Paul Verhoeven

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-07-18 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Paul Verhoeven

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 ...

Production

1992

Basic Instinct

as Director

1997

1977

1977

Soldier of Orange

as Screenplay

1990

Total Recall

as Director

1995

Showgirls

as Director

1973

Turkish Delight

as Director

1987

RoboCop

as Director

2006

Black Book

as Screenplay

2006

Black Book

as Director

2000

Hollow Man

as Director

1985

Flesh + Blood

as Director

1985

Flesh + Blood

as Screenplay

1980

Spetters

as Director

1983

The 4th Man

as Director

1975

Katie Tippel

as Director

1971

2012

Tricked

as Director

1960

2013

Lotgenoten

as Writer

-

Sans Compter

as Writer

-

Sans Compter

as Director

1981

All Things Pass

as Director

1971

The Wrestler

as Director

1971

The Wrestler

as Writer

1963

1961

Nothing Special

as Director

1962

The Hitchhikers

as Director

2005

2016

Elle

as Director

-

Young Sinner

as Director

-

Young Sinner

as Writer

2012

Tricked

as Writer

2021

Benedetta

as Director

2021

Benedetta

as Screenplay

1968

The Lonely Dorymen

as Sound Effects

1959

Cups of Coffee

as Director

1959

The Kiss

as Director

-

RoboCop Returns

as Screenplay

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