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Mike van Diem

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 01/12/1959 (65) | Netherlands (Netherlands)
Mike van Diem (born 1959, in Druten, grew up in Sittard) is a Dutch film director. In 1990, his short film Alaska won a Golden Calf for best short film and the Student Academy Award for best foreign student film in the drama category. In 1998, he received the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the film Character based on the 1938 novel Karakter by Ferdinand Bordewijk. He has also directed commercials. ()

Mike van Diem is a Dutch screenwriter and director born in Druten on the 12th of January 1959. He won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1998 with his feature film debut Character.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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An eccentric multimillionaire signs an agreement to have his life ended. While selecting his coffin he meets a young woman who has signed up for the same arrangement. Trouble ensues when the couple fa ...

The Surprise

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2015 | 3.5/5 | 1h 42min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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In pre-WWII Holland, the penniless, illegitimate son of a powerful bailiff sets out to become a lawyer as he spends a lifetime struggling to prove his worth to his relentlessly spiteful father. ...

Character

Certification unknown

1997 | 3.7/5 | 2h 2min
History, Drama
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A slaughterhouse worker appears to be romantically involved with his boss's wife. They plan to leave the country together, but at the airport she waits for him in vain. Slowly but surely the three of ...

Alaska

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1989 | 3.0/5 | 45min
Drama, Horror
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After losing his farm during the floods of 1953, a romantic Dutch farmer is tired of getting his socks wet. He cycles to Italy and decides to grow tulips in the sweltering heat of Puglia. ...

Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle

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2017 | 3.4/5 | 1h 32min
Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Mike van Diem

Golden Calf for Best Short Film
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Movies with Mike van Diem as Actor(1)

as himself1999 Based on the Novel

Movies with Mike van Diem as Crew(8)

Directing/Director2017 Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle
Writing/Writer2017 Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle
Directing/Director2015 The Surprise
Writing/Writer2015 The Surprise
Directing/Director1997 Character
Writing/Screenplay1997 Character
Directing/Director1989 Alaska
Writing/Writer1989 Alaska

TV Shows/Series with Mike van Diem as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1993 Pleidooi

Full Name: Mike Diem
Born: Monday, 01/12 1959 (January) in Netherlands (Netherlands) (current age: 65 years + 106 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: Dutch (NL, native language)
Educated at: Netherlands Film Academy
Mike van Diem frequently works together with these people:
Eddy Terstall (3x, Crew)
Jan Decleir (2x, Actor)
Fedja van Huêt (2x, Actor)
Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh (2x, Actor)
Rogier Stoffers (2x, Crew)
Rinze schuurman (2x, Crew)
Rifka Lodeizen (1x, Actress)
Donatella Finocchario (1x, Cast)
Laurens Geels (1x, Crew)
Els Vandevorst (1x, Crew)
Oliver Gatz (1x, Cast)
Yvonne van den Hurk (1x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:617377, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024