Known For
Directing
Known Credits
15
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 5, 1920 (105 years old)
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.
| 1989 | The Rose Garden...Director | |
| 1986 | The Assault...Director | |
| 1979 | My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter...Director | |
| 1976 | Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company...Director | |
| 1973 | Because of the Cats...Director | |
| 1971 | Mira...Director | |
| 1966 | The Dance of the Heron...Director | |
| 1963 | Like Two Drops of Water...Director | |
| 1961 | The Knife...Director | |
| 1960 | That Joyous Eve......Director | |
| 1958 | Village by the River...Director |
| 1987 | Diary of a Mad Old Man...Producer | |
| 1986 | The Assault...Producer | |
| 1979 | My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter...Producer | |
| 1978 | The Inheritance...Producer | |
| 1976 | Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company...Producer | |
| 1973 | Because of the Cats...Producer | |
| 1966 | The Dance of the Heron...Producer | |
| 1963 | Like Two Drops of Water...Producer |
| 1973 | Because of the Cats...Writer | |
| 1963 | Like Two Drops of Water...Scenario Writer | |
| 1960 | That Joyous Eve......Idea | |
| 1960 | That Joyous Eve......Scenario Writer | |
| 1958 | Village by the River...Writer |
| 1993 | Hollywood by Bikeas Himself | |
| 1983 | All Rebelsas | |
| 1981 | Vrijdagas Chef van Jules | |
| 1978 | Mysteriesas Chief Constable | |
| 1977 | Gejaagd door de winst (of het A.B.C. van de moderne samenleving)as Postbode | |
| 1975 | Lifespanas Prof. van Arp | |
| 1975 | Katie Tippelas Klant | |
| 1973 | Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces)as | |
| 1972 | Markant: Elise Hoomansas Self | |
| 1971 | Daughters of Darknessas Mother | |
| 1971 | Arsène Lupinas Mullen | |
| 1971 | Miraas Notaris | |
| 1969 | Obsessionsas Raoul Orlov | |
| 1968 | The Enemiesas Willy | |
| 1965 | Aah... Tamaraas |
