Orlow Seunke

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Orlow Seunke
Born22 September 1952 (1952-09-22) (age 70)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Filmmaker
screenwriter

Orlow Seunke (born 22 September 1952) is a Dutch director, screenwriter and producer.

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Life and career

Born in Amsterdam, Seunke studied at the Dutch Film Academy, graduating in 1975. [1] [2] After directing several shorts and TV works, he made his feature film debut in 1982 with the critical acclaimed The Hes Case , which premiered at the 39th edition of the Venice Film Festival in which it won the Silver Lion for Best First Work, and which later was the recipient several other accolades including the Critics' Award at the Toronto Film Festival and the Bronze Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. [2] [3] His second work Tracks in the Snow was entered into the main competition at the 42nd Venice International Film Festival [4] and won the Golden Calf Special Jury Prize at the Netherlands Film Festival. [2]

In 2002 Seunke left the Netherlands and moved to Indonesia. [5] Between 2003 and 2006 he was the artistic director of the Jakarta International Film Festival. [5]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. Dutch Film. Government Pub. Office. 1987. ISBN   978-90-12-05602-1.
  2. 1 2 3 "Filmfestival opent met Orlow Seunke". Trouw (in Dutch). 30 July 1997. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. Bailey, Bruce (5 November 1986). "Prized Dutch director is ho-hum about Hollywood". Montreal Gazette . p. 27. Retrieved 19 March 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Verstraten, Peter (2021). "Father as a memory image: Pervola, sporen in de sneeuw". Dutch Post-war Fiction Film through a Lens of Psychoanalysis. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 100–2. ISBN   978-90-485-5172-9.
  5. 1 2 Wedhatama, Berto (26 April 2014). "Orlow Seunke: The man behind the screen". The Jakarta Post . Retrieved 19 March 2022.