Michael Verhoeven
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Michael Verhoeven, 2009
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| Born | 13 July 1938 Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Spouse(s) | Senta Berger (1966-present) (2 children) |
| Children | Simon Verhoeven Luca Verhoeven (b. 1979) |
Michael Verhoeven (born 13 July 1938 in Berlin) is a German film director.
Life and work
Verhoeven is the son of German film director, Paul Verhoeven (not to be confused with the Dutch film director Paul Verhoeven). He married actress Senta Berger in 1966; their son is the actor-director Simon Verhoeven. Together, the couple have a production company to make films. The 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 Mutters Courage (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]
Awards
- 1990 Silver Bear for Best Director, 40th Berlin International Film Festival for The Nasty Girl[3]
- 1995 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Production[4]
- 2006 Bavarian Film Awards, Honorary Award[5]
Selected filmography
- As actor
- The House in Montevideo (1963)
- As director and writer
- de (The Dance of Death) (1967)
- de (1969)
- de (1970)
- o.k. (1970)
- He Who Loves in a Glass House (1971)
- de (1976)
- Sonntagskinder (1980)
- Die weiße Rose (1982)
- de (1986)
- Das schreckliche Mädchen (The Nasty Girl) (1990)
- Mutters Courage (Mother's Courage) (1995)
- Der unbekannte Soldat (The Unknown Soldier) (2006)
- Menschliches Versagen (Human Failure) (2008)
References
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- ↑ Ministerpräsident Stoiber verleiht Bayerischen Filmpreis 2006, press release (German)
External links
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- Articles with German-language external links
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- 1938 births
- Living people
- German male film actors
- German film directors
- German-language film directors
- German screenwriters
- Male actors from Berlin
- Silver Bear for Best Director recipients
- Members of the Academy of the Arts, Berlin
- Film directors from Berlin
- German male writers
- Male screenwriters
