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Paul Verhoeven

1938 - Today

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Paul Verhoeven (Dutch: [ˈpʌul vərˈɦuvə(n)]; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch filmmaker, who has worked variously in the Netherlands, the United States, and in France. He is known for directing genre films with strong satirical elements, often featuring graphic violence and sexual content. Many of his films are considered provocative, and were controversial when released. After receiving attention for the TV series Floris in his native Netherlands, Verhoeven's breakthrough film was the romantic drama Turkish Delight (1973), starring frequent collaborator Rutger Hauer, which received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign-Language Film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Verhoeven is the 58th most popular film director (down from 56th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Film Director.

Paul Verhoeven is most famous for his films "RoboCop" and "Basic Instinct."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Paul Verhoeven ranks 58 out of 2,041. Before him are Theo Angelopoulos, Roger Vadim, Takeshi Kitano, Yasujirō Ozu, Jack L. Warner, and Stephen Hillenburg. After him are Jean-Jacques Annaud, Brian De Palma, Michael Haneke, Abbas Kiarostami, Werner Herzog, and Éric Rohmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Paul Verhoeven ranks 28. Before him are Luis Aragonés, J. J. Cale, Bob Kahn, Tomas Lindahl, Giuliano Gemma, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. After him are Vladimir Vysotsky, Mireille Darc, Jim Simons, Heinz Fischer, Frederick Forsyth, and Giorgetto Giugiaro.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Paul Verhoeven ranks 58 out of 1,646. Before him are Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Ruud Gullit (1962), Frits Zernike (1888), Paul J. Crutzen (1933), Tobias Asser (1838), and Thomas Bernhard (1931). After him are Rem Koolhaas (1944), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870), Frank Rijkaard (1962), Theo van Doesburg (1883), and Theo van Gogh (1857).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Netherlands

Among film directors born in Netherlands, Paul Verhoeven ranks 1. After him are Joris Ivens (1898), Theo van Gogh (1957), Jan de Bont (1943), Anton Corbijn (1955), Michaël Dudok de Wit (1953), Marleen Gorris (1948), Alex van Warmerdam (1952), Mike van Diem (1959), Tom Six (1973), Jan Kounen (1964), and Harald Zwart (1965).

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