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Paul Verhoeven (Dutch: [ˈpʌul vərˈɦuvə(n)]; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch film director. His films are known for their graphic violence and sexual content, combined with social satire.
Director: RoboCop. Paul Verhoeven graduated from the University of Leiden, with a degree in math and physics. He entered the Royal Netherlands Navy, where he began his film career by making documentaries for the Navy and later for TV.
What should have been Verhoeven’s grand farewell to his run of films in Hollywood is his most mean spirited, also his least memorable. Hollow Man works best as sort of enigma, an oddball among horror films of the early 2000’s when the genre was dominated by slasher sequels.
Paul Verhoeven. Director: RoboCop. Paul Verhoeven graduated from the University of Leiden, with a degree in math and physics. He entered the Royal Netherlands Navy, where he began his film career by making documentaries for the Navy and later for TV. In 1969, he directed the popular Dutch TV series, Floris (1969), about a medieval knight.
Birthday: Jul 18, 1938. Birthplace: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands. Well into his forties before moving to America to work, Dutch-born director Paul Verhoeven has thrived in the...
Oct 10, 2016 · The Dutch troublemaker Paul Verhoeven talks through his rich, varied and risk-taking movies at a 60th BFI London Film Festival Screen Talk. ...more. Starship Troopers, Robocop, Basic Instinct...
Nov 30, 2021 · Paul Verhoeven’s breakout movie, “Turkish Delight,” from 1973, is still one of the highest-grossing Dutch films ever made. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, it...
