Mike van Diem
Dutch film director
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Mike van Diem (born 1959, in Druten, grew up in Sittard) is a Dutch film director.
Born1959 (age 66–67)
Druten, Netherlands
OccupationsFilm director, writer
AwardsBest Foreign Language Film
1997 Character
1997 Character
Mike van Diem | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 (age 66–67) Druten, Netherlands |
| Occupations | Film director, writer |
| Awards | Best Foreign Language Film 1997 Character |
Career
In 1990, his short film Alaska won a Golden Calf for best short film and the Student Academy Award for best foreign student film in the drama category. In 1998, he received the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the film Character based on the 1938 novel Karakter by Ferdinand Bordewijk.[1]
He has also directed commercials.
Selected filmography
- Character (1997)
- The Surprise (2015)
- Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle (2017)