George Sluizer
George Sluizer | |
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Born | Paris, France | 25 June 1932
Died | 20 September 2014 Amsterdam, Netherlands | (aged 82)
Nationality | Dutch |
Occupation | Film director · Film producer · Screenwriter · Film editor · Author |
Years active | 1961–2014 |
Notable work | The Vanishing Utz Dark Blood |
George Sluizer (25 June 1932 – 20 September 2014)
Career
Born in
From 2012 until 2014 he was part of the film jury for ShortCutz Amsterdam.[4][5]
Director Dennis Alink made a documentary called Sluizer Speaks during the final years of Sluizer's life. It premiered two months after his death at the IDFA in Amsterdam.[6][7]
Accusations against Ariel Sharon
Sluizer was accused by Israeli officials of a 'modern blood libel' for his claims – which in 2010 finally achieved front page level publicity in Israel – that he had witnessed the then-Defense Minister Ariel Sharon personally shooting two Palestinian children from close range near the Sabra-Shatilla refugee camp in November 1982, after the Sabra and Shatila massacre.[8][2]
Filmography
As director
Year | Title | English title | Notes |
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1961 | De Lage Landen | Hold Back the Sea | |
1967 | Yankee Sails Across Europe | National Geographic Special | |
1968 | The lonely Dorymen | National Geographic Special. Documentary about Portuguese fishermen | |
1969 | Siberia: The Lost Horizon | National Geographic Special | |
1971 | Stamping Ground
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Directed with Hansjürgen Pohland | |
1972 | João en het mes | João and the knife | Entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival |
1979 | Twee Vrouwen | Twice a Woman | |
1982 | Tepito Si | Short film | |
1983 | Adios Beirut | ||
1985 | Red Desert Penitentiary | Red Desert Penitentiary | |
1988 | Spoorloos
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The Vanishing | |
1992 | Utz | Utz | Entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival[9] |
1993 | The Vanishing | Spoorloos
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1996 | Crimetime | Crimetime | |
1996 | Mortinho por Chegar a Casa | Dying to Go Home | Directed with Carlos da Silva |
1998 | The Commissioner | The Commissioner | Entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival[10] |
2002 | La Balsa de piedra | The Stone Raft | |
2009 | The Chosen One | The Chosen One | |
2010 | Homeland | Homeland | |
2012 | Dark Blood | Dark Blood | Originally filmed in 1993 and technically unfinished. Entered into the 32nd Netherlands Film Festival |
Awards and nominations
- 1988 - Spoorloos
- 1997 - Nomination Crystal Star, Brussels International Film Festival, for Mortinho por Chegar a Casa
- 1998 - Nomination Berlinale, for The Commissioner
- 2002 - Nomination Nederlands Film Festival, for La balsa de piedra
- 2002 - Juryprize, Nederlands Film Festival, for La balsa de piedra
- 2013 - ShortCutz Amsterdam Career Award
References
- ^ Director George Sluizer: Best known for two versions of film ‘The Vanishing’
- ^ a b Cnaan Liphshiz, "I saw Ariel Sharon murder 2 Palestinian toddlers in Lebanon," Haaretz (19 November 2010). Retrieved 4 August 2013
- ^ Roxborough, Scott. "River Phoenix's Last Film 'Dark Blood' to Debut at Film Festival in September". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ ShortCutz Amsterdam Jury Team, Shortcutz Amsterdam. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ Dutch Short Films Are the Focus - Shortcutz Amsterdam Go Social Film Magazine. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ "Sluizer Speak". IDFA. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ Vijn, Ard (26 March 2013). "Documentary SLUIZER SPEAKS Has A Trailer, Needs Some Funds". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ Winter, Leon de (24 November 2010). "Het onvoorstelbare zwijgen van George Sluizer". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1992 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1998 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 15 January 2012.