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My Take
Alex van Warmerdam is the rare creative who refuses to be boxed in. Poet, writer, theatre and film director, and painter all at once, the Haarlem native has won Golden Calves for both directing and screenwriting, plus the prestigious Johannes Vermeer Award and a Sitges festival prize. Mastering one discipline is hard enough; collecting honors across several suggests a restless imagination that simply must keep telling stories in any medium available. I read him as a genuine auteur of Dutch cinema, the sort of singular mind whose work rewards patience. His range alone earns my deep respect.
Overview
Alex van Warmerdam (born 14 August 1952) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is also a painter.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alex van Warmerdam
- Name (Japanese)
- アレックス・ファン・ヴァーメルダム
- Reading
- あれっくす・ふぁん・ゔぁーめるだむ
- Born
- August 14, 1952 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
- Origin
- Haarlem, Netherlands
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- poet / writer / theatre director / film director / painter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1992 Golden Calf for Best Director
- 2009 Golden Calf for Best Script
- 2010 Johannes Vermeer Award
- 2011 Toneelschrijfprijs
- 1990 Toneelschrijfprijs
- 1992 Young European Film of the Year
- 2004 VPRO Cinema Afficheprijs
- 2013 Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Poet — see all → · Writer — see all → · More people from Netherlands →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.