Dick Maas

Dutch film director (born 1951)

Dick Maas

Dick Maas in 1988

Born|  (1951-04-15) 15 April 1951 (age 74)

Heemstede, Netherlands

Nationality| Dutch
Occupations|

* Director
* Screenwriter
* Producer
* Composer

Dirk Herman Willem Maas (Dick) (born 15 April 1951) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer.[1]

## Career

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Maas achieved fame after the success of his music videos for the Dutch band Golden Earring, including "Twilight Zone" and the controversial "When the Lady Smiles," and his films De Lift,[2] Amsterdamned[3] and Flodder in the 1980s. Maas also directed the controversial Saint Nicolas slasher Sint (Saint Nick) and one episode of the TV series Young Indiana Jones. The film Karakter won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998. Maas served as executive producer. The film was produced by his production company First Floor Features, founded in 1984. He left the company, which he started with Laurens Geels, in 2002.

His 2016 film Prey became an unexpected box office hit in China cinemas in 2019. It is also the first Dutch film to secure a wide theatrical release in China. The film was retitled as Violent Fierce Lion.[4]

An authorized documentary about his career titled De Dick Maas Methode premiered at the Netherlands Film Festival on September 27, 2020, in Utrecht.[5][6]

In 1998 he wrote his first thriller, titled Salvo (ISBN 978-90-820704-3-9). In 2016 followed by a book in which he wrote about his career as a filmmaker (ISBN 978-90-820704-2-2). The Naked Witness (ISBN 978-90-820704-6-0) is the title of his 2021 book based on his 1988 film Amsterdamned. According to Maas it is the first in a series of books based on this film.[7][8]

In December 2023 Maas announced that he is working on a sequel to his 1988 film Amsterdamned. Filming will start in September of 2024 with an expected 2025 release. Huub Stapel again plays the leading role.[9][10][11]

## Personal life

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Dick Herman Willem Maas[12] was born on 15 April 1951 in Heemstede in the Netherlands. His mother was actress Inge Beekman (1924–2009). The father of Inge, his grandfather he never knew, was Wim Beekman (1895–1934), KLM captain who was killed during the 1934 KLM Douglas DC-2 crash.[13]

Maas is married to fellow film director Esmé Lammers, a granddaughter of Max Euwe, World Chess Champion 1935–1937.

## Filmography (as director)

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### Music videos

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* 1982 – "Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring
* 1984 – "Clear Night Moonlight" - Golden Earring
* 1984 – "When the Lady Smiles" - Golden Earring
* 1988 – "Amsterdamned" - Loïs Lane
* 1988 - " Haunted Guitar " - Billy Falcon
* 1989 - " Turn The World Around " - Golden Earring
* 1997 – "Burning Stuntman" - Golden Earring
* 1997 - " Dance in the Light " - Mai Tai
* 2003 - " Afscheid Nemen Bestaat Niet " - Marco Borsato
* 2004 - " Laat me Gaan " - Marco Borsato

### Shorts

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* Historia Morbi \- 1974
* Picknick'\- 1975
* Adelbert \- 1977
* Bon Bon \- 1979
* Onder De Maat \- 1979
* Overval \- 1979
* Idylle \- 1979
* Rigor Mortis \- 1980
* Long Distance \- 2003

### Television

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* Flodder (1993–1994, 8 episodes)
* The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993; episode "Transylvania")

### Features

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* 1983 – The Lift
* 1986 – Flodder
* 1988 – Amsterdamned
* 1992 –  Flodder in America (aka Flodder 2)
* 1995 – Flodder 3
* 1999 – Do Not Disturb
* 2001 – Down
* 2007 – Moordwijven
* 2010 – Sint
* 2012 – Quiz
* 2016 – Prey
* 2025 – Amsterdamned II

## References

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1. ^ "Dick Maas". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
2. ^ Janet Maslin (1983). "De Lift". The New York Times.
3. ^ Hinson, Hal (March 10, 1989). "'Amsterdamned'". The Washington Post.
4. ^ "How Dutch horror film 'Prey' took a huge bite out of the Chinese box office".
5. ^ "Documentaire over Dick Maas kan van start". 7 May 2019.
6. ^ Zagt, Ab (2020-09-22). "Dick Maas over Laurens Geels: Word echt fysiek onpasselijk als ik hem zou zien". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-13.
7. ^ "Ruim 30 jaar na Amsterdamned komt Dick Maas met een opvolger: Een misdaadroman". 30 July 2021.
8. ^ Zagt, Ab (2021-06-20). "Dick Maas brengt misdaadroman uit: 'Op 10-jarige leeftijd schreef ik al mijn eerste boeken'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-13.
9. ^ "Dick Maas komt met vervolg op kaskraker Amsterdamned". 21 December 2023.
10. ^ "Opnamen Amsterdamned II in 2024 van start".
11. ^ Dijkman, Nick (26 March 2024). "Huub Stapel spreekt zich uit: 'Chantal Janzen in Amsterdamned 2'". www.veronicasuperguide.nl. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
12. ^ Dick Maas (Dutch film director), ISNI. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
13. ^ "Geheim rapport over ramp met PH-AJU | Uiver vloog de dood tegemoet". Het Vrije Volk (in Dutch). 26 January 1984. p. 7 – via Delpher.

## External links

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* Dick Maas at IMDb

Authority control databases

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Films directed|

* The Lift (1983)
* Flodder (1986)
* Amsterdamned (1988)
* Flodder in Amerika! (1992)
* Flodder 3 (1995)
* Do Not Disturb (1999)
* Down (2001)
* Moordwijven (2007)
* Sint (2010)
* Quiz (2012)
* Prey (2016)
* Amsterdamned II (2025)

Films produced|

* Abel (1986)
* Wings of Fame (1990)
* The Last Island (1990)
* My Blue Heaven (1990)
* Oh Boy! (1991)
* The Northerners (1992)
* Long Live the Queen (1995)
* Tom & Thomas (2002)

TV series|

* Flodder (1993-1999)

Related|

* First Floor Features
* De Dick Maas Methode (2020)

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Golden Calf for Best Director

* Dick Maas (1983)
* Rudolf van den Berg (1984)
* Paul Verhoeven (1985)
* Alex van Warmerdam (1986)
* Dick Maas (1987)
* Pieter Verhoeff (1988)
* Frans Weisz (1989)
* Frouke Fokkema (1990)
* Frans Weisz (1991)
* Alex van Warmerdam (1992)
* Ben Sombogaart (1993)
* Rosemarie Blank (1994)
* Marleen Gorris (1995)
* Theo van Gogh (1996)
* Rudolf van den Berg (1997)
* Karim Traïdia (1998)
* Roel Reiné (1999)
* Jean van de Velde (2000)
* Martin Koolhoven (2001)
* Alejandro Agresti (2002)
* Pieter Kuijpers (2003)
* Eddy Terstall (2004)
* Nanouk Leopold (2005)
* Paul Verhoeven (2006)
* Mijke de Jong (2007)
* Joram Lürsen (2008)
* Urszula Antoniak (2009)
* Rudolf van den Berg (2010)
* Nanouk Leopold (2011)
* Paula van der Oest (2012)
* Jim Taihuttu (2013)
* Saskia Diesing (2014)
* Remy van Heugten (2015)
* Boudewijn Koole (2016)
* Martin Koolhoven (2017)
* Jaap van Heusden (2018)
* Sacha Polak (2019)
* Mischa Kamp (2020)
* Sabine Lubbe Bakker, Niels van Koevorden (2021)
* Mascha Halberstad (2022)
* Ena Sendijarević (2023)
* Michael Middelkoop (2024)

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