Bert Haanstra

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).

Known For

Acting

1984

The Family of Chimps

as

(voice)

1988

Amsterdamned

as

Conductor

1965

...Geist und ein wenig Glück

as

Himself

1987

Monument for a Gorilla

as

Voice-over

Production

1963

Everyman

as

1984

The Family of Chimps

as

1975

Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies

as

1950

Myrte & The Demons

as

1955

And There Was No More Sea

as

1955

God Shiva

as

1958

Speaking of Glass

as

1958

Glass

as

1960

The Manneken Pis Case

as

1962

Delta Phase 1

as

1966

The Voice of the Water

as

1968

Retour Madrid

as

1971

Trafic

as

1972

Ape and Super-Ape

as

1978

National Parks.... Necessarly

as

1979

Mr. Slotter's Jubilee

as

1983

The Netherlands

as

1987

Monument for a Gorilla

as

1988

Children of Ghana

as

Crew

1950

Boer Pieterse schoot in de roos

as

1949

The Muider Group Revived

as

1950

Mirror of Holland

as

1952

Panta Rhei

as

1984

The Family of Chimps

as

1987

Monument for a Gorilla

as

Directing

1963

Everyman

as

1958

Fanfare

as

1958

Glass

as

1960

The Manneken Pis Case

as

1975

Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies

as

1979

Mr. Slotter's Jubilee

as

1950

Mirror of Holland

as

1987

Monument for a Gorilla

as

1988

Children of Ghana

as

1966

The Voice of the Water

as

1961

The Zoo

as

1952

Panta Rhei

as

1984

The Family of Chimps

as

1955

And There Was No More Sea

as

1983

The Netherlands

as

1957

Rembrandt, Painter of Man

as

1972

Ape and Super-Ape

as

1962

Delta Phase 1

as

1958

Speaking of Glass

as

1949

The Muider Group Revived

as

1951

Medieval Dutch Sculpture

as

1955

God Shiva

as

1978

National Parks.... Necessarly

as

1968

Retour Madrid

as

1983

The World of Simon Carmiggelt

as

1955

Battle Without End

as

1952

The Dike Builders

as

1954

Arise and Perish

as

1954

The Detection of Mineral Oil

as

1954

The Reconnaissance Drill

as

1954

The Oil Field

as

1971

Trafic

as

1983

The Hairdresser

as