Alex van Warmerdam

Alex van Warmerdam born 1952 in Haarlem, Netherlands (also writer, actor, composer, painter and designer), studied graphic design and painting at Amsterdam's Gerrit Rietveld Academy before he co-founded the Music Theatre company Hauser Orkater (1972) and The Mexican Hound Theatre Company (1980) with his brother Marc. Between 1978 and 1984 he shot a short film and two TV films before making his feature debut Abel (1986), which won the Critics Award at the Venice… (mais)