Dirk Herman Willem Maas (Dick) (born 15 April 1951) is a Dutch

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, film producer and film composer.

Career

Maas achieved fame after the success of his music videos for the Dutch band

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, including " Twilight Zone" and the controversial " When the Lady Smiles," and his films , '' Amsterdamned'' and '' Flodder'' in the 1980s. Maas also directed the controversial Saint Nicolas slasher '' Sint'' (Saint Nick) and one episode of the TV series '' Young Indiana Jones''. The film '' Karakter'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998. Maas served as executive producer. The film was produced by his production company First Floor Features, founded in 1984. He left the company, which he started with Laurens Geels, in 2002. His 2016 film ''

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'' became an unexpected box office hit in China cinemas in 2019. It is also the first Dutch film to secure a wide theatrical release in China. The film was retitled as ''Violent Fierce Lion''. An authorized documentary about his career titled ''De Dick Maas Methode'' premiered at the

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on September 27, 2020, in Utrecht. In 1998 he wrote his first thriller, titled ''Salvo'' (). In 2016 followed by a book in which he wrote about his career as a filmmaker (). ''The Naked Witness'' () is the title of his 2021 book based on his 1988 film ''Amsterdamned''. According to Maas it is the first in a series of books based on this film. In December 2023 Maas announced that he is working on a

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to his 1988 film Amsterdamned. Filming will start in September of 2024 with an expected 2025 release. Huub Stapel again plays the leading role.

Personal life

Dick Herman Willem Maas was born on 15 April 1951 in

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in the

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. His mother was actress Inge Beekman (1924–2009). The father of Inge, his grandfather he never knew, was Wim Beekman (1895–1934), KLM captain who was killed during the 1934 KLM Douglas DC-2 crash. Maas is married to fellow film director Esmé Lammers, a granddaughter of Max Euwe, World Chess Champion 1935–1937.

Filmography (as director)

Music videos

* 1982 – " Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring * 1984 – "Clear Night Moonlight" - Golden Earring * 1984 – " When the Lady Smiles" - Golden Earring * 1988 – " Amsterdamned" - Loïs Lane * 1988 - " Haunted Guitar " - Billy Falcon * 1989 - " Turn The World Around " - Golden Earring * 1997 – "Burning Stuntman" - Golden Earring * 1997 - " Dance in the Light " - Mai Tai * 2003 - " Afscheid Nemen Bestaat Niet " - Marco Borsato * 2004 - " Laat me Gaan " - Marco Borsato

Shorts

* ''Historia Morbi'' - 1974 * ''Picknick- 1975 * ''Adelbert'' - 1977 * ''Bon Bon'' - 1979 * ''Onder De Maat'' - 1979 * ''Overval'' - 1979 * ''Idylle'' - 1979 * ''Rigor Mortis'' - 1980 * ''Long Distance'' - 2003

Television

* '' Flodder'' (1993–1994, 8 episodes) * ''

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'' (1993; episode "Transylvania")

Features

* 1983 – '' The Lift'' * 1986 – '' Flodder'' * 1988 – '' Amsterdamned'' * 1992 – '' Flodder in America'' (aka Flodder 2) * 1995 – '' Flodder 3'' * 1999 – ''Do Not Disturb'' * 2001 – ''Down'' * 2007 – '' Moordwijven'' * 2010 – '' Sint'' * 2012 – ''

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'' * 2016 – ''

'' * 2025 – '' Amsterdamned II''

References

External links

* 1951 births Living people Dutch film directors Dutch film producers Dutch satirists Dutch comedy film directors Dutch satirical film directors Dutch horror film directors People from Heemstede Golden Calf winners Dutch music video directors 20th-century Dutch composers 21st-century Dutch composers Dutch male composers Dutch film score composers {{Netherlands-film-director-stub