Paul Verhoeven
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.
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Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 9.993 |
Birthday | 1938-07-18 |
Place of Birth | Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands |
Also Known As | Пол Верховен, 保罗·范霍文, 폴 버호벤, 폴 베호벤, 파울 페르후번, |
2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
6.957/101
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2005
That's It!
0/0
In 1980 film writer Ruud den Drijver goes head to head with two notorious Dutch film directors, Paul Verhoeven and Wim Verstappen, passionate film mak...
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That's It!
1999
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
5.5/4
A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
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Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
2010
Parradox
5/1
"Pim is more consummate," actress Willeke van Ammelrooy concluded upon seeing Pim de la Parra again in Suriname, at the presentation of the restored v...
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Parradox
1996
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
5.2/2
Very insightful BBC documentary about Paul Verhoeven, tracking his career up to Showgirls. The programme focuses on talks with Verhoeven, but also in...
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Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
2004
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
7.1/34
A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based...
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2014
Hollywood Banker
6.8/7
How Frans Afman, a banker from the Netherlands, developed a new system for film financing, revolutionized independent filmmaking in Hollywood, but cou...
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Hollywood Banker
2016
Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven
6.9/6
A look at the life and provocative film work of controversial Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven.
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Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven
2002
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
8/2
A behind-the-scenes look at director Paul Verhoeven's imaginative re-telling of Robert Heinlein's classic science fiction novel.
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Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
1955
Gottes Utopia
0/0
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Gottes Utopia
2019
You Don't Nomi
6/24
Released in 1995, Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls was met by critics and audiences with near universal derision. You Don't Nomi traces the film's redemptiv...
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You Don't Nomi
2001
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
7/2
A look behind the scenes at the making of this science fiction classic about a policeman killed in the line of duty, only to be reborn as a half-man,...
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Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
1984
De droomproducenten
0/0
Documentary exploring why Belgian television doesn't invest more money in Belgian cinema as is the case in e.g. the netherlands.
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De droomproducenten
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
6.5/24
A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artist who made them and by those who were insp...
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In Search of Tomorrow
2019
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
7.6/6
An in-depth, sad, and beautiful documentary about the stop motion and VFX artist Phil Tippett, a man who changed the landscape of visual effects in fi...
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Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2003
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
5.2/14
Directed by Kevin Burns, this documentary from Playboy Home Video examines the oftentimes tense relationship between sex, women, and popular Hollywood...
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Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
1993
Hollywood by Bike
0/0
Documentary that looks back at 35 years of Dutch cinema, with Paul Verhoeven and others.
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Hollywood by Bike
2020
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
6.1/8
Chronicles the lives of women who perform the stunts in some of Hollywood’s biggest action sequences — from the early days of silent movies to today’s...
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Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
2020
Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood
6/1
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Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood
2020
Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone
4.3/5
A documentary about the Paul Verhoeven's cult classic Basic Instinct.
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Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone
2001
Imagining 'Total Recall'
6/1
Making of documentary featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven.
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Imagining 'Total Recall'
1987
RoboCop
7.318/4899
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force...
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RoboCop
1969
Rond Floris
10/1
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Rond Floris
2019
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
6.952/31
The most comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre ever made.
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In Search of the Last Action Heroes
1990
Picture of Europe
0/0
What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences between...
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