Alex van Warmerdam

Alex van Warmerdam

Born: August 14, 1952
in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Alex van Warmerdam (born 14 August 1952) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is also a painter. Van Warmerdam was born in Haarlem, a city in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. He was cofounder of the theatre group Hauser Orkater (which later became the music theatre group Orkater). In 1980, he founded the theatre group De Mexicaanse Hond (The Mexican Dog), together with his brother Marc van Warmerdam. This is the name under which all the shows since 1989 have been released. His 2013 film Borgman was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

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Schneider vs. Bax
Title: Schneider vs. Bax
Character: Ramon Bax
Released: May 28, 2015
Type: Movie
On his birthday, a hitman reluctantly takes on the easy task of killing a writer, only to find the job a lot more difficult than expected.
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Borgman
Title: Borgman
Character: Ludwig
Released: May 13, 2013
Type: Movie
An enigmatic vagrant cons himself into the home life of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.
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Black Out
Title: Black Out
Character: André
Released: January 25, 2012
Type: Movie
After ruthless gangsters wrongfully accuse him of stealing from them, a retired criminal has 24 hours to creep back into his past life and retrieve a bag of coke before his fiancée is killed.
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The Last Days of Emma Blank
Title: The Last Days of Emma Blank
Character: Theo
Released: May 7, 2009
Type: Movie
A woman living in a large country home drives her servants to mutiny with her outrageous demands as she waits for death to come for her.
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Waiter
Title: Waiter
Character: Edgar
Released: September 28, 2006
Type: Movie
Edgar works as a waiter in 'Het Westen', a restaurant. He is married and has a lover. His neighbors terrorize him with loud music and garbage. One day after he is mistreated by some customers he is sick of it all and goes to talk to his creator, the scenario writer.
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Title: De Wereld Draait Door
Released: October 10, 2005
Type: TV
Talk show hosted by Matthijs van Nieuwkerk containing a mixture of news, information, television bloopers and general entertainment.
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Little Tony
Title: Little Tony
Character: Brand
Released: April 30, 1998
Type: Movie
Married to an illiterate Dutch farmer, Keet yearns for a child. She sets matters on course by arranging for a smart city girl, Lena, to live in and teach the slow-witted Brand. She encourages the developing affair between them, accepting secondary status in the household when Lena has a child. But her plans to eliminate the competition demand decisive action from Brand.
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The Dress
Title: The Dress
Character: Train conductor
Released: March 21, 1996
Type: Movie
The story of a summer dress and those who have to do with it, especially the train conductor (played by van Warmerdam, the director). The dress functions as catalyst for the whimsical events, which turns out to be either tragic or hilarious.
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The Northerners
Title: The Northerners
Character: Plagge
Released: April 17, 1992
Type: Movie
A black comedy set in the 1960s in a small Netherlands community, populated by a cast of eccentrics, all of whom hold a range of sexual obsessions and frustrated desires.
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Abel
Title: Abel
Character: Abel
Released: February 27, 1986
Type: Movie
A well-to-do, thirty-something shut-in faces city life, family secrets and his own quirks when he is finally thrown out by his parents.
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De Stedeling
Title: De Stedeling
Character: De Stedeling
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A man from the city walks around the country side. He tries to find out what farmers are hiding below the plastic belts on their territory.