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Home/People/Bert Haanstra
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Born
May 31, 1916Died: Oct 23, 1997
Lived 81 years
Place of Birth
Espelo, Overijssel, the Netherlands
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

4
Movies
0
TV Shows
33
Directed
Also Known As
Albert Haanstra
IMDb ProfileOfficial Website

Bert Haanstra

Directing

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).
Amsterdamned poster

Amsterdamned

as Conductor
1988
Monument for a Gorilla poster

Monument for a Gorilla

as Voice-over
1987
The Family of Chimps poster

The Family of Chimps

as (voice)
1984
...Geist und ein wenig Glück poster

...Geist und ein wenig Glück

as Himself
1965