George Sluizer
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Biography
Biography
George Sluizer began his career as an assistant to Michael Anderson, Sacha Guitry and Bert Haanstra and started producing and directing award-winning short films and documentaries, primarily for TV, in the early 1960s. A number of Sluizer's films document travels in Europe or Brazil; some were produced for the National Geographic Society and saw widespread international distribution. Continuing this work into the 70s, he also expanded into feature films, producing, among others, Werner Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo" (1982).
Sluizer received considerable international acclaim for adapting, producing and directing "The Vanishing" (1988), a haunting psychological thriller in the tradition of Hitchcock and Chabrol. After the film's success on the art-house circuit in the USA, he was hired to direct the wanting Hollywood remake (1993) starring Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland and Nancy Travis.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Writer (Feature Film)
Producer (Feature Film)
Editing (Feature Film)
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
Director (TV Mini-Series)
Writer (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1956
Worked as an assistant director to Michael Anderson on Mike Todd's production of "Around the World in Eighty Days"
1961
Directed first documentary, "Hold Back the Sea"
1963
Produced and directed first experimental feature, "Clair-Obscur"
1967
Wrote first screenplay, "My Friend the Murderer"
1970
Directed first feature film, "Stamping Ground", a record of a rock music festival featuring performances by Pink Floyd, Santana and The Byrds
1972
First feature film as writer-producer-director, "Joao and the Knife"
1988
Produced, wrote, and directed "The Vanishing," a successful and highly regarded thriller in the Hitchcock/Chabrol tradition
1993
Directed the American remake of "The Vanishing"
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