Fons Rademakers

Alphonse Marie "Fons" Rademakers (5 September 1920 – 22 February 2007) was a Dutch actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter.

Fons Rademakers
Fons Rademakers in 1986
Born
Alphonse Marie Rademakers

(1920-09-05)5 September 1920
Roosendaal, Netherlands
Died22 February 2007(2007-02-22) (aged 86)
Geneva, Switzerland
NationalityDutch
OccupationActor
Film director
Film producer
Screenwriter
Years active1950–2007
Notable work
The Village on the River
The Assault
Spouse(s)Josephine van Gasteren
(m. 1942–1945; divorced)
Ellen Vogel
(m. 1953–1957; divorced)
Lili Rademakers
(m. 1960–2007; his death)
Children2
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1986)
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1986)

His 1960 film Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Award.[1]

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,[2] and The Village on the River, nominated for the same award in 1959.[3] 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.[4]

He died in 2007 in a Geneva hospital of emphysema, after the life-support machines were switched off at his request.[5]

Filmography
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References
  1. "Berlinale 1961: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  2. "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  4. "VIP Lounge - Fons Rademakers", Radio Netherlands Archives, August 17, 1987
  5. "Dutch director Rademakers dies". bbc.co.uk. February 23, 2007. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
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