Rudolf van den Berg
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Rudolf van den Berg is a Dutch writer and director
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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 released in September 2010. It is a heart-breaking, edgy story of a man in search of his missing daughter. In the desert of Namibia
the father will be forced to confront the man who destroyed the life of his favorite child. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 83rd Academy Awards
but it didn't make the final shortlist.
Shooting of his next film, 'Süskind', a war story, written by Chris W. Mitchell and Van den Berg himself, is scheduled for the end of 2010. Just as Tirza, it is also as a coproduction between Cadenza Films and FuWorks.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
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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
Tirza
Tirza is a 2010 Dutch drama film directed by Rudolf van den Berg and based on the Dutch bestseller of the same name by Arnon Grunberg. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it didn't make the final shortlist.-Cast:* Gijs Scholten...
was released in September 2010. It is a heart-breaking, edgy story of a man in search of his missing daughter. In the desert of Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
the father will be forced to confront the man who destroyed the life of his favorite child. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 83rd Academy Awards
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
but it didn't make the final shortlist.
Shooting of his next film, 'Süskind', a war story, written by Chris W. Mitchell and Van den Berg himself, is scheduled for the end of 2010. Just as Tirza, it is also as a coproduction between Cadenza Films and FuWorks.
Filmography
- 1976 : Algerian Times (documentary; director)
- 1979 : The Alien's Place (documentary; director)
- 1983 : Sal Santen Rebel (documentary; writer/director)
- 1984 : Bastille (writer/director)
- 1985 : Stranger at Home (documentary; writer/director)
- 1987 : Looking for Eileen (writer/director)
- 1989 : Evenings (director)
- 1992 : De Johnsons (director)
- 1994 : In The Cold Light Of Day (director)
- 1997 : For My Baby (writer/director)
- 1998 : Oud Geld (TV) (director)
- 1998 : De Keerzijde (TV) (director)
- 2001 : Snapshots (writer/director)
- 2007 : Steel & Lavender (documentary; writer/director)
- 2008 : Schatz (documentary; writer/director)
- 2010 : TirzaTirzaTirza is a 2010 Dutch drama film directed by Rudolf van den Berg and based on the Dutch bestseller of the same name by Arnon Grunberg. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it didn't make the final shortlist.-Cast:* Gijs Scholten...
(writer/director)