Ben Sombogaart
Ben Sombogaart (born August 8, 1947 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch film and television director.
Life
Sombogaart studied at the Nederlandse Film en Televisie Academie in Amsterdam . His first direction was the television series Allemaal tuig! (from 1982). He was first known through television and children's films, including Abeltje , Het Zakmes and Mijn Vader woont in Rio .
His film The Twins (2002), his first film not for a children's audience, brought him international recognition and was nominated for the Oscar / Best Foreign Language Film . His film De Storm about the flood disaster of 1953 , which was successful in the Netherlands , won an Outstanding Film Achievement Award at the Stony Brook Film Festival 2010. His 2008 film Bride Flight was also very successful in Dutch cinemas. Abeltje , Het Zakmes , Die Zwillinge (best director) and Kreuzzug in Jeans (2007) each received a Golden Calf at the Dutch film festival. Het Zakmes also received an Emmy Award.
Filmography (selection)
- 1989: My father lives in Rio (Mijn Vader woont in Rio)
- 1993: The pocket knife (Het Zakmes)
- 1996: The boy who no longer wanted to speak (De jongen die niet meer praatte)
- 1996: Mijn Franse aunt Gazeuse
- 1998: Abeltje, the flying lift boy (based on Annie MG Schmidt , Abbeltje TV)
- 2002: The Twins (De Tweeling)
- 2004: A place for Pluk (Pluk van de Petteflet , after Annie MG Schmidt)
- 2004: Ibbeltje (based on Annie MG Schmidt, TV)
- 2006: Crusade in Jeans ( Crusade in Jeans , based on Thea Beckman )
- 2008: Bride Flight
- 2009: De Storm
- 2011: Isabelle (after Tessa de Loo )
- 2016: Knielen op een bed violen
Web links
- Ben Sombogaart in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sombogaart, Ben |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch film and television director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |