Louis van Gasteren

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.553

Gender

Male

Birthday

20-Nov-1922

Age

(104 years old)

Place of Birth

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Also Known As
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Louis van Gasteren

Biography

Louis Alphonse van Gasteren (20 November 1922 – 10 May 2016) was a Dutch film director, film producer, and artist.


Credits

Het huis Het huis (1961) Character: N/A
In a fragmented, non-chronological series of images, a grand villa in Bloemendaal becomes the silent witness to the lives of two generations between 1900 and its demolition in 1950. Without dialogue, the film moves through moments of birth, love, adultery, violence and death, allowing the history of the house and its inhabitants to emerge through memory-like fragments.
Nema aviona za Zagreb Nema aviona za Zagreb (2012) Character: Himself / Professor Cerillo
A retrospective of events in director Louis van Gasteren’s life from 1964 to 1969, filmed by him in that period and reflected on from his vantage point over 40 years later at the age of 90.
Do You Get It No. 4 Do You Get It No. 4 (1978) Character: The Director/Self
Footage of a sunny village square in Sardinia leads to humorous, philosophical reflections on reality and the role of the ‘objectively recording’ documentary maker. Van Gasteren sees the square as a backdrop in his film, and the chance passers-by as extras. Then, as a ‘director of reality’, he gives an ironic commentary on what he sees. “For a moment I thought, from what source of information am I thinking up what I see. Or, did I just see exactly what I thought.”
Do You Get It No. 3 Do You Get It No. 3 (1975) Character: N/A
Do You Get It No. 3 deals with the behaviour of people who notice they are being filmed, without the viewer being directly aware of this. Van Gasteren films a traffic officer and the chaotic traffic at a busy intersection in Salerno, Italy. A passer-by seems to modify his behaviour the moment he notices that he’s being filmed. Van Gasteren analyses, image by image, what happens on the street and what role the camera plays in this.
Stranding Stranding (1957) Character: Reder
In Rotterdam, Baas (Lex Goudsmit) sells a batch of fake diamonds to a gang of international con-men. They pay in dollars: a suitcase full of banknotes is sent on a ship from Rotterdam to Hamburg. The wife of one of the gang members (played by Josephine van Gasteren – sister of director Louis) accompanies it to keep an eye on things. But the ship strands off the island of Terschelling and a race ensues between Baas, the gang, the shipowner and the insurer to get to the ship first and secure the case of money.
Gijsbrecht van Aemstel Gijsbrecht van Aemstel (1957) Character: Rey van Burghzaten
Amsterdam is besieged by an alliance of Kennemers and Waterlanders, prepared to exact heavy vengeance on lord Gysbreght van Aemstel, the last remaining murderer of count Floris V. Filmed performance of Joost van den Vondel's classic play.



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