Pieter Verhoeff (4 February 1938 – 17 April 2019)
was a Dutch
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
. He studied at the
Netherlands Film and Television Academy
The Netherlands Film Academy ( nl, Nederlandse Filmacademie) (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 ...
and graduated in 1966. He is known for his films ''
The Mark of the Beast'', ''
The Dream'' and ''
The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time''. All three stories take place in his native
Friesland
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. He won two
Golden Calf
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's in his career.
Filmography
* ''
The Mark of the Beast'' (''Het teken van het beest'')
980* ''
The Dream'' (''De Dream'')
985
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Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – Henry II, Duke of Bavaria, Henry II (the Wrangler) is rest ...
* ''
Count Your Blessings'' (''Van geluk gesproken'')
987* ''
The Sunday Child
''The Sunday Child'' or '' De Zondagsjongen '' is a 1992 Dutch film directed by Pieter Verhoeff.
Filming of Cherry Duyns' debut novel about the life of one in 1944 from a German-born Dutch boy. It is June 1988. On the way to his family in Germany ...
'' (''De Zondagsjongen'')
992
Year 992 ( CMXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Worldwide
* Winter – A superflare from the sun causes an Aurora Borealis, with visibility as fa ...
* ''
The Longest Journey
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The game was a ...
'' (''De Langste Reis'')
997
Year 997 (Roman numerals, CMXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Japan
* 1 February: Empress Teishi gives birth to Princess Shushi - she is the first ...
* ''
Mates
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* Mates (born 1964), British newsreader and journalist
* Michael Mates (born 1934), British politician
* Frederick S. Mates, founded the Mates Investment Fund in 1967 that crashed in the bear market o ...
'' (''Maten'')
999 999 or triple nine most often refers to:
* 999 (emergency telephone number), a telephone number for the emergency services in several countries
* 999 (number), an integer
* AD 999, a year
* 999 BC, a year
Books
* ''999'' (anthology) or ''999: ...
* ''
The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time'' (''Nynke'')
001 001, O01, or OO1 may refer to:
*1 (number), a number, a numeral
*001, fictional British agent, see 00 Agent
*001, former emergency telephone number for the Norwegian fire brigade (until 1986)
*AM-RB 001, the code-name for the Aston Martin Valkyrie ...
* ''
The Letter for the King
''The Letter for the King'' ( nl, De brief voor de koning, ) is a book by the Dutch writer Tonke Dragt, first published in 1962. A sequel, ''The Secrets of the Wild Wood'' ( nl, Geheim van het Wilde Woud), was published in 1965, and a collectio ...
'' (''De Brief voor de Koning'')
008 008, OO8, O08, or 0O8 may refer to:
* The Streetwear Brand @008us , inspired by Ian Fleming & Virgil Abloh
*"030", the fictional 030 Agent of MI6
* '' 038: Operation Exterminate'', a 1965 Italian action film
* '' Explosivo 030'' a 1940 Argentine c ...
* ''
Tokyo Trial
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''
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References
External links
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1938 births
2019 deaths
Dutch film directors
Dutch republicans
People from De Fryske Marren
Golden Calf winners
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