Bert Haanstra

Biography

Albert 'Bert' Haanstra was a Dutch film director of films and documentaries. His documentary Glass (1958) won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1959. His feature film Fanfare (1958) was the most visited Dutch film at the time, and has since only been surpassed by Turkish Delight (1973).

Directed

1. Glass (1958) — Director
2. Mirror of Holland (1950) — Director
3. Fanfare (1958) — Director
4. Zoo (1961) — Director
5. Everyman (1963) — Director
6. The Voice of the Water (1966) — Director
7. Panta Rhei (1952) — Director
8. The Netherlands (1983) — Director
9. Ape and Super-Ape (1972) — Director
10. Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies (1975) — Director
11. The Family of Chimps (1984) — Director
12. And There Was No More Sea (1955) — Director
13. Rembrandt, Painter of Man (1957) — Director
14. Retour Madrid (1968) — Director
15. Delta Phase 1 (1962) — Director
16. The World of Simon Carmiggelt (1983) — Director
17. The Manneken Pis Case (1960) — Director
18. Mr. Slotter's Jubilee (1979) — Director
19. Speaking of Glass (1958) — Director
20. The Muider Group Revived (1949) — Director
21. Battle Without End (1955) — Director
22. Children of Ghana (1988) — Director
23. God Shiva (1955) — Director
24. Medieval Dutch Sculpture (1951) — Director
25. Arise and Perish (1954) — Director
26. National Parks.... Necessity (1978) — Director
27. The Detection of Mineral Oil (1954) — Director
28. The Dike Builders (1952) — Director
29. The Reconnaissance Drill (1954) — Director
30. Monument for a Gorilla (1987) — Director
31. The Oil Field (1954) — Director
32. The Hairdresser (1983) — Director
33. Evoluon (1969) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Amsterdamned (1988) — Conductor
2. The Family of Chimps (1984) — (voice)
3. De droomproducenten (1984) — Self
4. ...Geist und ein wenig Glück (1965) — Himself
5. Monument for a Gorilla (1987) — Voice-over