Martin Koolhoven (The Hague, 25 April 1969) is a Dutch film maker Arms of The Hague Flag of The city of The Hague. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

Born as Martinus Wouter Koolhoven, Koolhoven graduated from Dutch film school in 1996 and almost immediately made an impact on the Dutch film industry with his 53 minute televison film Duister Licht in which the slaying of a pig was shown. The film was nominated twice on the Dutch Film Festival.

It was his next (and first feature length) film however that established his name, also outside of Holland. Suzy Q (also made for television) became the most awarded Dutch film of 1999 and established both Koolhoven's career as the career of actrice Carice van Houten, who Koolhoven worked with several times in the films to come. Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ...

His first film for the cinema's (AmnesiA) got a small theatical release in New York. It is still the only film he made that got a commercial release in the United States. Koolhoven started of with strong stylized films that were all hailed by the critics, but never gained commercial succes. In 2005 that changed when he went into the mainstream with Schnitzel Paradise that not only got him rave reviews (in both The Netherlands as outside of it), but was the highest grossing Dutch film of that year. The film was shown on many international film festivals (amongst which the Berlin Film Festival and the Karlovy Vary Film Festival where it was part of the Variety Critic's choice.) The film was sold to more than 20 countries, which is a remarkable amount for a Dutch film. In the same year Koolhoven released Bonkers, which internationally became his most awarded film. He also was the first director to have two films in the Dutch box office top 20. Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Mainstream is, generally, the common current of thought of the majority. ... The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the most important film festivals in Europe and the world. ... Variety is a daily magazine for the entertainment industry. ... The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ...

Trivia

Martin Koolhoven was one of the "New Faces In European Cinema" as presented on the AFI festival (Hollywood) in 2004.

All his films have won awards at the Dutch Film Festival, but Koolhovens's work has also won awards in France, England, Lithuania, Egypt, Surinam, Japan, Uruguay, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq...

Links

Martin Koolhoven at the Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, video games and production crew personnel. ...