Fons Rademakers(1920-2007)
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Fons Rademakers was born on 5 September 1920 in Roosendaal,
Netherlands. he began his career as an actor and theater director. His
film directorial debut,
Village by the River (1958), was
also the first Dutch movie ever nominated for an Academy award (Oscar).
In 1986 Rademakers won the Foreign Language Oscar for
The Assault (1986), after a novel by
Harry Mulisch. Rademakers' film version of
Stijn Streuvels novel "De Teloorgang van
de Waterhoek", Mira (1971), caused a shock
in conservative circles in Flanders, especially Dutch actress
Willeke van Ammelrooy's
performance as "Mira". In 1976 Rademakers directed the ultimate
Multatuli-classic
Max Havelaar (1976).
Rademakers' forte were Dutch-language literary masterpieces, such as
The Dark Room of Damocles (1963),
after Hermans' "De donkere kamer van Damocles" and the less acclaimed
Mijn vriend (1979) (linked to the
then notorious Jespers trial). The English-language drama
The Rose Garden (1989) was his
last movie.
He also produced his films, as well as those of his spouse Lili Rademakers'. On February 22, 2007, he died, aged 86, in a hospital in Geneva, Switzerland, near his French domicile Thoiry, from pulmonary emphysema.
He also produced his films, as well as those of his spouse Lili Rademakers'. On February 22, 2007, he died, aged 86, in a hospital in Geneva, Switzerland, near his French domicile Thoiry, from pulmonary emphysema.
