Johan van der Keuken

Biography

Johan van der Keuken (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.

Directed

1. Amsterdam Global Village (1996) — Director
2. The Eye Above the Well (1988) — Director
3. Beppie (1965) — Director
4. The Blind Child (1964) — Director
5. The Long Holiday (2000) — Director
6. The Way South (1981) — Director
7. To Sang Fotostudio (1997) — Director
8. The Cat (1968) — Director
9. Blind Child 2 (1966) — Director
10. De platte jungle (1978) — Director
11. Face Value (1991) — Director
12. The Master and the Giant (1980) — Director
13. A Moment's Silence (1963) — Director
14. Paris at Dawn (1957) — Director
15. Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe (1967) — Director
16. Amsterdam Afterbeat (1997) — Director
17. Temps/Travail (1999) — Director
18. Lucebert, Time and Farewell (1994) — Director
19. Beauty (1970) — Director
20. The Reading-Lesson (1973) — Director
21. Hexagon (1994) — Director
22. The Palestinians (1975) — Director
23. Time (1984) — Director
24. I Love Dollars (1986) — Director
25. Filmmaker's Holiday (1974) — Director
26. Lucebert (1962) — Director
27. Iconoclasm (1982) — Director
28. The New Ice Age (1974) — Director
29. On Animal Locomotion (1994) — Director
30. Vietnam Opera (1973) — Director
31. The White Castle (1973) — Director
32. Brass Unbound (1993) — Director
33. Wat zijn mooie meisjes (1959) — Director
34. Tajiri (1962) — Director
35. Een zondag (1960) — Director
36. Yrrah (1962) — Director
37. De oude dame (1963) — Director
38. Opland (1962) — Director
39. Indische jongen (1964) — Director
40. Four Walls (1965) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Trying to Describe Oneself (2005) — Himself
2. The Last Documentary (2000) — Self
3. Filmmaker's Holiday (1974) — Self
4. Hollywood by Bike (1993) — Self
5. Last Words: My Sister Yoka (1998) — Himself
6. Last Words (2002) — Himself
7. L'Entretien (avec Johan van der Keuken) (2001) — Lui-même