Fons Rademakers

Directing·Sep 5, 1920·Roosendaal, Netherlands

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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.

Film	Credit
Hollywood by Bike1993 · Himself	Himself
The Rose Garden1989 · Director	Director
Diary of a Mad Old Man1987 · Producer	Producer
The Assault1986 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
All Rebels1983 · Actor	Actor
Vrijdag1981 · Chef van Jules	Chef van Jules
My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter1979 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Inheritance1978 · Producer	Producer
Mysteries1978 · Chief Constable	Chief Constable
Gejaagd door de winst (of het A.B.C. van de moderne samenleving)1977 · Postbode	Postbode
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company1976 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Lifespan1975 · Prof. van Arp	Prof. van Arp
Katie Tippel1975 · Klant	Klant
Because of the Cats1973 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces)1973 · Actor	Actor
MMarkant: Elise Hoomans1972 · Self	Self
Daughters of Darkness1971 · Mother	Mother
Mira1971 · Notaris, Director	Notaris, Director
Obsessions1969 · Raoul Orlov	Raoul Orlov
The Enemies1968 · Willy	Willy
The Dance of the Heron1966 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Aah... Tamara1965 · Actor	Actor
Like Two Drops of Water1963 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Knife1961 · Director	Director
That Joyous Eve...1960 · Director	Director
Village by the River1958 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer