Cause of death Emphysema Name Fons Rademakers | Years active 1950–2007 Nationality Dutch TV shows Secret File USA | |
Full Name Alphonse Marie Rademakers Occupation ActorFilm directorFilm producerScreenwriter Notable work The Village on the RiverThe Assault Awards Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1986)Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1986) Children Fons Rademakers, Alfred Rademakers Movies The Assault, Like Two Drops of Water, Because of the Cats, Mira, Max Havelaar Similar People Ellen Vogel, Hugo Claus, John Kraaijkamp - Sr, Marc van Uchelen, Mary Dresselhuys |
Fons rademakers
Alphonse Marie "Fons" Rademakers (5 September 1920 – 22 February 2007) was a Dutch actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter.
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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 died in 2007 in a Geneva hospital of emphysema, after the life-support machines were switched off at his request.

DE AANSLAG (1986) - FONS RADEMAKERS | TRAILER
Filmography
Actor
1980
Vrijdag as
Chef van Jules
1978
Mysteries as
Chief Constable
1977
Experts of Evil (Short) as
Postbode
1975
Lifespan as
Prof. van Arp
1975
Katie Tippel as
Klant
1971
Daughters of Darkness as
Mother
1971
Arsène Lupin (TV Series) as
Mullen
- La chaîne brisée (1971) - Mullen (as Fons Raodemakers)
1971
Mira as
Notaris
1970
't Schaep Met De 5 Pooten (TV Series) as
De Heer Lakenhal
- Kontrakt is kontrakt (1970) - De Heer Lakenhal
1969
Obsessions as
Raoul Orlov
1968
De vijanden as
Duitse Willy
1966
De dans van de reiger as
Stem van Edouard (uncredited)
1965
Jongens, jongens, wat een meid (Short)
1965
Aah... Tamara (Short)
1955
Secret File, U.S.A. (TV Series)
1951
A Story of Achievement (Documentary) as
Jacob van den Bergh
Director
1989
The Rose Garden
1986
The Assault
1979
Mijn vriend
1976
Max Havelaar
1973
Because of the Cats
1971
Mira
1966
De dans van de reiger
1963
De man, de vrouw en de moord (TV Movie)
1963
The Dark Room of Damocles
1961
Het mes
1960
Makkers, staakt uw wild geraas
1958
Village by the River
Producer
1987
Diary of a Mad Old Man (producer)
1986
The Assault (producer)
1982
Menuet (producer)
1979
Mijn vriend (producer)
1978
Dag dokter (producer)
1976
Max Havelaar (producer)
1973
Because of the Cats (producer)
1966
De dans van de reiger (producer)
1963
The Dark Room of Damocles (producer)
Writer
1963
The Dark Room of Damocles (writer)
1960
Makkers, staakt uw wild geraas (idea and scenario)
1958
Village by the River (writer)
Assistant Director
1942
Portrait of a Woman (assistant director)
Thanks
2008
Jolene (in loving memory of)
Self
2007
Allemaal film (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- De gouden jaren (2007) - Self
- Een golf van vernieuwing (2007) - Self
- De magie van het witte doek (2007) - Self
2004
Allemaal Theater van 1945 tot Nu (TV Series documentary)
- De Revolutie Van Sjarov (2004)
2003
Fons Rademakers: Hoe een zondagskind de Nederlandse speelfilm uitvond (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2001
Barend en Van Dorp (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 23 March 2001 (2001) - Self
1993
Op de fiets naar Hollywood (Documentary) as
Self
1987
The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Accepting Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1972
Markant: Elise Hoomans (TV Special)
1959
Eröffnung der IX. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
References
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