Golden Calf for Best Director
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The following is a list of winners of the Golden Calf
for best Director at the NFF.
Golden Calf (award)
The Golden Calf is the award of the Netherlands Film Festival, which is held annually in Utrecht. The award has been presented since 1981, originally in six categories: Best actor, Best actress, Best film, Best Short film, Culture Prize and Honourable mention...
for best Director at the NFF.
- 2007 Mijke de Jong - Stages (Tussenstand)
- 2006 Paul Verhoeven - Black Book (Zwartboek)
- 2005 Nanouk LeopoldNanouk LeopoldNanouk Leopold is a Dutch film maker. She graduated from Dutch film school in 1997, starting off by making films for Dutch television...
- Guernsey - 2004 Eddy Terstall - SimonSimon (2004 film)Simon is a 2004 Dutch drama film directed by Eddy Terstall.The story is about two male friends, one heterosexual and one gay. Same sex marriage and euthanasia are prominent themes of the film. The film has won four Golden Calves.-Plot:...
- 2003 Pieter KuijpersPieter KuijpersPieter Kuijpers is a Dutch film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.-Films:*Darkling *Godforsaken *The Archives *Off Screen...
- Godforsaken (Van God los)GodforsakenGodforsaken is a 2003 Dutch drama film.The film received a Golden Film and won three Golden Calves.... - 2002 Alejandro AgrestiAlejandro AgrestiAlejandro Agresti is an Argentine film director and producer. He has become increasingly influential in the United States and directed The Lake House with top Hollywood actors Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves in 2006....
- ValentínValentínValentín is a 2002 Argentine, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish drama film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film features Rodrigo Noya as Valentínand Carmen Maura as the grandmother... - 2001 Martin KoolhovenMartin KoolhovenMartin Koolhoven is a Dutch film director and screenwriter.Born as Martinus Wouter Koolhoven, Koolhoven graduated from Dutch film school in 1996 and almost immediately made an impact on the Dutch film industry with his 53 minute television film Duister Licht in which the slaughtering of a pig was...
- The Cave (De grot) - 2000 Jean van de VeldeJean van de Velde (director)Jean van de Velde is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. He has directed twelve films since 1979. His film The Silent Army competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- Leak (Lek) - 1999 Roel ReinéRoel ReinéRoel Reiné is a Los Angeles-based Dutch film director.-Death Race: Frankenstein Lives:The Dutch filmmaker becomes the director seat for Death Race: Frankenstein Lives , an official sequel to Paul W.S. Anderson's Death Race...
- The Delivery - 1998 Karim Traïdia - The Polish Bride (De Poolse bruid)The Polish BrideThe Polish Bride is a 1998 Dutch film directed by Karim Traïdia and written by Kees van der Hulst.-Cast:*Jaap Spijkers as Henk Woldring*Monic Hendrickx as Anna Krzyzanowska*Rudi Falkenhagen as the pimp*Roef Ragas as the son...
- 1997 Rudolf van den BergRudolf van den BergRudolf van den Berg is a Dutch writer and director.Van den Berg has been making films and documentaries for over thirty years now. Often praised and crowned, sometimes seriously criticized, Van den Berg's work has always succeeded in stirring passionate reactions.His eighth feature film Tirza was...
- For My Baby - 1996 Theo van GoghTheo van Gogh (film director)Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh was a Dutch film director, film producer, columnist, author and actor.Van Gogh worked with the Somali-born writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali to produce the film Submission, which criticized the treatment of women in Islam and aroused controversy among Muslims...
- Blind DateBlind Date (1996 film)Blind Date is a 1996 Dutch film by director Theo van Gogh.In 1996, the film was nominated for four Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival and won three.In 2008, Stanley Tucci released a remake of the film.... - 1995 Marleen GorrisMarleen GorrisMarleen Gorris is a writer-director from the Netherlands. Gorris is known as an outspoken feminist and supporter of gay and lesbian issues which is reflected in much of her work....
- AntoniaAntonia-People:* Antonia , including a list of people with the name* Any woman of the Antonius family of ancient Rome* Antonia of Balzo , queen consort of Sicily* Princess Antonia of Württemberg * Princess Antónia of Portugal... - 1994 Rosemarie Blank - Crossing Borders (Rit over de grens)
- 1993 Ben SombogaartBen SombogaartBen Sombogaart is a Dutch film and TV director.His film Twin Sisters was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-Filmography:*The Boy Who Stopped Talking...
- The Pocket-knife (Het zakmes)The Pocket-knifeThe Pocket-knife or Het Zakmes is a 1992 Dutch film directed by Ben Sombogaart.-Cast:*Olivier Tuinier ... Mees Grobben*Verno Romney ... Tim*Adelheid Roosen ... Mees' moeder*Genio De Groot... Mees' vader... - 1992 Alex van WarmerdamAlex van WarmerdamAlex van Warmerdam is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is also a painter.-Biography:He was cofounder of the theatre group Hauser Orkater . In 1980 he founded the theatre group De Mexicaanse Hond , together with his brother Marc van Warmerdam...
- The Northerners (De noorderlingen) - 1991 Frans WeiszFrans WeiszFrans Weisz is a Dutch film director. He has directed 22 films since 1964. His film Havinck was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1988 Cannes Film Festival...
- Bij nader inzien - 1990 Frouke Fokkema - Vigor (Kracht)VigorVigor is a clone of vi for UNIX that adds, as a joke, a cruel parody of Clippit, the Microsoft Office assistant. The name is a portmanteau of vi and Igor, Dr. Frankenstein's assistant. Vigor was written by Joel Ray "Piquan" Holveck in Sunnyvale, California, and the logo for Vigor was created by...
- 1989 Frans WeiszFrans WeiszFrans Weisz is a Dutch film director. He has directed 22 films since 1964. His film Havinck was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1988 Cannes Film Festival...
- Polonaise (Leedvermaak)PolonaiseThe polonaise is a slow dance of Polish origin, in 3/4 time. Its name is French for "Polish."The polonaise had a rhythm quite close to that of the Swedish semiquaver or sixteenth-note polska, and the two dances have a common origin.... - 1988 Pieter VerhoeffPieter VerhoeffPieter Verhoeff is a Dutch film director. He studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy and graduated in 1966. He is known for his films The Mark of the Beast, The Dream and The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time. All three stories take place in his native Friesland...
- Count Your Blessings (Van geluk gesproken) - 1987 Dick MaasDick MaasDick Maas is Dutch film director, screenwriter, film producer and movie music composer.He achieved national fame after the success of the movies De Lift, Amsterdamned and Flodder.-Shorts:* Adelbert* De overval...
- FlodderFlodderFlodder is a 1986 Dutch comedy film written and directed by Dick Maas, and distributed by First Floor Features. It is the first film in the Flodder franchise and is followed by two more films and a spin-off series... - 1986 Alex van WarmerdamAlex van WarmerdamAlex van Warmerdam is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is also a painter.-Biography:He was cofounder of the theatre group Hauser Orkater . In 1980 he founded the theatre group De Mexicaanse Hond , together with his brother Marc van Warmerdam...
- Abel - 1985 Paul Verhoeven - Flesh + BloodFlesh & Blood (film)Flesh & Blood is a 1985 film directed by Paul Verhoeven. It is set in the year 1501 in Italy, and follows a group of mercenaries as they loot, rape and kill....
- 1984 Rudolf van den BergRudolf van den BergRudolf van den Berg is a Dutch writer and director.Van den Berg has been making films and documentaries for over thirty years now. Often praised and crowned, sometimes seriously criticized, Van den Berg's work has always succeeded in stirring passionate reactions.His eighth feature film Tirza was...
- BastilleBastilleThe Bastille was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. The Bastille was built in response to the English threat to the city of... - 1983 Dick MaasDick MaasDick Maas is Dutch film director, screenwriter, film producer and movie music composer.He achieved national fame after the success of the movies De Lift, Amsterdamned and Flodder.-Shorts:* Adelbert* De overval...
- De liftDe LiftDe Lift is a 1983 film by the Dutch director Dick Maas about a killer elevator. In 2001, an English language remake, Down, was made and was also directed by Dick Maas....
Sources
- Golden Calf Awards (Dutch)
- NFF Website