Martin Koolhoven

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Martin Koolhoven
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Born
Martinus Wouter Koolhoven

(1969-04-25) 25 April 1969 (age 54)
The Hague, Netherlands
Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter
Years active1993–present

Martinus Wouter "Martin" Koolhoven (born 25 April 1969) is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Internationally he is most known for Schnitzel Paradise (2005), Winter in Wartime (2008) and Brimstone (2016), which was his first film in English. It was released in 2017, after it premiered in the competition of the Venice Film Festival in 2016.

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Early life

Martin Koolhoven was born on 25 April 1969 in The Hague in the Netherlands. Koolhoven went to the Dutch Film Academy (in Amsterdam) and graduated in 1996 as a screenwriter and director. [1]

Career

His first film was a 53-minute television film named Duister Licht ("Dark Light"). [2]

His second film Suzy Q featured actress Carice van Houten, who Koolhoven worked with several times in the films to come. It was also the feature debut of actor Michiel Huisman. [3]

His first (Dutch) cinematic release was AmnesiA (2001), which also got a small release in New York City. [4]

In 2004, Koolhoven was one of the New Faces In European Cinema as presented by Pedro Almodovar at the AFI festival (Hollywood). [5]

In 2005 Koolhoven directed Schnitzel Paradise . The film was shown at many international film festivals, including the Berlin Film Festival and the Karlovy Vary Film Festival where it was part of the Variety Critic's choice. In the same year Koolhoven released Bonkers, a children's movie.

In 2006 Koolhoven directed Happy Family.

In 2008 Koolhoven made Oorlogswinter (Winter in Wartime), a Dutch movie based on the novel by the same name, written by Jan Terlouw. The movie was the Dutch entry for the Academy Awards but failed to get nominated. The movie was distributed in the United States by Sony Classics and was sold to about 25 other countries. [6] [7] [8]

In 2010, Koolhoven started his own production company, together with producer Els Vandevorst, called N279 Entertainment that produced several movies. His first production for N279 Entertainment as a director was the western named Brimstone. It premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival in 2016 and became Koolhoven's fifth consecutive hit film in The Netherlands. [9]

In 2020, Koolhoven received the Silver Rose, an award given annually to a person or institution that is or has been of great significance to the Dutch film world. [10]

In 2022 Koolhoven was presented with the Rutger Hauer Award, which is given annually to a person or an institution that has made an important contribution to the development and promotion of young film talent in the Netherlands. [11]

Koolhoven has said to be working on a noir thriller, set in Jakarta, 1946. [12]

Filmography

Films

TV series

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References

  1. ↑ "Regisseur Martin Koolhoven te gast bij lokale familiefilm". 5 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Duister licht (1997) recensie".
  3. ↑ "Suzy Q, toen Carice nog heel jong was: De beste Nederlandse film die u nooit zag". 29 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Martin Koolhoven/AmnesiA - de Filmkrant net-versie van mei 2001, nr 222".
  5. ↑ "Euro faces will beam at AFI Fest". 22 October 2004.
  6. ↑ "Home".
  7. ↑ "Oorlogswinter verkocht aan Amerika". February 2010.
  8. ↑ "Regisseur Martin Koolhoven te gast bij lokale familiefilm". 5 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Koolhoven tells about his fifth consecutive hit" . Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Nederlandse filmsector geeft Verhoeven en Koolhoven oeuvreprijs". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Flemish). 7 January 2020. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  11. ↑ ANP (2022-04-25). "Martin Koolhoven wint Rutger Hauer Award 2022". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  12. ↑ "Koolhoven writing".
  13. ↑ "De Kijk van Koolhoven (TV Mini Series 2018–2020) - IMDb". IMDb .
  14. ↑ "Koolhoven Presenteert". VPRO .
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