Name Alex Warmerdam Role Screenwriter | Books Adel Blank | |
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Occupation writer, film director, actor Children Mees van Warmerdam, Houk van Warmerdam Parents Thea van Warmerdam, Peter van Warmerdam Movies Borgman, Schneider vs Bax, The Northerners, Waiter, The Dress Similar People Annet Malherbe, Jan Bijvoet, Jeroen Perceval, Tom de Wispelaere, Vincent van Warmerdam | ||
Cinematography by Alex van Warmerdam - Little Tony
Alex van Warmerdam (born 14 August 1952) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is also a painter.
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- Cinematography by Alex van Warmerdam Little Tony
- The making of Alex van Warmerdam Lhistoire kaputt
- Life and career
- Short films and TV films
- References
The making of Alex van Warmerdam - L'histoire kaputt
Life and career
Van Warmerdam was born in Haarlem, a city in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. He was cofounder of the theatre group Hauser Orkater (which later became the musictheatre group Orkater). In 1980 he founded the theatre group De Mexicaanse Hond (The Mexican Dog), together with his brother Marc van Warmerdam. This is the name under which all the shows since 1989 have been released.
He made his first feature film in 1986: Abel. He plays parts in most of his own movies, mostly performing as a lead character.
Alex van Warmerdam is married to Dutch actress Annet Malherbe, who also plays parts in most of his films. Their son Mees is a musician and has performed in various shows by theatre group De Mexicaanse Hond.
His 2013 film Borgman was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.