Michael Verhoeven | |
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Born | |
Died | 22 April 2024 | (aged 85)
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1967–2024 |
Spouse | |
Children | 2; including Simon |
Parent |
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Relatives | Lis Verhoeven (sister), Mario Adorf (ex-brother-in-law) |
Michael Verhoeven (13 July 1938 – 22 April 2024) was a German film director, screenwriter, film and television producer, actor. He was also a qualified doctor of medicine.
Michael Verhoeven was the son of the German film director Paul Verhoeven (not to be confused with the Dutch film director of the same name). He married actress Senta Berger in 1966; their sons are screenwriter/director/actor Simon Verhoeven (born 1972) and producer/actor Luca Verhoeven (born 1979). Together, the family run a production company to make films. The 1970 anti- Vietnam War film o.k. was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival, but led to a scandal that forced the collapse of the festival without the awarding of any prizes. [1]
In 1982, Verhoeven released Die weiße Rose (The White Rose), which, with the Best Foreign film nomination of Das schreckliche Mädchen (The Nasty Girl) in 1990, cemented his reputation as an important political contributor to German film. Along with his films My Mother's Courage and documentary Der unbekannte Soldat (The Unknown Soldier), they have been hailed as an unstinting examination of Germany's Nazi period. In 1992, he was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. [2]
Verhoeven became a professor at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg in the 1990s, passing on his knowledge to the next generation of filmmakers.
Verhoeven was one of the founding members of the Deutsche Filmakademie (German Film Academy, an organisation akin to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) in 2003.
Verhoeven died from a long illness in Munich, on 22 April 2024, at the age of 85. [3]
Film
Television
Documentary and short films
Michael Verhoeven | |
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Born | |
Died | 22 April 2024 | (aged 85)
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1967–2024 |
Spouse | |
Children | 2; including Simon |
Parent |
|
Relatives | Lis Verhoeven (sister), Mario Adorf (ex-brother-in-law) |
Michael Verhoeven (13 July 1938 – 22 April 2024) was a German film director, screenwriter, film and television producer, actor. He was also a qualified doctor of medicine.
Michael Verhoeven was the son of the German film director Paul Verhoeven (not to be confused with the Dutch film director of the same name). He married actress Senta Berger in 1966; their sons are screenwriter/director/actor Simon Verhoeven (born 1972) and producer/actor Luca Verhoeven (born 1979). Together, the family run a production company to make films. The 1970 anti- Vietnam War film o.k. was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival, but led to a scandal that forced the collapse of the festival without the awarding of any prizes. [1]
In 1982, Verhoeven released Die weiße Rose (The White Rose), which, with the Best Foreign film nomination of Das schreckliche Mädchen (The Nasty Girl) in 1990, cemented his reputation as an important political contributor to German film. Along with his films My Mother's Courage and documentary Der unbekannte Soldat (The Unknown Soldier), they have been hailed as an unstinting examination of Germany's Nazi period. In 1992, he was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. [2]
Verhoeven became a professor at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg in the 1990s, passing on his knowledge to the next generation of filmmakers.
Verhoeven was one of the founding members of the Deutsche Filmakademie (German Film Academy, an organisation akin to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) in 2003.
Verhoeven died from a long illness in Munich, on 22 April 2024, at the age of 85. [3]
Film
Television
Documentary and short films