Michael Vincenzo Gazzo was an American playwright who later in life became a movie and television actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Godfather Part II (1974).
Sönke Wortmann is a German film director and producer.
Jan Decleir is a prolific Belgian movie and stage actor born in Niel, Antwerp.
Cinema of the Netherlands refers to the film industry based in the Netherlands. Because the Dutch film industry is relatively small, and there is little or no international market for Dutch films, almost all films rely on state funding. This funding can be achieved through several sources, for instance through the Netherlands Film Fund or the public broadcast networks. In recent years the Dutch Government has established several tax shelters for private investments in Dutch films.
The Golden Calf is the award of the Netherlands Film Festival, which is held annually in Utrecht. The award has been presented since 1981, originally in six categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Feature Film, Best Short Film, Culture Prize and Honourable mention. In 2004, there were 16 award categories, mainly because in 2003 the categories Best Photography, Best Montage, Best Music, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design were added.
Carice Anouk van Houten is a Dutch actress. Her first leading role in the television film Suzy Q (1999) won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she won the Golden Calf for Best Actress for Miss Minoes (2001).
PTU, also known as PTU: Police Tactical Unit, is a 2003 Hong Kong neo-noir action thriller film produced and directed by Johnnie To, starring Simon Yam, Maggie Shiu, Lam Suet and Ruby Wong.
Melody Zoë Klaver is a Dutch actress.
Lam Suet, or Lin Xue, is a Hong Kong film actor.
Frank Lammers is a Dutch television and film actor. In 2006, he won a "Best Actor" Golden Calf for his work in Nachtrit. Winner of the National News Quiz 2009 in the Netherlands. Notable for his roles in films like "Michiel de Ruyter" and the Netflix series "Undercover" as the charismatic drug lord Ferry Bouman, Lammers has received acclaim for his contributions to Dutch cinema. Beyond acting, he directed the award-winning film "Of ik gek ben" in 2017. Married to writer Eva Posthuma de Boer, they share a daughter and a son.
Fedja van Huêt is a Dutch stage and film actor, best known for the 2022 horror film Speak No Evil.
Martin Koolhoven's Schnitzel Paradise is a 2005 Dutch comedy film about Dutch-Moroccan Nordip Dounia who starts working in a restaurant kitchen and falls in love with Agnes Meerman, niece of the hotel's manager. Nordip has to overcome not only Agnes's family's prejudices but also his father's wishes as to his future.
Alphonse Marie "Fons" Rademakers was a Dutch actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter.
The following is a list of winners of the Golden Calf for best actor/actress at the Nederlands Film Festival. From 2021 onwards the award became a gender-neutral award.
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro are an American director-actor collaborative duo who have made ten feature films and one short film together since 1973. Many of them are often ranked among the greatest films of all time.
Kees Brusse was a Dutch actor, film director and screenwriter. A self-taught actor, he was remarkable for his natural acting style at a time when more theatrical performances were the norm in The Netherlands. One of the first Dutch actors who managed to combine a stage and film career with a career on TV, radio and in commercials, he appeared in 47 films and television shows between 1936 and 2004, including Pension Hommeles (1957-1959), Ciske de Rat (1955), and Dokter Pulder zaait papavers (1975).
Hein van der Heijden is a Dutch stage, television and film actor.
The Fury is a 2016 Dutch drama film directed by André van Duren. It was based on the novel De Helleveeg by A.F. Th. van der Heijden.
J. Kessels is a 2015 Dutch drama film directed by Erik de Bruyn. It was based on the book of the same J. Kessels: The Novel name by P. F. Thomése. It was listed as one of eleven films that could be selected as the Dutch submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
The Judgement is a 2020 Dutch drama film based on a non-fiction book by journalist Bas Haan about the Deventer murder case. The film premiered at the Seattle Film Festival where it won six awards: the Grand Jury-prize, best director, best adapted screenplay, best actor, best supporting actor and best supporting actress (Visschedijk). The film also won 4 Golden Calves for best film, best actor, best supporting actor and best screenplay.
