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Fons Rademakers

Fons Rademakers

Birthday: 1920-09-05 | Place of Birth: Roosendaal, Netherlands

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1981
Vrijdag

as    Chef van Jules

1978
Mysteries

as    Chief Constable

1975
Lifespan

as    Prof. van Arp

1971
Daughters of Darkness

as    Mother

1971
Mira

as    Notaris

1969
Obsessions

as    Raoul Orlov

1968
The Enemies

as    Willy