Orlow Seunke (born 22 September 1952) is a Dutch director, screenwriter and producer.

Life and career

Born in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

, Seunke studied at the Dutch Film Academy, graduating in 1975. After directing several shorts and TV works, Seunke made his feature film debut in 1982 with the critical acclaimed '' The Hes Case'', which premiered at the 39th edition of the

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in which it won the Silver Lion for Best First Work, and which later was the recipient several other accolades including the Critics' Award at the

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and the Bronze Hugo Award at the

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. His second work '' Tracks in the Snow'' was entered into the main competition at the

42nd Venice International Film Festival The 42nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 26 August to 6 September 1985. Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was '' Vagabond'' directed by Agnès Var ...

and won the Golden Calf Special Jury Prize at the

Netherlands Film Festival The Netherlands Film Festival () is an annual film festival, held in September and October of each year in the city of Utrecht. During the ten-day festival, Dutch film productions and co-productions are exhibited. Besides feature films, the prog ...

. In 2002 Seunke left the Netherlands and moved to Indonesia. Between 2003 and 2006 he was the artistic director of the Jakarta International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

* 1982 - '' The Hes Case'' * 1985 - '' Tracks in the Snow'' * 1991 - '' Oh Boy!'' * 1997 - '' Tropic of Emerald''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seunke, Orlow 1952 births Living people People from Amsterdam Dutch screenwriters Dutch television directors Dutch film directors