Wognum
Wognum () is a former municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Wognum received city rights in 1392 but lost them in 1426. In 2007 it merged with the municipalities of Medemblik and Noorder-Koggenland into an e ...
, 25 November 1958) is a
Dutch
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** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship ()
** Dutch language ()
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documentary
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
Aside from directing documentaries John Appel has also been a cameraman for several documentaries and youth series. Since 2001 he has also been a visiting professor at the
Netherlands Film and Television Academy
The Netherlands Film Academy () (NFA) was founded in 1958.
The academy is the only recognised institute in the Netherlands that offers training to prepare for the work in the various crew disciplines. Specialisation is possible in fiction direc ...
. In 1999 John Appel was known to a large audience for the documentary Zij Gelooft in Mij (She believes in me). The movie signalled also signalled another revival in the career its main subject,
André Hazes
André Gerardus Hazes (30 June 1951 – 23 September 2004) was a Dutch singer and actor. As an accomplished levenslied singer, Hazes recorded 36 studio and live albums, and 55 singles prior to his death in 2004. His music is still well-known in ...
Joris Ivens Award
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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. In the film
André Hazes
André Gerardus Hazes (30 June 1951 – 23 September 2004) was a Dutch singer and actor. As an accomplished levenslied singer, Hazes recorded 36 studio and live albums, and 55 singles prior to his death in 2004. His music is still well-known in ...
was closely followed around for ten months. The torch followed the popular singer from performances abroad to his own house. The film sketches a picture of a man that often comes up the pole with his nerves and therefore leads a lonely and sometimes hard life.
In the documentary '' Het Beloofde Land'', John Appel went on a search for the story behind the newspaper story "Man ligt maand lang dood in flat" ("Man lies dead in flat for a month"). In this moving film, Appel tries to find an answer to the question of who in the event of a forgotten death does the moral responsibility lie. Should neighbours, family, friends or colleagues had noticed? Appel directed this film in the framework of the project De tien geboden on
IKON
iKon (; stylized as iKON) is a South Korean boy band formed in 2015 by YG Entertainment. The lineup consists of six members: Jay, Song, Bobby, DK, Ju-ne, and Chan. Originally a seven-piece band, B.I departed from the group in June 2019.
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Jos de Putter
Jos de Putter (Terneuzen, 1959) is a Dutch film director, film critic and screenwriter who primarily makes Dutch documentary films. He studied political science and literature at the University of Leiden, and was a member of the editorial staff ...
Siena
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as they prepared for the local horse race in
Palio
Palio is the name given in Italy to an annual athletic contest, very often of a historical character, pitting the neighbourhoods of a town or the hamlets of a ''comune'' against each other. Typically, they are fought in costume and commemorate so ...
. It is already 24 years after Civetta won the annual race. It is a heavy science for them, because the race carries enormous weight for them. The climax comes with the final bloodcurdling race, where the nerves of the spectators and participants of the race can be felt.
In the documentary ''The Player'', Appel investigates some gambler moves and why their addiction is so difficult to control. Inspired by the adventurous but also tragic life of his father, in this documentary John Appel goes on a search for the true nature of the player. On the basis of portraits of a bookmaker at the horse races, a poker player, and a captured "rasoplichter" ("swindler by nature"), everyone in the art of winning and losing has contributed to Appel's own psychological portrait of his father, showing that he was not just an ordinary gambler but also a true player.
Filmography
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Johnny Meijer
Johnny Meijer (born 'Jan Cornelis Meijer' 1 October 1912 in Amsterdam; died 8 January 1992 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch accordionist who played classical, folk, and swing (genre), swing.
For a time he was known as a jazz accordionist and his 75th b ...
(1993)
* De romantische lijn (1997)
* Zij gelooft in mij (1999)
*Dodengang (1999)
*Senegal Surplace (2003)
*De laatste overwinning (2004)
*There goes my heart (2005)
*The Player (2009)
*Wrong time wrong place (2012)