Trivia

Graduated as a political scientist in 1975.

In total, he won three Golden Calves for best film, with which he is the record holder. He also received one for best long documentary, for Sal Santen Rebel from 1982.

Van den Berg made films and documentaries for over thirty years.

Often praised and crowned, sometimes seriously criticized, Van den Berg's work always succeeded in stirring passionate reactions.

Rudolf van den Berg was a Dutch film director and screenwriter.

His eighth feature film Tirza was released in September 2010. It is a heart-breaking, edgy story of a man in search of his missing daughter. In the desert of Namibia the father will be forced to confront the man who destroyed the life of his favorite child. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards[ but it didn't make the final shortlist.

Ten days before his death, Van den Berg had the last day of shooting the film Spinoza, a project he had been working on for a long time.

After graduating in Political Science Rudolf made his first professional documentary, 'Algerian Times', in 1976. Driven by political engagement, the enchanting romanticism of revolution and a lust for expression, this film became more than a political statement - it is a simple lyrical study in cinematic means.

When, in 1996, Rudolf's English spoken films 'The Cold Light of Day' and 'For My Baby' were doing well internationally but not in The Netherlands, Rudolf decided to try his luck in the US. In Los Angeles he met renowned film producer Pierre Spengler. Together they made the film 'Snapshots', starring Burt Reynolds and Julie Christie.

On January 15, 2012, his film "Süskind" premiered. This film tells the true story of Walter Süskind, a German Jew of partly Dutch descent who, as an employee of the Hollandse Schouwburg, helped approximately 600 Jewish children escape the persecution of the Jews.