San Fu Maltha (born 17 July 1958) is a Dutch film producer and

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. He founded the

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Fu Works and he co-founded film distributor A-Film.

Biography

San Fu Maltha was born on 17 July 1958 in

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in the

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.About Fu Works
. Retrieved on 2008-01-28. He started his film career in the Netherlands as a

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and

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manager for

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and Columbia TriStar, and he worked in different positions for Meteor Film. When Meteor Film was sold to PolyGram, he became the acquisition manager for PolyGram International in the United Kingdom. In 1995, he founded his own

Fu Works. He produced Dutch

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s, among which '' Phileine Says Sorry'' (2003) and '' Black Book'' (2006), and

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. In 2008, his film production '' Winter in Wartime'' was released, directed by

Martin Koolhoven Martinus Wouter "Martin" Koolhoven (born 25 April 1969) is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Internationally he is most known for ''Schnitzel Paradise'' (2005), ''Winter in Wartime (film), Winter in Wartime'' (2008) and ''Brimstone (2016 fi ...

, based on the novel by Jan Terlouw. In 1999, he cofounded the

A-Film. He was

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until 2006, when he sold his majority share due to the work pressure of his production company Fu Works. San Fu Maltha has three sons. They live in

Bilthoven Bilthoven is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Bilt. It has a railway station with connections to Utrecht (city), Utrecht, Amersfoort and Baarn. It is home to the Ne ...

in the

. Two of his movies made the shortlist for the Best Foreign Language Film segment of the

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: ''Black Book'' and ''Winter in Wartime''. Both were bought by Sony Classics in the United States.

Filmography

*'' Costa!'' (2001) *''

Soul Assassin ''Soul Assassin'' is a 2001 English-language Dutch action thriller film directed by Laurence Malkin and starring Rena Owen, Kristy Swanson and Skeet Ulrich. It was released 22 August 2001 and was considered a box-office bomb. Plot The film is ...

'' (2001) *''

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'' (2002) *'' The Emperor's Wife'' (2003) *'' Phileine Says Sorry'' (2003) *'' In Orange'' (2004) *'' Too Fat Too Furious'' (2005) *'' Jade Warrior'' (2006) *'' Black Book'' (2006) *'' Made in Korea'' (2006) *'' 4 Elements'' (2006) *'' Winter in Wartime'' (2008) *''

Tirza ''Tirza'' is a 2010 Dutch drama film written and directed by Rudolf van den Berg, based on the Dutch bestseller of the same name by Arnon Grunberg. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academ ...

'' (2010) *'' Süskind'' (2012) *'' Ennio'' (2021) *'' The Ice Cream Man'' (2024)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maltha, San Fu 1958 births Dutch film producers Living people Mass media people from Rotterdam Golden Calf winners