Paul Verhoeven
Dutch film director (born 1938) · Netherlands · Directors
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Something wrong?He smuggled sex and satire into studio blockbusters, turned sci-fi into vicious farce, and made a legendary flop that became a cult win. Verhoeven's films don't wink - they leer, explode, and dare you to look away.
A life in dates
Carolco, un rêve hollywoodienFilm2023
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCopSeries2022
In Search of TomorrowFilm2019
In Search of the Last Action HeroesFilm2016César Award for Best FilmAwardGoya Award for Best European FilmAward2014
The Real History of Science FictionSeries, Himself
Hollywood BankerFilm, 20142009
Starz Inside: Sex and the CinemaFilm2006Golden Calf for Best DirectorAwardGolden LionAwardSitges Grand Honorary AwardAward2005
De Wereld Draait DoorSeries2004Bert Haanstra Oeuvreprijs van de Nederlandse FilmAward
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie EditingFilm, 20042000
Hollow ManFilm, Director1999
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers ChroniclesSeries, Producer1997
Starship TroopersFilm, Director1995Golden Raspberry Award for Worst PictureAward1993
EurotrashSeries1992
MorgenmagazinSeries1990
Total RecallFilm, Director1988
ZomergastenSeries1987Saturn Award for Best DirectorAwardSitges Film Festival Best Director awardAward1985Golden Calf for Best DirectorAward
Flesh + BloodFilm, 1985Director, Writer1980
SpettersFilm, Director1979
For Queen and CountrySeries, Director1975
Katie TippelFilm, Director1969
FlorisSeries, Director, Creator1967
OmnibusSeries1963
Let's Have a PartyFilm, Director1960
One Lizard Too ManyFilm, Director1938Born18 July 1938Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 40
CHCarolco, un rêve hollywoodien
LRLike Tears in RainITIn Search of Tomorrow
BEBenedetta
YNYou Don't Nomi
SSStuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
BSBasic Instinct: Sex, Death & StoneIHIn Search of the Last Action Heroes
PMPhil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
ELElle
VVVerhoeven Versus VerhoevenHBHollywood Banker
LOLotgenoten
TRTrickedSCStarz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
HIHollow Man II
BBBlack BookTEThe Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
ZOZ Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
PSPlayboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
BIBlonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
FRFlesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'HMHollow Man
KEKurosawa: The Last EmperorSTStarship Troopers
SHShowgirls
BIBasic InstinctTRTotal Recall
RORoboCopFBFlesh + Blood
TMThe 4th Man
APAll Things PassSPSpetters
SOSoldier of OrangeKTKatie Tippel
TDTurkish Delight
BBBusiness Is BusinessLPLet's Have a Party
THThe HitchhikersOMOne Lizard Too Many104 credits on file
Television 15
RRRoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCopTFThe Real History of Science FictionDDDe Wereld Draait Door
KUKulturplatz
LCLeçon de CinémaRCRoughnecks: Starship Troopers ChroniclesEUEurotrashMOMorgenmagazinZOZomergasten
THThe HitchhikerFCFor Queen and CountryFLFlorisOMOmnibusAwards
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Born in the Netherlands in 1938, Verhoeven broke through with Turkish Delight in 1973, a romantic drama that earned an Oscar nomination and launched a string of Dutch successes including the WWII thriller Soldier of Orange and the unsettling The Fourth Man. In 1985 he jumped to Hollywood, where RoboCop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers became genre landmarks - each loading popcorn spectacle with razor-edged satire. Basic Instinct made him a household provocation in 1992; Showgirls three years later was savaged on arrival, then slowly reclaimed as misunderstood camp. He returned to Europe in 2006, directing Black Book (later voted the best Dutch film ever made), the Golden Globe-winning Elle, and the religious provocation Benedetta, proving the appetite for transgression hadn't dimmed.
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