Fons Rademakers
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-09-05
Day of Death
2007-02-22 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Roosendaal, Netherlands
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.
Known For
Acting
(1993)
Hollywood by Bike
as Himself
(1983)
(1981)
Vrijdag
as Chef van Jules
(1978)
Mysteries
as Chief Constable
(1975)
Katie Tippel
as Klant
(1975)
Lifespan
as Prof. van Arp
(1971)
Daughters of Darkness
as Mother
(1971)
Mira
as Notaris
(1969)
Obsessions
as Raoul Orlov
(1968)
The Enemies
as Willy
(1965)
Crew
(1989)
The Rose Garden
Director
(1986)
The Assault
Director, Producer
(1979)
(1978)
The Inheritance
Producer
(1976)
Max Havelaar
Director, Producer
(1973)
Because of the Cats
Director, Writer, Producer
(1971)
Mira
Director
(1966)
The Dance of the Heron
Director
(1963)
Like Two Drops of Water
Director
(1961)
The Knife
Director
(1960)
That Joyous Eve...
Director, Idea, Scenario Writer
(1958)
Village by the River
Director, Writer