Frans Weisz (born 23 July 1938) is a Dutch

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

. He has directed more than 30 films since 1964. His 1975 film ''

Red Sien ''Red Sien'' () is a 1975 Dutch drama film directed by Frans Weisz, produced by Rob du Mée. The story is based on the play with the same name, created by Marius Spree at the start of the 20th century. Beppie Nooij jr. played the role of Rooie S ...

'' was entered into the

9th Moscow International Film Festival The 9th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1975. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Polish film '' The Promised Land'' directed by Andrzej Wajda, the Soviet-Japanese film '' Dersu Uzala'' directed by Akira Kurosawa ...

. His film '' Havinck'' was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ...

section the

1988 Cannes Film Festival The 41st Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1988. Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola served as jury president for the main competition. Danish filmmaker Bille August won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for his drama film ...

. His 1993 film '' The Betrayed'' was entered into the

43rd Berlin International Film Festival The 43rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1993. The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to American-Taiwanese film '' The Wedding Banquet'' directed by Ang Lee and Chinese film '' Woman Sesame Oil Maker'' di ...

. Weisz is Jewish. During the war he was hiding with his parents on a farm in

Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...

. They were discovered, Frans managed to escape but his parents were captured. They were transported to

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) d ...

, his mother survived, his father did not.

Selected filmography

* '' A Gangstergirl'' (1966) * '' The Burglar'' (1972) * ''

'' (1975) * '' Charlotte'' (1981) * '' Havinck'' (1987) * ''

Leedvermaak '' Leedvermaak'' is a 1989 Dutch drama film directed by Frans Weisz on a Jewish wedding in the Netherlands overshadowed by the trauma of the Holocaust. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academ ...

'' (1989) * '' The Betrayed'' (1993) * ''Last Call'' (1995) * ''

Boy Ecury Boy Ecury (23 April 1922 – 6 November 1944) was a member of the Dutch resistance in World War II. Biography He was born in Oranjestad, Aruba, an island of the Dutch Antilles in a large family. Ecury was born the seventh of thirteen children. ...

'' (2003) * '' Life Is Wonderful'' (2018)

Awards

* 2018 - ShortCutz Amsterdam Career AwardFrans Weisz wint Shortcutz Amsterdam Career Award
(18 January 2018).

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* 1938 births Living people Artists from Amsterdam Dutch film directors Dutch Jews Golden Calf winners {{Netherlands-film-director-stub