Frans Zwartjes
Age: 97 | From: Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Person Details
Birthday: 1927-05-13 02:28:04
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 53
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Frans Zwartjes (*Alkmaar, 1927) is a film maker, musician, violin maker, artist and sculptor. In the late 1960’s he became well known with films showing grotesquely dressed up actors involved in little power-mad sexual games. Hysterics and cruelty are his regular topics. Susan Sontag called Zwartjes ‘the most important contemporary experimental film maker’. Zwartjes made over fifty films. ‘Pentimento’ (1979), ‘Living’ (1971) and ‘Ín Extremo’ (1981) seem to be his best known films. Director Ruud Monster’s documentary ‘The Great Wizard’ portrays Zwartjes as a self-conscious artist who comments on the world in a farcical way. The film was partly shot at Zwartjes’s home, while he was composing.
Most Famous Work
Bedsitters
(1974) Sound Designer
Pentimento
(1979) Writer
Living
(1971) Sound
Visual Training
(1969) Director
Audition
(1973) Director
Spectator
(1970) Director
Behind Your Walls
(1970) Director
Anamnesis
(1969) DirectorActing
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Directing
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Writing
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| 2006 | Writer | |
| 1979 | Writer | |
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Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Director of Photography | |
| 1982 | Director of Photography | |
| 1979 | Director of Photography | |
| 1976 | Director of Photography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Original Music Composer | |
| 1979 | Sound Designer | |
| 1976 | Music | |
| 1974 | Sound Designer | |
| 1972 | Music | |
| 1971 | Sound | |
| 1970 | Music | |
| Music | ||
| 1969 | Original Music Composer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1979 | Editor | |
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Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1979 | Producer | |
| 1974 | Producer | |
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Art
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1976 | Production Design | |
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Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1971 | Cinematography | |
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| 1968 | Cinematography | |
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