As Director
The Rose Garden
1989
6.4
Fons Rademakers
Acting
Born
September 5, 1920
Born In
Roosendaal, Netherlands
Died
February 22, 2007
About
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.
All Their Awesome Movies & Shows!
As Director
The Assault
1986
6.7
As Actor
Vrijdag
1981
4.5
As Actor
Mysteries
1978
5.1
As Director
Max Havelaar
1976
6.1
As Actor
Lifespan
1975
5.0
As Director, As Writer
Because of the Cats
1973
5.4
As Actor
Daughters of Darkness
1971
6.3
As Actor, As Director
Mira
1971
5.2
As Actor
Obsessions
1969
4.3
As Director
Like Two Drops of Water
1963
6.3