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Frans Zwartjes

Directing·May 13, 1927·Alkmaar, Netherlands

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Frans Zwartjes (*Alkmaar, 5/13/1927–The Hague, 11/18/2017) was a film maker, musician, violin maker, artist and sculptor. In the late 1960's he became well known with films showing grotesquely dressed up actors involved in little power-mad sexual games. Hysterics and cruelty are his regular topics. Susan Sontag called Zwartjes "the most important contemporary experimental film maker". Zwartjes made over fifty films. Pentimento (1979), Living (1971) and Ín Extremo (1981) seem to be his best known films. Director Ruud Monster's documentary The Great Wizard portrays Zwartjes as a self-conscious artist who comments on the world in a farcical way. The film was partly shot at Zwartjes's home, while he was composing.

Film	Credit
film fragments2015 · Director	Director
BBeyond1992 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
RRudi van Dantzig repeteert1984 · Director	Director
Medea1982 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
In Extremo1981 · Director	Director
Pentimento1979 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
It's Me1976 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Bedsitters1974 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Audition1973 · Director	Director
Moving Stills1972 · Director	Director
Living1971 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
SSeats Two1970 · Director	Director
TThrough the Garden and Into the Living1970 · Director	Director
HHow Did You Know I Was in Trouble1970 · Director	Director
TToilet1970 · Director	Director
TThey Are Five1970 · Director	Director
SSpectator1970 · Director	Director
BBehind Your Walls1970 · Director	Director
VVisual Training1969 · Director	Director
SSpare Bed-Room1969 · Director	Director
Anamnesis1969 · Director	Director
EEating1969 · Director	Director
CCompilatie1969 · Director	Director
CCollage1969 · Director	Director
Sorbet '3'1968 · Director	Director
BBirds, One1968 · Director	Director
AA Fan1968 · Director	Director
SSorbet II1968 · Director	Director
DDolls1968 · Director	Director
Film II1967 · Director	Director