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Bert Haanstra
Person

Bert Haanstra

Specialty
Directing
Birth
May 31, 1916 · 81 years
Death
October 23, 1997
Origin
Espelo, Overijssel, the Netherlands

Technical Alias

Albert Haanstra

Professional Trajectory

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).

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