | |
| 1958 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Producer | |
| 1978 | Producer | |
| 1976 | Producer | |
| 1973 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Writer | |
| 1960 | Scenario Writer | |
| Idea | ||
| 1958 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |