Nikolai van der Heyde

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Nikolai van der Heyde
Nikolai van der Heyde (1965)
Born(1936-01-23)23 January 1936
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Died6 August 2020(2020-08-06) (aged 84)
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1966 – 1996

Nikolai van der Heyde (23 January 1936 – 6 August 2020) was a Dutch film director and screenwriter.[1]

Biography

Van der Heyde graduated from the

Alfred Heineken, he was able to make his first full-length film in 1966: A Morning of Six Weeks (Een Ochtend van Zes Weken
). The film received good reviews at home and abroad, but the audience stayed away.

Van der Heyde focused more on an international market for his films. His 1968 film

Hollywood films, and would often choose English or American actors. He then turned to the comedy Help, the doctor is drowning! (a novel by Toon Kortooms, which would become his greatest success with the general public. His career took off after that. The successor to Help! The doctor is downing - Let the doctor slide
- was a flop. After the next film Nitwits, Van der Heyde directed German television series.

Van der Heyde died on 6 August 2020, at the age of 84 in the Rosa Spier House in Laren.[1][2]

Selected filmography

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