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

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and film distributor. 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

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

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

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. When Meteor Film was sold to

PolyGram PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be ...

, he became the

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manager for PolyGram International in the United Kingdom. In 1995, he founded his own

Fu Works San Fu Maltha (born 17 July 1958) is a Dutch film producer and film distributor. He founded the production company Fu Works and he co-founded film distributor A-Film. Biography San Fu Maltha was born on 17 July 1958 in Rotterdam in the Netherlan ...

. He produced Dutch

feature film A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

s, among which ''

Phileine Says Sorry ''Phileine Says Sorry'' ( nl, Phileine zegt sorry) is a Dutch/American 2003 comedy-drama film directed by Robert Jan Westdijk. It is based on the novel ''Phileine zegt sorry'' by Ronald Giphart. Plot The story is about Phileine (Kim van Koo ...

'' (2003) and '' Black Book'' (2006), and

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. In 2008 his film production ''

Winter in Wartime ''Winter in Wartime'' (''Oorlogswinter'', 1972) is a novel by the Dutch writer Jan Terlouw. The story is about a 15-year-old Dutch boy who lives through the last winter of World War II and is based on the author's recollections; Terlouw was eight ...

'' was released, written and 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'' (2008) and '' Brimstone'' (2016), which was his first f ...

, based on the novel by

Jan Terlouw Jan Cornelis Terlouw (born 15 November 1931) is a retired Dutch politician, physicist and author. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party, he served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1981 to 1982 under Prime Minister Dries van A ...

. In 1999, he cofounded the film distributor 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 Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Bilt. It has a railway station with connections to Utrecht, Amersfoort and Baarn. It is home to the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health a ...

in the

.Avontuur lokte stel naar Amsterdam
Retrieved on 2008-01-28. Two of his movies made the shortlist for the

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segment of the

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: Black Book and

. Both were bought by

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in the United States.

Filmography

*''

Costa! ''Costa!'' is a 2001 Dutch romantic comedy film directed by soap producer Johan Nijenhuis. It was the first movie that used several famous Dutch soap stars. Other movies that used soap actors, were ''Volle maan'' and '' Honeyz''. The televisi ...

'' (2001) *'' Soul Assassin'' (2001) *''

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'' (2002) *''

The Emperor's Wife ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

'' (2003) *''

'' (2003) *'' In Orange'' (2004) *'' Jade Warrior'' (2006) *'' Black Book'' (2006) *'' Made in Korea'' (2006) *''

4 Elements Classical elements typically refer to earth, water, air, fire, and (later) aether which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances. Ancient cultures in Greece, Tibet, and India had simil ...

'' (2006) *''

'' (2008) *''

Tirza ''Tirza'' is a 2010 Dutch drama film directed by Rudolf van den Berg and 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 Academy Awards ...

'' (2010) *''

Süskind Susskind (German ''Süßkind'' "sweet child", variants ''Suskind'', ''Suskin'', '' Siskind'', '' Ziskind'', '' Ziskin'', etc.) is a Jewish surname of German origin. History Süsskind in the German medieval period was a given name, not a surname, ...

'' (2012)

References

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