Winter In Wartime - Director & Producers Biographies

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Director Biography - Martin Koolhoven

Martin Koolhoven (1969) was born in The Hague. When he discovered his passion for movies, he first started an image and sound study in Sittard, continued his studies at the Belgian Film School, and then realized the Amsterdam Film Academy was the place to be.

In 1996, Koolhoven graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy in Direction, Screenplay and Feature Film. His graduation film was received well. He was discovered as a young talent with the ‘Lolamoviola’ low budget TV movie Duister Licht (60 min.) He made a break-through with Suzy Q (a Telefilms series).

Suzy Q won many awards in The Netherlands and abroad in 1999, including the young talent of the year award of the City of Utrecht and was nominated for the NPS tv Culture prize.

Since then Koolhoven’s films have been received very well, winning numerous prizes at the Netherlands Film Festival. Variety wrote of Het Zuiden: "Martin Koolhoven is known for eliciting topnotch performances from his actors and "South" is no exception." In 2001, Koolhoven received a ‘Golden Calf’ award at the Netherlands Film Festival (for directing De Grot).

In 2005, two films by Martin Koolhoven were released: the box office hit Het Schnitzelparadijs and the arthouse hit Knetter. He was the first Dutch film director having two films in the Dutch movie theatre top 20 chart at the same time. In 2005, Het Schnitzelparadijs rated best Dutch film at the box office. In 2006 followed by the romantic comedy ’n Beetje Verliefd.

Producer Biography - Els Vandevorst

Els Vandevorst is one of the most prolific and respected producers in Holland. During a 20 year career that continues to flourish, her extensive credits not only include a number of highly regarded Dutch films, such as Martin Koolhoven’s South, but also a number of top international titles including Lars Von Triers’ Manderly and Dogville starring Nicole Kidman and Dancer in the Dark starring Bjork.

Short filmography
2005 - MANDERLAY
2004 - HET ZUIDEN
2003 - IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE
2003 - VERDER DAN DE MAAN
2003 - DOGVILLE
2003 - FATHER AND SON
2002 - VILLA DES ROSES
2000 - DANCER IN THE DARK
1999 - THE CROSSING
1995 - MYKOSCH
1989 - ALASKA

Producer Biography - San Fu Maltha

San Fu Maltha is recognised as one of Holland’s leading producers, with a string of successes to his name. Having worked for Warner Bros, Columbia Tristar and Polygram, he set up independent production company, Fu Works in 1990. In 1999 he co-founded A Film, which he managed until 2006. With an extensive list of credits to his name, recent titles include Dutch box office hits, All is Love and Paul Verhoeven’s eagerly anticipated return to Holland, Black Book.

Filmography
2008 - SPION VAN ORANJE
2008 - DE VLIEGENIERSTER VAN KAZBEK
2008 - HET ECHTE LEVEN
2007 - ALLES IS LIEFDE
2007 - UNFINISHED SKY
2007 - KICKS
2006 - JADE WARRIOR
2006 - ZWARTBOEK
2006 - FIGNER
2005  - VET HARD
2005 - SNOWFEVER
2004 - IN ORANJE
2003 - PHILEINE ZEGT SORRY
2003 - THE EMPEROR’S WIFE
2003 - ADRENALINE
2002 - SCIENCE FICTION
2002 - MOONLIGHT
2001 - MORLANG
2001 - SOUL ASSASIN
2001 - COSTA!
2000 - RENT-A-FRIEND
1999 THE DELIVERY
1996 NAAR DE KLOTE
1993 ANGIE
 

Published 9th Mar 2010

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