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

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

and

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. He founded the production company Fu Works and he co-founded

A-Film.

Biography

San Fu Maltha was born on 17 July 1958 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.About Fu Works
. Retrieved on 2008-01-28. He started his film career in the Netherlands as a marketing and

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manager for Warner Bros. and Columbia TriStar, and he worked in different positions for

Meteor Film A meteoroid () is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space. Meteoroids are defined as objects significantly smaller than asteroids, ranging in size from grains to objects up to a meter wide. Objects smaller than this are classified as mi ...

. 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 a ...

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

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 films, among which '' Phileine Says Sorry'' (2003) and '' Black Book'' (2006), and documentaries. 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, based on the novel by Jan Terlouw. In 1999, he cofounded the

A-Film. He was managing director 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 in the Netherlands.Avontuur lokte stel naar Amsterdam
Retrieved on 2008-01-28. Two of his movies made the shortlist for the Best Foreign Language Film segment of the Academy Awards: Black Book and

. Both were bought by

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in the United States.

Filmography

*'' Costa!'' (2001) *'' Soul Assassin'' (2001) *'' Science Fiction'' (2002) *''

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

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'' (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)

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