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Fons Rademakers

Fons Rademakers

Known For Directing
Birthday Sep 05, 1920
Died Feb 22, 2007 (86)
Birthplace Roosendaal, Netherlands
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 spa ... nning 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.

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Lifespan

Lifespan

1975

as Prof. van Arp

Daughters of Darkness

Daughters of Darkness

1971

as Mother

Obsessions

Obsessions

1969

as Raoul Orlov

Because of the Cats

Because of the Cats

1973

Writer

The Rose Garden

The Rose Garden

1989

Director

Because of the Cats

Because of the Cats

1973

Director

The Dance of the Heron

The Dance of the Heron

1966

Director

Because of the Cats

Because of the Cats

1973

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Arsène Lupin

as Mullen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 18, 1971

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