Theo van Gogh (film director)
Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈteːjoː vɑŋ ˈɣɔx];[a] 23 July 1957 – 2 November 2004) was a Dutch film director. He directed Submission: Part 1, a short film written by Somali writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which criticised the treatment of women in Islam in strong terms. On 2 November 2004, he was murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan Islamist who objected to the film's message. The last film Van Gogh had completed before his murder, 06/05, was a fictional exploration of the assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. It was released posthumously in December 2004, a month after Van Gogh's death, and two years after Fortuyn's death.
In this Dutch name, the surname is van Gogh, not Gogh.
Theo van Gogh
2 November 2004 (aged 47)
Murder (gunshots and stab wounds)
The Scream
1980–2004
Theo van Gogh (great-grandfather)
Vincent van Gogh (great-granduncle)
Henk Vonhoff (uncle)
Johan Witteveen (first cousin once removed)
Willem Witteveen (second cousin)
Early life[edit]
Theodoor van Gogh was born on 23 July 1957 in The Hague to Anneke and Johan van Gogh.[1] His father served in the Dutch secret service (AIVD, then called BVD). He was named after his paternal uncle Theo, who was captured and executed while working as a resistance fighter during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II.[2] Theo van Gogh was a great-grandson of Theo van Gogh, an art dealer who was the brother of painter Vincent van Gogh.
Personal life[edit]
Van Gogh was a member of the Dutch Republican Society movement, which advocates the abolition of the monarchy of the Netherlands. He was a friend and supporter of the controversial Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn,[7] who was assassinated in 2002.[8]
Murder of Theo van Gogh
Amsterdam East
2 November 2004
9 am
Theo van Gogh[10]
Murder by shooting and stabbing, assassination
1 (the target)
To oppose the controversial film Submission
About the movie Submission
Articles about the murder