George Sluizer

Birth Name:

George Sluizer

Birth Place:

Paris, France

Profession

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Editor, Assistant director, Production manager

Was honored as a Knight of the Order of Oranje-Nassau and was a member of the Council of Arts from 1974 to 1980
Was an honorary member of the Dutch Directors Guild, the Dutch Producers Guild, and the Dutch Filmmakers Association
Attended the IDHEC Film Academy in Paris in the 1950s
Completed his first film, a documentary called "Hold Back the Sea," in 1961, which went on to win a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival
Quote: "I only provide the cornerstones, the audience has to put the story together, reinvent it according to their moods and feelings․ But I do not deny I have a basic instinct to disturb․"
Quote: "My strength as a filmmaker lies in my beliefs and convictions, and not in the 'communis opinio' of too many people․ Filmmaking for me is a combination of my personal vision with what I think the audience wants to see․"
Best known as the director of two versions of "The Vanishing" and of River Phoenix's last film, "Dark Blood․"
Was a professor at the Netherlands Film Academy from 1972 to 1979
Directed the first version of "The Vanishing" in 1988 and saw it chosen as the Dutch entry for the 1989 Academy Awards before directing the second version in 1992
Nineteen years after it was left unfinished due to River Phoenix's death, he was able to complete "Dark Blood" in 2012

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