Paula van der Oest
Paula van der Oest (* 1965 in Laag-Soeren , Netherlands ) is a Dutch director and screenwriter .
Life
She attended the Nederlandse Film en Televisie Academie, which she finished with the graduation short film Zinderend . The film was awarded the Tuschinski Film Award in 1988, at the time called “Cannon City Prijs”, as the academy's best thesis. After completing her studies, Van der Oest initially worked as an assistant director and in 1994 shot the short feature film Coma as part of the Lolamoviola series of the TV station VPRO , which was awarded the Golden Calf in the category Best televisiedrama at the 1994 Dutch Film Festival .
Her first feature film De nieuwe moeder was released in 1996 and received several awards. Her greatest international success to date was Three Furies & a Warm Brother (OT: Zus & zo ) in 2001 , which received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003 , but could not prevail against nowhere in Africa .
In 2017 she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.
Van der Oest was married to Theu Boermans , who had a role in some of her films. The marriage has a daughter. Van der Oest's sister Sandra van der Oest is a film producer.
Filmography
Unless otherwise stated, as director:
- 1988: Zinderend - also screenplay
- 1994: Coma (TV) - also screenplay
- 1995: Achilles en het zebrapad (TV) - also screenplay
- 1996: Always yours, for never - also script
- 1996: De nieuwe moeder - also screenplay
- 1997: Smakeloos (TV)
- 1998: Meedingers (TV)
- 1998: De trip van Teedje - also screenplay
- 1999: Link spel
- 1999: De zeven deugden, episodes Hoop: Meedingers and Matigheid: Doolhof (TV series) - also screenplay
- 2001: To Istanbul and Back (Roos en Rana) (TV) - script only
- 2001: Three furies & a warm brother (Zus & zo) - also screenplay
- 2002: Moonlight
- 2004: Madame Jeanette (TV)
- 2004: hidden
- 2008: Tiramisu - also screenplay
- 2008: Wijster (TV)
- 2011: Black Butterflies
- 2011: Mixed Up (TV series)
- 2012: The Domino Effect - also screenplay
- 2014: Lucia - Angel of Death? (Lucia de B.)
Awards (selection)
- 1994: Nederlands Film Festival - Golden Calf in the Best TV Drama category for Coma
- 1997: Holland Film Award for De nieuwe moeder
- 1997: Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo - International Jury Award - Honorable Mention for De nieuwe moeder
- 2002: Nederlands Film Festival - Youth Jury Award for Moonlight
- 2003: Festival del Cinema Europeo Lecce - Students Jury Award for Moonlight
- 2003: Moscow International Film Festival - nomination for a Golden St. George for Moonlight
- 2003: Hollywood Film Festival - Hollywood Discovery Award in the Best European Feature category for Moonlight
- 2003: Academy Awards 2003 - Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film for Zus & zo
Web links
- Paula van der Oest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See filmfestival.nl ( Memento from December 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .
- ↑ See Abi Daruvalla: Oscar's Sister Act . In: TIME, February 23, 2003 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oest, Paula van der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laag-Soeren , Netherlands |