George Sluizer

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George Sluizer (2012)

George Sluizer (born June 25, 1932 in Paris , † September 20, 2014 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch film director born in France .

Career

Sluizer studied at the film school in Paris from 1954 to 1956. He gained his first experience as an assistant director to Michael Anderson and Bert Haanstra . He worked for Anderson in 1956 on his hit film Around the World in 80 Days . His first film was the 29-minute short film Land aus Menschenhand , for which he received a Silver Bear as a special prize at the 1961 Berlinale . Sluizer initially only made documentaries for television. In 1972 he made his feature film debut with the Dutch-Brazilian co-production Joao und das Messer . He presented this film in competition at the 1972 Berlinale .

He landed his greatest success with the thriller Without a Trace , with which the Dutch actress Johanna ter Steege achieved the international breakthrough. Sluizer had also written the script for this film based on a novel by Tim Krabbé , which he then filmed again in 1993 under the title Without a trace for Hollywood with Jeff Bridges , Kiefer Sutherland , Nancy Travis and Sandra Bullock .

In 1993 he made Dark Blood, the last film in which River Phoenix had a role. However, this died before filming was finished. Sluizer completed the film in 2012; the premiere took place on September 27, 2012 at the Dutch Film Festival . In Germany, the film was shown at the 2013 Berlinale, among others .

With the films Utz and Der Commissioner he was seen again in the competition of the Berlinale 1992 and the Berlinale 1998 . In 2002 he filmed the novel The Stone Raft by Nobel Prize winner José Saramago .

In 1983 he won the professional award of the Golden Calf .

After the premiere of his thriller Dark Blood , Sluizer withdrew from the film business. He died in Amsterdam in September 2014 at the age of 82.

Filmography

  • 1961: Land from human hands (De lage landen) (short film)
  • 1967–1969: National Geographic Specials (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 1971: Rock Fieber ( Stamping Ground ) (documentary, co-director)
  • 1972: Joao and the knife (João en het mes)
  • 1979: Love without scruples (Twee Vrouwen / Twice a Woman)
  • 1985: Red Desert Penitentiary
  • 1988: disappeared without a trace (Spoorloos)
  • 1992: Utz
  • 1993: Without a Trace (The Vanishing)
  • 1996: Crime Time (Crimetime)
  • 1996: Mortinho por Chegar a Casa (co-director)
  • 1998: The Commissioner (The Commissioner)
  • 2002: La balsa de piedra
  • 2012: Dark Blood

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rusty Blaze Hoff: Dark Blood, River Phoenix's Final Movie to Debut Nearly 20 Years After His Death Unexpected . In: Laughingsquid.com . August 1, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ Terri Schwartz: River Phoenix's final film 'Dark Blood' premieres in Berlin . In: Zap2it.com . February 13, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ George Sluizer (82), director van Spoorloos, overleden. Volkskrant.nl, September 21, 2014, accessed on September 23, 2014 (Dutch, obituary).
personal data
SURNAME Sluizer, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch film director
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH 20th September 2014
Place of death Amsterdam , Netherlands