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

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, where it won the

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Award. During a career spanning several decades he directed 11 films, including '' The Assault'', which won the

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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."VIP Lounge - Fons Rademakers", Radio Netherlands Archives, August 17, 1987
/ref> He died in 2007 in a Geneva hospital of emphysema, after the life-support machines were switched off at his request.

Filmography

*'' The Village on the River'' (''Dorp aan de rivier'') (1958) *'' Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas'' (1960) *'' The Knife'' (''Het Mes'') (1961) *''

Like Two Drops of Water ''Like Two Drops of Water'' ( nl, Als twee druppels water) is a 1963 Dutch drama film directed by Fons Rademakers. It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel '' The Darkroom of Damocles'' by Willem Frederik Hermans. It was entered into the 1963 Canne ...

'' (''Als twee druppels water'') (1963) *'' The Dance of the Heron'' (''De dans van de reiger'') (1966) *'' Mira'' (1971) *''

Because of the Cats ''Because of the Cats'', released theatrically in the UK as ''The Rape'', is a 1973 Dutch- Belgian drama film directed by Fons Rademakers and starring Bryan Marshall, Alexandra Stewart, Sylvia Kristel and Sebastian Graham Jones. The film's Dutc ...

'' (1973) *'' Max Havelaar'' (''Max Havelaar of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche handelsmaatschappij'') (1976) *'' Lifespan'' (1976) *''

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'' (''Mijn vriend'') (1979) *''

Vrijdag ''Vrijdag'' (Dutch for ''Friday'') is a 1980 Belgian-Dutch drama film directed by Hugo Claus, based on his 1969 play (a "classic" Dutch play). It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. The film focuses on a couple, Georges ...

'' (1981) *'' The Assault'' (1986) *'' The Rose Garden'' (1989)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rademakers, Fons 1920 births 2007 deaths Dutch male film actors Dutch male television actors Dutch film directors Dutch film producers Dutch screenwriters Dutch male screenwriters Golden Calf winners Directors of Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners Silver Bear for Best Director recipients Dutch expatriates in Italy Dutch expatriates in France People from Roosendaal Deaths from emphysema 20th-century screenwriters