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Paul Verhoeven

Dutch film director (born 1938)

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Paul Verhoeven is a Dutch film director born in 1938 who is known for making action and science fiction films that often blend entertainment with provocative themes. His work has been influential in cinema and has earned him international recognition as a significant filmmaker.

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Born: 1938
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Directing · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

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),…

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Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien2026
Like Tears in Rain — Self2024
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop — Self2023
In Search of Tomorrow — Self - Interviewee2022
You Don't Nomi — Himself (archive footage)2021
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story — Self2020
Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood — Self2020
Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone — Self2020
In Search of the Last Action Heroes — Self

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Paul Verhoeven ( Dutch: [ˈpʌul vərˈɦuvə(n)]; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch filmmaker, who has worked variously in the Netherlands, the United States, and in France. He is known for directing genre films with strong satirical elements, often featuring graphic violence and explicit sexual content and nudity. Many of his films are considered provocative, and were controversial when released.

After receiving attention for the TV series Floris in his native Netherlands, Verhoeven's breakthrough film was the romantic drama Turkish Delight (1973), starring frequent collaborator Rutger Hauer, which received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign-Language Film. He later directed successful Dutch films including the period film Keetje Tippel (1975), the World War II film Soldier of Orange (1977), the adolescent drama Spetters (1980) and the Gerard Reve-adapted psychological thriller The Fourth Man (1983).