Cilia van Dijk Lieshout (22 November 1941 – 26 April 2023) was a Dutch film producer. Her film work includes ''DaDa'', ''Frieze Frame'', ''I Move, so I Am'', ''The Last Words of Dutch Schultz'' and ''
Anna & Bella''. ''
Anna & Bella'' earned her an
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year ...
as producer.
Life and career
In 1963, Van Dijk-Lieshout married
Gerrit van Dijk
Gerrit van Dijk (5 December 1938 – 4 December 2012) was a Dutch animator, film maker, actor and painter.
Biography
Gerrit van Dijk was born in a Catholic family in the village of Volkel, in the municipality of Uden. He studied as a fifteen- ...
, a Dutch animator.
In 1978 she created Animated People, a distributor of Dutch animation films.
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Van Dijk died on 26 April 2023, at the age of 81.
Oscar-winnares Cilia van Dijk (81) overleden
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Filmography
*1979: ''Jute''
*1983: ''Haast een hand''
*1983: ''A Good Turn Daily''
*1984: '' Anna & Bella'' (producer)
*1986: ''Animation Has No Borders''
*1988: ''Pas à deux''
*1991: ''Frieze Frame''
*1995: ''De houten haarlemmers''
*1997: ''DaDa''
*1998: ''Ik beweeg, dus ik besta''
*1999: ''Applause''
*2001: ''Radio Umanak''
*2002: ''Stiltwalkers''
See also
*Børge Ring
Børge Ring (17 February 1921 – 27 December 2018) was a Danish animated short film writer, director and animator. His 1978 short film ''Oh My Darling'' won the Best Short Film award at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, and his 1984 short film ' ...
*Cinema of the Netherlands
Cinema of the Netherlands refers to the film industry based in the Netherlands. Because the Dutch film industry is relatively small, and there is little or no international market for Dutch films, almost all films rely on state funding. This ...
References
External sources
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gerritvandijk.nl
MUBI
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1941 births
2023 deaths
Dutch film producers
Dutch animated film producers
Dutch women film producers
People from Uden
Producers who won the Best Animated Short Academy Award