Bert Haanstra

Producer, Actor, Director, Editor, Writer

May 31, 1916 — October 23, 1997 (81 years)
Albert 'Bert' Haanstra was a Dutch film director of films and documentaries. His documentary Glass (1958) won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1959. His feature film Fanfare (1958) was the most visited Dutch film at the time, and has since only been surpassed by Turkish Delight (1973).

Known For

  • Glass
    Glass1958
  • Everyman
    Everyman1963
  • Zoo
    Zoo1961
  • Fanfare
    Fanfare1958
  • Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies
    Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies1975
  • Ape and Super-Ape
    Ape and Super-Ape1972
  • The Voice of the Water
    The Voice of the Water1966
  • The World of Simon Carmiggelt
    The World of Simon Carmiggelt1983
  • The Manneken Pis Case
    The Manneken Pis Case1960
  • The Silent Raid
    The Silent Raid1962
  • Mr. Slotter's Jubilee
    Mr. Slotter's Jubilee1979
  • The Netherlands
    The Netherlands1983
  • Battle Without End
    Battle Without End1955
  • Retour Madrid
    Retour Madrid1968
  • The Muider Group Revived
    The Muider Group Revived1949
  • God Shiva
    God Shiva1955
  • National Parks.... Necessity
    National Parks.... Necessity1978
  • Medieval Dutch Sculpture
    Medieval Dutch Sculpture1951
  • The Dike Builders
    The Dike Builders1952
  • Monument for a Gorilla
    Monument for a Gorilla1987

Filmography

1988
Amsterdamned · as Conductor
1987
1984
The Family of Chimps · as (voice)
1972
Instinct for Survival · as Narrator
1963
The Human Dutch · as (english Narrator)

1973
Grierson · as Self - Being Interviewd
1964
1958
Monitor · as Self

1987
Een monument voor een gorilla · as Cinematographer
1987
1984
The Family of Chimps · as Cinematographer
1983
The Netherlands · as Scenario Writer
1983
One Could Laugh in Former Days · as Scenario Writer
1972
Instinct for Survival · as Scenario Writer
1971
Trafic · as Co-Director
1971
Trafic · as Participation
1967
Retour Madrid · as Scenario
1963
The Human Dutch · as Co-Writer
1963
1962
De overval · as Co-Scenario
1961
Zoo · as Scenario Writer
1960
The M.P. Case · as Scenario Writer
1957
De verkenningsboring · as Scenario Writer
1957
Ontstaan en Vergaan · as Scenario Writer
1955
God Shiva · as Scenario Writer
1955
Strijd zonder einde · as Scenario Writer
1952
The Dike Builders · as Scenario Writer
1950
Boer Pietersen schoot in de roos · as Cinematographer
1950
1948
The Muider Group Revived · as Cinematographer
1948
The Muider Group Revived · as Scenario Writer