Theo van Gogh (film director)

Theo van Gogh (July 23, 1957 – November 2, 2004) was a controversial Dutch film director, television producer, publicist and actor. A descendant of the brother of the famous Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, he was murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri.

Works

Publications

Van Gogh contributed to various newspapers and magazines, often leaving these jobs after a quarrel.

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He published the following books:

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• Engel ("Angel", 1990)
• Er gebeurt nooit iets ("Nothing Ever Happens", 1993)
• Sla ik mijn vrouw wel hard genoeg? ("Do I Beat My Wife Hard Enough?", 1996)
• De gezonde roker ("The healthy smoker", 2000)
• Allah weet het beter ("Allah Knows Best", 2003)
• De tranen van Mabel ("The tears of Mabel", with Tomas Ross, 2004)

Filmography

• Luger (1982)
• Een dagje naar het strand ("A Day at the Beach", 1984)
• Charley (1986)
• Terug naar Oegstgeest ("Back to Oegstgeest", 1987)
• Loos ("Wild", 1989)
• Vals licht ("False Light", 1993)
• Ilse verandert de geschiedenis ("Ilse Changes History", 1993)
• 06 (1994)
• Reunie ("Reunion", 1994)
• Eva (1994)
• Een galerij: De wanhoop van de sirene ("A Gallery: The Despair of the Siren", 1994)
• De Eenzame Oorlog Van Koos Tak ("Koos Tak's Lonely War", 1995)
• Blind Date (1996)
• Hoe ik mijn moeder vermoordde ("How I Killed My Mother", 1996)
• In het belang van de staat ("In the Interest of the State", 1997)
• Au ("Ouch", 1997)
• De Pijnbank ("The Rack", 1998)
• Baby Blue (2001)
• De nacht van Aalbers ("Aalbers's Night", 2001)
• Najib en Julia (2002)
• Interview (2003)
• Zien ("Seeing", 2004)
• Submission (2004)
• Cool (2004)
• 06/05 (2004)
• Medea (2005)

Unfinished projects

• Bad (a 'lesbian road movie'; production was planned for 2005)
• Duizend en één Dag ("The thousand and one days") a drama series about young muslims, struggling with their faith. Although this project had not even reached preproduction, Van Gogh already found a broadcaster for the series: Dutch Muslim Broadcasting Organisation NMO.