Name
Paul Verhoeven
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1938-07-18 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Biography
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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- 2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing as Self
- 2019 In Search of the Last Action Heroes as Self
- 1987 RoboCop as Dancer at Disco (uncredited)
- 2005 That's It! as Himself
- 1999 Kurosawa: The Last Emperor as Self
- 1990 Pictures of Europe as Self
- 2010 Parradox as himself
- 1996 Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood as Himself
- 2004 Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession as Self
- 2014 Hollywood Banker as Self
- 1969 Rond Floris as Self
- Soon Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls as Self
- 2016 Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven as Self - Filmmaker
- 2002 Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' as Himself
- 1955 Gottes Utopia as Marino
- 2021 You Don't Nomi as Himself (archive footage)
- 1984 De droomproducenten as Self
- 2001 Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' as Himself
- 2022 In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2019 Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters as Self
- 2003 Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self
- 1993 Hollywood by Bike as Himself
- 2020 Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story as Self
- 2020 Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood as Self
- 2020 Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone as Self
- 2001 Imagining 'Total Recall' as Self
- 2024 Like Tears in Rain as Self
- 2003 100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Self
- 2017 Gijs as Self
- 2026 Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien
- 2009 Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema as Self
- 2001 Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' as Self
- Soon Fleshing Out the Hollow Man as Self
- 2002 Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe as Self
- 2002 The Starships of “Starship Troopers” as Self
- 2018 Bukan Cinta Aku
- 2012 The Making of Jesus Christ as himself
- 1988 Zomergasten ( 1 episode )
- 2005 De Wereld Draait Door ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2004 Leçon de Cinéma ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2014 The Real History of Science Fiction ( 1 episode ) as Himself
- 2004 Kulturplatz ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Morgenmagazin ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1967 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 Eurotrash ( 1 episode )
