Bert Haanstra

Bert Haanstra

Birthday: 1916-05-31
Deathday: 1997-10-23
Place of birth: Espelo, Overijssel, the Netherlands
Also know as: Albert Haanstra

Biography

Albert 'Bert' Haanstra was a Dutch film director of films and documentaries. His documentary Glass (1958) won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1959. His feature film Fanfare (1958) was the most visited Dutch film at the time, and has since only been surpassed by Turkish Delight (1973).

Filmography

The Family of Chimps

1984

As (voice)

Amsterdamned

1988

As Conductor

...Geist und ein wenig Glück

1965

As Himself

Production

And There Was No More Sea

1955

As Director

Everyman

1963

As Producer

Everyman

1963

As Director

Glass

1958

As Director

Fanfare

1958

As Director

The Manneken Pis Case

1960

As Director

Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies

1975

As Director

Mr. Slotter's Jubilee

1979

As Director

Mirror of Holland

1950

As Director

Children of Ghana

1988

As Director

Monument for a Gorilla

1987

As Director

The Voice of the Water

1966

As Director

The Voice of the Water

1966

As Writer

The Zoo

1961

As Director

Panta Rhei

1952

As Director

Ape and Super-Ape

1972

As Director

Fanfare

1958

As Writer

The Family of Chimps

1984

As Producer

The Family of Chimps

1984

As Director

The Family of Chimps

1984

As Editor

The Netherlands

1983

As Director

Rembrandt, Painter of Man

1957

As Director

Delta Phase 1

1962

As Director

Speaking of Glass

1958

As Director

National Parks.... Necessarly

1978

As Director

The Muider Group Revived

1949

As Director

Medieval Dutch Sculpture

1951

As Director

The World of Simon Carmiggelt

1983

As Director

Arise and Perish

1954

As Director

The Reconnaissance Drill

1954

As Director

The Detection of Mineral Oil

1954

As Director

The Dike Builders

1952

As Director

Retour Madrid

1968

As Director

God Shiva

1955

As Director

Battle Without End

1955

As Director

The Oil Field

1954

As Director

Trafic

1971

As Co-Director

Mirror of Holland

1950

As Writer

And There Was No More Sea

1955

As Writer

Juliana in Zeventig Bewogen Jaren

1979

As Writer

Glass

1958

As Writer

The Oil Field

1954

As Writer

Everyman

1963

As Co-Writer

Belgian Grand Prix

1955

As Camera Operator

The Detection of Mineral Oil

1954

As Editor

The Detection of Mineral Oil

1954

As Writer

National Parks.... Necessarly

1978

As Writer

The Dike Builders

1952

As Editor

Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies

1975

As Producer

The Hairdresser

1983

As Director

Myrte & The Demons

1950

As Producer

Myrte & The Demons

1950

As Director of Photography