Ludi Boeken

Ludi Boeken (Amsterdam, 1951) is a Dutch film producer, director and actor.[1] His daughter, Julia Levy-Boeken, is an actress.

Ludi Boeken
On the far left
Born	1951 (age 68–69) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	Tel Aviv University
Years active	1987-present

Biography

He was born in Amsterdam.[2] He attended the London Film School from 1970 to 1973, and Tel Aviv University from 1973 to 1976.[3]

He started his career as a war correspondent for the BBC and for Dutch television in the Middle East, South America, Central America, and Africa.[2][3]

He is a partner at Acajou Films, a film production company, with Pascal Judelewicz.[2]

In the years of 2004 and 2007, he was executive director of Terranova, a German TV station.

Filmography

As a producer

• Unsettled Land (dir. Uri Barbash, 1987).
• Wherever You Are... (dir. Krzysztof Zanussi, 1988).
• Vincent & Theo (dir. Robert Altman, 1990).
• La fracture du myocarde (dir. Jacques Fansten, 1990).
• Silent Tongue (dir. Sam Shepard, 1993).
• Roulez jeunesse! (dir. Jacques Fansten, 1993).
• Lucky Punch (dir. Dominique Ladoge, 1996).
• Zeus and Roxanne (dir. George T. Miller, 1997).
• Kings for a Day (dir. François Velle, 1997).
• Train of Life (dir. Radu Mihăileanu, 1998).
• Britney, Baby, One More Time (2002)
• Deadlines (dir. Ludi Boeken, Michael Alan Lerner, 2004).
• Dead Cool (dir. David Cohen, 2004).
• The Vintner's Luck (dir. Niki Caro, 2009).
• Q (dir. Laurent Bouhnik, 2011).
• Vanishing Waves (dir. Kristina Buozyte, 2012).
• Jappeloup (dir. Christian Duguay, 2013).

As an actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Lucky Punch		dir. Dominique Ladoge
2004	Deadlines		dir. Ludi Boeken, Michael Alan Lerner
2011	Q		dir. Laurent Bouhnik
2013	World War Z	Jurgen Warmbrunn

As a director

• Britney, Baby, One More Time (2002).
• Deadlines (2004).
• Unter Bauern – Retter in der Nacht (2009).

References

1. AlloCine
2. Acajou Films
3. Le Nouvel Observateur Archived 2013-06-30 at Archive.today

External links

• Ludi Boeken on IMDb