Theo van Gogh (film director)
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Theo van Gogh in 2004
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| Born |
Theodoor van Gogh 23 July 1957 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 2 November 2004 (aged 47) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Cause of death | Assassinated |
| Monuments | The Scream |
| Residence | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | Film director, film producer, television director, television producer, television presenter, screenwriter, actor, critic, interviewer, author, columnist, blogger, activist |
| Years active | 1980–2004 |
| Notable work | Blind Date, Interview, Submission, 06/05 |
| Children | Lieuwe van Gogh (born 1992) |
| Parent(s) | Johan van Gogh (father) Anneke van Gogh (mother) |
| Relatives |
Theo van Gogh (great-grandfather) Vincent van Gogh (great-granduncle) Henk Vonhoff (uncle) Johan Witteveen (granduncle) Willem Witteveen (grandnephew) |
| Website | Official site |
Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈteːjoː vɑŋ ˈɣɔx]; 23 July 1957 – 2 November 2004) was a Dutch film director, film producer, television director, television producer, television presenter, screenwriter, actor, critic and author.
Van Gogh worked with the Somali-born writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali to produce the short film Submission (2004), which criticized the treatment of women in Islam and resulted in an outrage from the Dutch Muslim community. On 2 November 2004, Van Gogh was murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan Muslim due to his controversial film. The last film Van Gogh had completed before his death, 06/05, was a fictional exploration of the assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn which was released in December 2004, a month following van Gogh's assassination.
Theo van Gogh was born on 23 July 1957 in The Hague, Netherlands to Anneke and Johan van Gogh. His father served in the Dutch secret service ('AIVD', then called 'BVD'). He was named after his paternal uncle Theo, who was captured and executed while working as a resistance fighter during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II. Theo van Gogh was the great-grandson of Theo van Gogh, the brother of painter Vincent van Gogh.
After dropping out of law school at the University of Amsterdam, Van Gogh became a stage manager. His self-proclaimed passion was film-making, and he made his debut as a director with the movie Luger (1981). He was awarded a Gouden Kalf for Blind Date (1996) and In het belang van de staat ("In the Interest of the State," 1997). For the latter, he also received a "Certificate of Merit" from the San Francisco International Film Festival. As an actor, he appeared in the film, De noorderlingen ("The Northerners", 1992). He made numerous films (see below), many on political themes. From the 1990s, van Gogh worked in television.
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