Antoinette Beumer

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Antoinette Beumer
Born
Antoinette Janssen

1962 (age 6162)
Occupation Film director
Years active1991present
Children2
Relatives Marjolein Beumer (sister)
Famke Janssen (sister)

Antoinette Beumer (born Janssen; 1962) is a Dutch film director. She is notable for having directed the 2010 films The Happy Housewife and Loft . [1]

Contents

Biography

Beumer was born as Antoinette Janssen in Nieuwer-Amstel, North Holland, the Netherlands. She is the sister of actresses Marjolein Beumer and Famke Janssen. [2] [3]

Filmography

Director

Writing

Beumer's first novel, Mijn vader is een vliegtuig (2018), was awarded the Hebban Debuutprijs. [7] The novel is partly autobiographical, about growing up with a father who has mental health problems. [7]

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References

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