Hans de Weers (; 17 April 1966) is a Dutch
television
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- and
film producer. Apart from box office hits like ''
Oysters at Nam Kee's'' and ''
New Kids Turbo
''New Kids Turbo'', sometimes promoted as ''New Kids: Turbo!'', is a Dutch black comedy film based on the television series ''New Kids''. The film premiered on 6 December 2010 and was released in all Dutch cinemas on 9 December. It was one of th ...
'' he is most notable for producing the film ''
Antonia's Line
''Antonia's Line'' (Original title: ''Antonia'') is a 1995 Dutch feminist film written and directed by Marleen Gorris. The film, described as a "feminist fairy tale", tells the story of the independent Antonia (Willeke van Ammelrooy) who, after ...
'' that enjoyed critical success and several awards, including the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the
68th Academy Awards
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.
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112379/awards?ref_=tt_awd Awards Antonia (1995) on imdb.com ]
Selected filmography
Feature films
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Oude Tongen (1994)
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Antonia's Line
''Antonia's Line'' (Original title: ''Antonia'') is a 1995 Dutch feminist film written and directed by Marleen Gorris. The film, described as a "feminist fairy tale", tells the story of the independent Antonia (Willeke van Ammelrooy) who, after ...
(1995)
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The Stowaway (1997)
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House of America
''House of America'' is a 1997 British film directed by Marc Evans. The film, set in a depressed Welsh mining town, centres on a dysfunctional family unit of brothers Boyo and Sid, their sister Gwenny and their controlling mother. The film tack ...
(1997)
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Mariken (2000)
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Nynke (2001)
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Oysters at Nam Kee's (2002)
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Erik of het klein insectenboek
''Eric in the Land of the Insects'', originally called ''Erik of het klein insectenboek'' (English: Erik or the small book of insects) in Dutch, is a 1941 Dutch children's novel by Godfried Bomans. It is widely seen as a children's classic and Bo ...
(2004)
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Duska (2007)
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De Brief voor de Koning
''The Letter for the King'' ( nl, De brief voor de koning, ) is a book by the Dutch writer Tonke Dragt, first published in 1962. A sequel, The Secrets of the Wild Wood, ''The Secrets of the Wild Wood'' ( nl, Geheim van het Wilde Woud), was publi ...
(2008)
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Stricken (2009)
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The Happy Housewife (2010)
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Dik Trom (2010)
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New Kids Turbo
''New Kids Turbo'', sometimes promoted as ''New Kids: Turbo!'', is a Dutch black comedy film based on the television series ''New Kids''. The film premiered on 6 December 2010 and was released in all Dutch cinemas on 9 December. It was one of th ...
(2010)
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Nova Zembla (2011)
* New Kids Nitro (2011)
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Jackie (2012)
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De Marathon (2012)
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The Dinner (2013)
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The Surprise (2015)
* Hotel de grote L (2017)
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Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle
''Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle'' ( nl, Tulipani, Liefde, Eer en een Fiets) is a 2017 Dutch comedy film, written by Peter van Wijk and directed by Mike van Diem. It was shortlisted by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands as one of the eight ...
(2017)
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La Holandesa (2017)
* Believe the Movie (announced)
Television films
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De Trein van zes uur tien (1999)
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Maten (1999)
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Ochtendzwemmers (2001)
* De ordening (2003)
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Bluebird
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(2004)
* De Overloper (2012)
Television series
* Meiden van de Wit (2002 – 2005, 36 episodes)
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Flikken Maastricht
''Flikken Maastricht'' (Belgian Dutch for "Maastricht Cops") is a Dutch police drama. The series is set in Maastricht, Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, a city in the south of the Netherlands, and began broadcasting on Dutch channel NPO 1 on 3 Sept ...
(2007 – 2012, 41 episodes)
* Dokter Deen (2012 – 2018, 34 episodes)
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Tokyo Trial
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial or the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on April 29, 1946 to try leaders of the Empire of Japan for crimes against peace, conven ...
(2017, 4 episodes)
References
External links
Official website*
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Living people
Dutch film producers
Dutch television producers
University of Amsterdam alumni
1966 births