Paul Verhoeven

Directing · Born 1938-07-18 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Biography

Paul Verhoeven (born July 18, 1938) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer who has made movies in both the Netherlands and the United States. Explicitly violent and/or sexual content and social satire are trademarks of both his drama and science fiction films. He is best known for directing the American feature films RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990), Basic Instinct (1992), Starship Troopers (1997), and Hollow Man (2000). Turkish Delight (1973) received the award for Best Dutch Film of the Century at the Netherlands Film Festival. His films altogether received a total of nine Academy Award nominations, mainly for editing and effects. Both RoboCop and Total Recall won an Academy Special Achievement Award. In contrast, his film Showgirls (1995) was poorly received and won…

Filmography

• The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing as Self
• In Search of the Last Action Heroes as Self
• RoboCop as Dancer at Disco (uncredited)
• Kurosawa: The Last Emperor as Self
• Parradox as himself
• Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood as Himself
• Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession as Self
• Hollywood Banker as Self
• Rond Floris as Self
• Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven as Self - Filmmaker