Michael Verhoeven

Michael Verhoeven
Michael Verhoeven in 2009
Born (1938-07-13) 13 July 1938
Berlin, Germany
Occupation Film director
Years active 1967–present
Spouse(s)
Senta Berger
(m. 1966)
Children 2, including Simon Verhoeven

Michael Verhoeven (born 13 July 1938) is a German film director.

Life and work

Verhoeven is the son of German film director, Paul Verhoeven (not to be confused with the Dutch film director Paul Verhoeven). He married actress Senta Berger in 1966; their sons are actor-director Simon Verhoeven (born 1972) and actor Luca Verhoeven (born 1979). Together, the couple have a production company to make films. The 1970 anti-Vietnam War film, o.k. was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival, but led to a scandal that forced the collapse of the festival without the awarding of any prizes.[1]

In 1982, Verhoeven released Die weiße Rose (The White Rose), which, with the Best Foreign film nomination of Das schreckliche Mädchen (The Nasty Girl) in 1990, cemented his reputation as an important political contributor to German film. Along with his films Mutters Courage (My Mother's Courage) and documentary Der unbekannte Soldat (The Unknown Soldier), they have been hailed as an unstinting examination of Germany's Nazi period. In 1992, he was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Awards

Selected filmography

As actor
As director and writer
As producer

References

  1. ↑ "Berlinale: 1970 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Berlinale: 1992 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Berlinale: 1990 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Bayerischer Filmpreis – "Pierrot" Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Ministerpräsident Stoiber verleiht Bayerischen Filmpreis 2006 Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine., press release (in German)

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