Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen

Willem Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen (born November 13, 1957 in Arnhem , † September 27, 2005 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch director. Van de Sande Bakhuyzen made a name for himself with various film and television productions, as well as with productions at the theater.

Life

After graduating from school, he first studied law at the Free University of Amsterdam . After three years he moved to the Maastricht Theater Academy in 1979 , where he studied for another three years. There he met the screenwriter Maria Goos and the actors Pierre Bokma , Peter Blok and Gijs Scholten van Aschat , who later worked in his films.

In 1986, he was the first time as an actor in a Oscar winning movie The stop of Fons Rademakers be seen on camera. In 1990 he made his debut as a director in the television series 12 steden, 13 ongelukken . Four years later he had his breakthrough with the hit television series Pleidooi . The multi-award-winning series Oud geld followed in 1998 . He received further awards and nominations for the series Bij ons in de Jordaan (2000) and De Enclave (2002).

Together with Maria Goos, Van de Sande Bakhuyzen's first feature film, Familie , was made in 2001 , for which he received the Dutch film award Golden Calf and the award of the Dutch film critic. His second feature film, Cloaca , won an audience award at the 2003 Dutch Film Festival . One day after his death, his third feature film Leef! Was premiered at the 2005 film festival . instead of.

Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen succumbed to a September 27, 2005 at the age of 47 years suffering from cancer .

Filmography (selection)

• 2003: Cloaca - Old Friends ( Cloaca )
• 2005: Lepel
• 2005: In the labyrinth of life ( Leef! )

Web links

• Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen in the Internet Movie Database (English)