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Paul Verhoeven

Directing · Born 1938-07-18 · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Biography

Paul Verhoeven (born July 18, 1938) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer who has made movies in both the Netherlands and the United States. Explicitly violent and/or sexual content and social satire are trademarks of both his drama and science fiction films. He is best known for directing the American feature films RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990), Basic Instinct (1992), Starship Troopers (1997), and Hollow Man (2000). Turkish Delight (1973) received the award for Best Dutch Film of the Century at the Netherlands Film Festival. His films altogether received a total of nine Academy Award nominations, mainly for editing and effects. Both RoboCop and Total Recall won an Academy Special Achievement Award. In contrast, his film Showgirls (1995) was poorly received and won seven Golden Raspberry Awards, but has become a cult film over time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Verhoeven, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known for

Filmography

2026Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien
2024Like Tears in RainSelf
2023The Draft!Thanks
2023RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCopSelf
2022In Search of TomorrowSelf - Interviewee
2021BenedettaDirector
2021You Don't NomiHimself (archive footage)
2020Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & StoneSelf
2020Total Excess: How Carolco Changed HollywoodSelf
2020Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood StorySelf
2019Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and MonstersSelf
2019In Search of the Last Action HeroesSelf
2017GijsSelf
2016Verhoeven Versus VerhoevenSelf - Filmmaker
2016ElleDirector
2014Hollywood BankerSelf
2014The Real History of Science FictionHimself
2013LotgenotenWriter
2012TrickedDirector
2010Parradoxhimself
2009Starz Inside: Sex and the CinemaSelf
2009Something Unknown Is Doing We Don't Know WhatAssociate Producer
2006Black BookDirector
2006Hollow Man IIExecutive Producer
2005That's It!Himself
2005Le court des grandsDirector
2005De Wereld Draait DoorSelf
2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie EditingSelf
2004KulturplatzSelf
2004Z Channel: A Magnificent ObsessionSelf
2004Leçon de CinémaSelf
2003100 Greatest Sexy MomentsSelf
2003Sex at 24 Frames Per SecondSelf
2002Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'Himself
2002Starship Troopers: Know Your FoeSelf
2002The Starships of “Starship Troopers”Self
2001Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'Himself
2001Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'Self
2001Imagining 'Total Recall'Self
2000Hollow ManDirector
1999Roughnecks: Starship Troopers ChroniclesExecutive Producer
1999Kurosawa: The Last EmperorSelf
1997Starship TroopersDirector
1996Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to HollywoodHimself
1995ShowgirlsDirector
1993Eurotrash
1993Hollywood by BikeHimself
1992MorgenmagazinSelf
1992Basic InstinctDirector
1990Total RecallDirector
1990Pictures of EuropeSelf
1988Zomergasten
1987RoboCopDancer at Disco (uncredited)
1985Flesh + BloodScreenplay
1984De droomproducentenSelf
1983The HitchhikerDirector
1983The 4th ManDirector
1981All Things PassDirector
1980SpettersDirector
1979For Queen and CountryDirector
1977Soldier of OrangeScreenplay
1975Katie TippelDirector
1973Turkish DelightDirector
1971Business Is BusinessDirector
1971The WrestlerDirector
1970Portrait of Anton Adriaan MussertDirector
1969Rond FlorisSelf
1969FlorisDirector
1968The Lonely DorymenSound Effects
1967OmnibusSelf
1965The Royal Dutch Marine CorpsDirector
1963Let's Have a PartyDirector
1962The HitchhikersDirector
1961Nothing SpecialDirector
1960One Lizard Too ManyDirector
1959The KissDirector
1959Cups of CoffeeDirector
1955Gottes UtopiaMarino
—Goddess: The Fall and Rise of ShowgirlsSelf
—Fleshing Out the Hollow ManSelf
—Sans CompterDirector
—Young SinnerWriter
—RoboCop ReturnsScreenplay
—Het gestolen kasteelCreator
—De koperen hondCreator

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