Alex van Warmerdam

Alex van Warmerdam (born 14 August 1952) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is also a painter.

Alex van Warmerdam
Born (1952-08-14) 14 August 1952
Haarlem, Netherlands
Occupationwriter, film director, actor
Spouse(s)Annet Malherbe
ChildrenMees, Houk

Life and career

Van Warmerdam was born in Haarlem, a city in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. He was cofounder of the theatre group Hauser Orkater (which later became the musictheatre group Orkater). In 1980, he founded the theatre group De Mexicaanse Hond (The Mexican Dog), together with his brother Marc van Warmerdam. This is the name under which all the shows since 1989 have been released.

He made his first feature film in 1986: Abel. He plays parts in all of his own movies, except Grimm (film).

Alex van Warmerdam is married to Dutch actress Annet Malherbe, who plays parts in most of his films and mostly also functions as a casting director. Their son Mees is a musician and has performed in various shows by theatre group De Mexicaanse Hond.

He won the Nederlands-Vlaamse Toneelschrijfprijs in 1990 and the Taalunie Toneelschrijfprijs in 2011.

His 2013 film Borgman was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Filmography

Short films and TV films
  • Adelbert (1977) (short film) (as an actor)[2]
  • Entree Brussels (1978) (short film) (as a writer)[3]
  • Striptease (1979) (short film) (as a writer)
  • Zie De Mannen Vallen (1980) (TV film)
  • Graniet (1982) (TV film)
  • De Stedeling (1984) (short film)

Feature films
Date Title Writer Director Actor
1986Abel a.k.a. Voyeur[4]NNN
1992The NorthernersNNN
1996The DressNNN
1998Little TonyNNN
2003GrimmNN
2006WaiterNNN
2009The Last Days of Emma BlankNNN
2012Black OutN
2013BorgmanNNN
2015Schneider vs. BaxNNN

References
  1. "2013 Official Selection". Cannes. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  2. "Alex van Warmerdam". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 13 December 2006.
  3. "Alex van Warmerdam". Graniet Film. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2006.
  4. Abel (Voyeur) at Rotten Tomatoes
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.