Dirk Herman Willem Maas (Dick) (born 15 April 1951) is a Dutch

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and film composer. Maas achieved fame after the success of his music videos for the Dutch band

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, including " Twilight Zone" and the controversial " When the Lady Smiles," and his films ''

De Lift ''The Lift'' (Dutch: ''De Lift'') is a 1983 Dutch science-fiction horror film directed and written by Dick Maas. The plot concerns an elevator that mysteriously begins to function intelligently on its own, where victims who go near the elevator ...

'', '' Amsterdamned'' and '' Flodder'' in the 1980s. Maas also directed the controversial Saint Nicolas slasher '' Sint'' (Saint Nick) and one episode of the TV series ''

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''. The film ''Karakter'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1996. Maas served as executive producer. The film was produced by his production company First Floor Features, founded in 1984. He left the company, which he started with Laurens Geels, in 2001. His 2016 film ''Prooi'' became an unexpected box office hit in China cinemas in 2019. It is also the first Dutch film to secure a wide theatrical release in China. The film was retitled as ''Violent Fierce Lion''. An authorized documentary about his career titled ''De Dick Maas Methode'' premiered at the Dutch Film Festival on September 27, 2020, in Utrecht. In 2017 he wrote his first thriller, titled ''Salvo'' (), followed in the same year by a book in which he wrote about his career as a filmmaker (). ''The Naked Witness'' () is the title of his 2021 book based on his 1988 film ''Amsterdamned''. According to Maas it is the first in a series of books based on this film.

Personal life

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. Retrieved 13 September 2016. was born on 15 April 1951 in

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. Maas is married to fellow film director Esmé Lammers, a granddaughter of Max Euwe, World Chess Champion 1935–1937.

Filmography (as director)

Music videos

* 1982 – " Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring * 1984 – "Clear Night Moonlight" - Golden Earring * 1984 – " When the Lady Smiles" - Golden Earring * 1988 – " Amsterdamned" - Loïs Lane * 1988 - " Haunted Guitar " - Billy Falcon * 1989 - " Turn The World Around " - Golden Earring * 1997 – "Burning Stuntman" - Golden Earring * 1997 - " Dance in the Light " - Mai Tai * 2003 - " Afscheid Nemen Bestaat Niet " - Marco Borsato * 2004 - " Laat me Gaan " - Marco Borsato

Shorts

* ''Historia Morbi'' - 1974 * ''Picknick- 1975 * ''Adelbert'' - 1977 * ''Bon Bon'' - 1979 * ''Onder De Maat'' - 1979 * ''Overval'' - 1979 * ''Idylle'' - 1979 * ''Rigor Mortis'' - 1980 * ''Long Distance'' - 2003

Features

* 1983 – ''

'' * 1986 – '' Flodder'' * 1988 – '' Amsterdamned'' * 1992 –''

Flodder in America ''Flodders in America'' ( nl, Flodder in Amerika!), released in Quebec as ''Les Lavigueur Redéménagent'', is a 1992 Dutch comedy film directed by Dick Maas. The film is the sequel of the successful film '' Flodder'' from 1986. It was filmed on ...

'' (aka Flodder 2) * 1995 – '' Flodder 3'' * 1999 – ''Do Not Disturb'' * 2001 – ''Down'' * 2007 – ''

Moordwijven ''Moordwijven'' (Dutch slang for a "fantastic woman", more literally ''Murderbitches'') is a 2007 Dutch black comedy about millionaire wives who get revenge on their cheating husbands by having them killed. The film is directed by Dick Maas. Th ...

'' * 2010 – '' Sint'' * 2012 – ''Quiz'' * 2016 – ''Prooi''/''Violent Fierce Lion''

References

External links

* 1951 births Living people Dutch film directors Dutch film producers Dutch satirists Horror film directors People from Heemstede Golden Calf winners Dutch music video directors {{Netherlands-film-director-stub