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Johan van der Keuken

Johan van der Keuken (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːɦɑɱ vɑn dər ˈkøːkə(n)]; 4 April 1938 – 7 January 2001) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker, author, and photographer. In a career that spanned 42 years, Van der Keuken produced 55 documentary films, six of which won eight awards. He also wrote nine books on photography and films, his field of interest. For all his efforts, he received seven awards for his life work, and one other for photography.

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van der Keuken.

Johan van der Keuken

(1938-04-04)4 April 1938

7 January 2001(2001-01-07) (aged 62)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Filmmaker, author, photographer

1957-1960: Produced the film Paris à l'Aube (10 min.), in collaboration with James Blue and Derry Hall.

1960: Produced the film Sunday (14 min.), using a "Prosper Dekeukeleire" camera.

1960-1963: Produced the film Even stilte/A Moment's Silence (10 min.).[2]

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1962: Produced four films on Dutch artists: (1) Yrrah (5 min.); (2) Tajiri (10 min.); (3) Opland (12 min.); and (4) Lucebert, Poet-Painter (16 min.).

1963: Produced the film The Old Lady (25 min.), using a "Prosper Dekeukeleire" camera.

1964: Produced two films, (1) Boy (40 min.); and (2) Blind kind/Blind Child (24 min.).[1]

Indonesian

1965: Produced two films, (1) Four Walls (22 min.); and (2) In the Nest with the Rest (8 min.). Co-produced Beppie (38 min.) with Ed van der Elsken on camera.

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1966: Produced the film Herman Slobbe/Blind Child 2 (29 min.).

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1967: Produced two films, (1) A Film for Lucebert (22 min.); and (2) Big Ben/Ben Webster in (32 min.).[1]

Europe

1968: Produced three films, (1) The Spirit of the Time (42 min.); (2) The Cat (5 min.); and (3) The Street is Free (7 min.); was cameraman for 's Report from Biafra.

Louis van Gasteren

1970: Produced two films, (1) Velocity: 40-70 (25 min.), using a "Mat van Hensbergen" camera; and (2) Beauty (25 min.).[1] In addition, was cameraman for Roeland Kerbosch's Libya in the Rush of Revolution.

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1972: Produced the film Diary (80 min.), North-South Triptych, Part 1.

1973: Produced five films, (1) Bert Schierbeek/The Door (11 min.); (2) Het witte kasteel/The White Castle (78 min.),[1][3] North-South Triptych, Part 2, in collaboration with Bert Schierbeek; (3) Vietnam Opera (11 min.);[1] (4) De muur/The Wall (9 min.);[1] and (5) Het leesplankje/The Reading Lesson (10 min.).[1]

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1974: Produced two films, (1) De nieuwe kasteel/The New Ice Age (80 min.), North-South Triptych', Part 3; and (2) Filmmaker's Holiday (38 min.).

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1975: Produced two films, (1) The Palestinians (45 min.); and (2) Springtime (80 min.).

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1977: Produced the film Maarten and the Double Bass (30 min.).

1978: Produced the award-winning film De platte jungle/Flat Jungle (90 min.).

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1980: Produced the film The Master and the Giant (70 min.) in collaboration with Claude Ménard; was cameraman for Babeth Vanloo's Joseph Beuys at the Museum.

Rotterdam

1980-1981: Produced the film The Way South/De weg naar het zuiden (143 min.).

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1982: Produced the film De beeldenstorm//A Storm of Images (85 min.).[1]

Iconoclasm

1984: Produced two films, (1) Time (45 min.); and (2) Toys (4 min.).

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1986: Produced three films, (1) the award-winning I love $ (145 min.);[3] (2) Wet Feet in Hong Kong (5 min.); and (3) The Unanswered Question (18 min.),[1] using a "Melle van Essen and Niels van 't Hoff" camera.

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1988: Produced the award-winning film Het Oog Boven de Put/The Eye Above the Well (90 min.).[3]

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1989: Was cameraman for Noshka van der Lely's The Mountain World Non-World.

1989-1990: Produced the film The Mask (55 min.).

1990-1991: Produced the award-winning film Face Value (120 min.).

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1992-1993: Produced the film Brass Unbound (106 min.) in collaboration with Rob Boonzajer Flaes.

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1993: Produced the film Film Festival (14 min.).[1]

Sarajevo

1994: Produced three films, (1) Tony's birthday (9 min.); (2) the award-winning Lucebert: tijd en afscheid/Lucebert: Time and Farewell (52 min.);[2][3] and (3) On Animal Locomotion (15 min.),[1] in collaboration with Willem Breuker.

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1996: Produced the film Amsterdam Global Village (245 min.).[3]

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1997: Produced two films, (1) Amsterdam Afterbeat (16 min.); and (2) To Sang Fotostudio (35 min.).[3] During the filming of the latter, van der Keuken was himself the subject of a documentary film Leven Met Je Ogen/Living with Your Eyes.[3]

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1998: Produced the film Last Words - My Sister Yoka (1935-1997)/Laatste woorden: Mijn zusje Joke (1935-1997) (50 min.).[2][3]

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2000: Produced two films, (1) De grote vakantie/The Long Holiday (145 min.);[2][3] and (2) Temps/Travail (10 min.).

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2001: Produced the film For The Time Being (10 min).

2002: Onvoltooid tegenwoordig (The Present) opens at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2002.

1978: Prize, Mannheim, Germany, for the film Flat Jungle (90 min.).

Josef von Sternberg

1986: Josef von Sternberg Prize, Mannheim, Germany, for the film I love $ (145 min.).

1988: Grand Prix, Film Festival, Belgium, for the film The Eye Above the Well (90 min.).

Brussels

1988: (1) the Dutch Cultural Award for his lifetime work; and (2) the Dutch Photography Award.

1990-1991: Dutch Press Prize, Netherlands, for the film Face Value (120 min.).

1994: Grand Prix, 5e Biennale Internationale du Film sur l'Art, Paris, France, for the film Lucebert, Time and Farewell (52 min.).

1996: (1) the Grolsch Prize at the Dutch Film Festival, Netherlands; (2) first prize at the Munich Festival, Germany; and (3) Award of the Art House Cinemas, France, for the film Amsterdam Global Village.

1999: Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award for his lifetime work at the , California, USA.[6]

San Francisco International Film Festival

2000: (1) Silver Spire Award, San Francisco International Film Festival; (2) Forum of New Cinema prize, , Germany; (3) Grand Prix UBS at Visions du Réel for De grote vakantie/The Long Holiday;[7] (4) special honorary award at the Documentary Filmfestival, Thessaloniki, Greece; and (5) Bert Haanstra Award 2000, Amsterdam, Netherlands, for lifetime achievement.

Berlin International Film Festival

at IMDb

Johan van der Keuken

Interview with Van der Keuken by Ron Burnett

Media related to Johan van der Keuken at Wikimedia Commons