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Dirk Herman Willem Maas (Dick) (born 15 April 1951) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer. [1]
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| Dick Maas in 1988 | |
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Dirk Herman Willem Maas (Dick) (born 15 April 1951) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer. [1]
Maas achieved fame after the success of his music videos for the Dutch band Golden Earring, including "Twilight Zone" and the controversial "When the Lady Smiles," and his films De Lift , [2] Amsterdamned [3] and Flodder in the 1980s. Maas also directed the controversial Saint Nicolas slasher Sint (Saint Nick) and one episode of the TV series Young Indiana Jones . The film Karakter won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998. Maas served as executive producer. The film was produced by his production company First Floor Features, founded in 1984. He left the company, which he started with Laurens Geels, in 2001.
His 2016 film Prooi became an unexpected box office hit in China cinemas in 2019. It is also the first Dutch film to secure a wide theatrical release in China. The film was retitled as Violent Fierce Lion. [4]
An authorized documentary about his career titled De Dick Maas Methode premiered at the Dutch Film Festival on September 27, 2020, in Utrecht. [5] [6]
In 1998 he wrote his first thriller, titled Salvo ( ISBN 978-90-820704-3-9). In 2016 followed by a book in which he wrote about his career as a filmmaker ( ISBN 978-90-820704-2-2). The Naked Witness ( ISBN 978-90-820704-6-0) is the title of his 2021 book based on his 1988 film Amsterdamned. According to Maas it is the first in a series of books based on this film. [7] [8]
In December 2023 Maas announced that he is working on a follow up to his 1988 film Amsterdamned. Filming will start at the beginning of 2024 with an expected 2025 release. Huub Stapel again plays the leading role. [9] [10]
Dick Herman Willem Maas [11] was born on 15 April 1951 in Heemstede in the Netherlands. His mother was actress Inge Beekman (1924–2009). His grandfather was Wim Okke Beekman (1895–1934), KLM pilot who was killed at the 1934 KLM Douglas DC-2 crash. [12]
Maas is married to fellow film director Esmé Lammers, a granddaughter of Max Euwe, World Chess Champion 1935–1937.
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