Fons Rademakers
Known for Directing · 14 credits
- Born
- 1920-09-05
- Died
- 2007-02-22
- Place of birth
- Roosendaal, Netherlands
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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (13)
Mysteries
1978
as Chief Constable
Vrijdag
1981
as Chef van Jules
Daughters of Darkness
1971
as Mother
Mira
1971
as Notaris
Lifespan
1975
as Prof. van Arp
Katie Tippel
1975
as Klant
The Enemies
1968
as Willy
Obsessions
1969
as Raoul Orlov
Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces)
1973
Gejaagd door de winst (of het A.B.C. van de moderne samenleving)
1977
as Postbode
All Rebels
1983
Hollywood by Bike
1993
as Himself
Aah... Tamara
1965
About Fons Rademakers
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 n… With 14 credits spanning from 1965 to 1993, Fons Rademakers has appeared in 13 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Fons Rademakers Movies
- Mysteries (1978) — as Chief Constable
- Vrijdag (1981) — as Chef van Jules
- Daughters of Darkness (1971) — as Mother
- Mira (1971) — as Notaris
- Lifespan (1975) — as Prof. van Arp
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