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Bert Haanstra

Bert Haanstra

Bert Haanstra

1916-05-31

Espelo, Overijssel, the Netherlands

DIRECTING

Biography

Albert 'Bert' Haanstra was a Dutch film director of films and documentaries. His documentary Glass (1958) won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1959. His feature film Fanfare (1958) was the most visited Dutch film at the time, and has since only been surpassed by Turkish Delight (1973).

Best known for:

Trafic

Amsterdamned

Glass

Mirror of Holland

Zoo

Fanfare

Everyman

The Voice of the Water

Panta Rhei

The Netherlands

Ape and Super-Ape

Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies

And There Was No More Sea

Rembrandt, Painter of Man

The Family of Chimps

Retour Madrid

Delta Phase 1

The World of Simon Carmiggelt

The Manneken Pis Case

Mr. Slotter's Jubilee

Juliana in zeventig bewogen jaren

The Muider Group Revived

Myrte & The Demons

Battle Without End

Speaking of Glass

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Filmography:

The Muider Group Revived (1949)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Cinematography
Mirror of Holland (1950)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
Myrte & The Demons (1950)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
Medieval Dutch Sculpture (1951)
WORK AS:
Director
Panta Rhei (1952)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer, Cinematography, Editor
The Dike Builders (1952)
WORK AS:
Editor, Director, Scenario Writer
Arise and Perish (1954)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer
The Detection of Mineral Oil (1954)
WORK AS:
Writer, Editor, Director

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The Reconnaissance Drill (1954)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer
The Oil Field (1954)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
And There Was No More Sea (1955)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
God Shiva (1955)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Producer
Battle Without End (1955)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer, Editor
Rembrandt, Painter of Man (1957)
WORK AS:
Director
Fanfare (1958)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Glass (1958)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

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Speaking of Glass (1958)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Producer
The Manneken Pis Case (1960)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Producer
Zoo (1961)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer, Editor
Delta Phase 1 (1962)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Producer
Everyman (1963)
WORK AS:
Co-Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
The Voice of the Water (1966)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
Retour Madrid (1968)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
Trafic (1971)
5.8
WORK AS:
Co-Director, Executive Producer
Ape and Super-Ape (1972)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Scenario Writer
Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies (1975)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
National Parks.... Necessarly (1978)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
Mr. Slotter's Jubilee (1979)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
Juliana in zeventig bewogen jaren (1979)
WORK AS:
Writer
The Netherlands (1983)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Producer
The World of Simon Carmiggelt (1983)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer
The Hairdresser (1983)
WORK AS:
Director
The Family of Chimps (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
(voice)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematography
Monument for a Gorilla (1987)
APPEREAD AS:
Voice-over
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Cinematography, Editor
Amsterdamned (1988)
4.9
APPEREAD AS:
Conductor
Children of Ghana (1988)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Producer

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