George Sluizer (25 June 1932 – 20 September 2014) was a Dutch filmmaker whose credits included features as well as documentary films.
Career Sluizer was born on 25 June 1932 in Paris, France. He was best known for directing two versions of The Vanishing, a 1988 Dutch-language release, originally titled Spoorloos, and the 1993 American version. Other feature films directed by Sluizer included Utz (1992) for producer John Goldschmidt, Crimetime (1995), and Dark Blood, which was discontinued after the death of its lead actor River Phoenix, but later completed and premiered at the Netherlands Film Festival in 2012.
From 2012 until 2014 he was part of the film jury for ShortCutz Amsterdam.ShortCutz Amsterdam Jury Team, Shortcutz Amsterdam. Retrieved 5 September 2013.Dutch Short Films Are the Focus - Shortcutz Amsterdam Go Social Film Magazine. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
Director Dennis Alink made a documentary called Sluizer Speaks during the final years of Sluizer's life. It premiered two months after his death at the IDFA in Amsterdam.
Accusations against Ariel Sharon Sluizer claimed that he had witnessed then-Israeli Defense Minister, Ariel Sharon, personally shooting two Palestinian children from close range near the Sabra-Shatilla refugee camp in November 1982, after the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Sluizer was accused by Israeli officials of a 'modern blood libel' for his claims – which in 2010 achieved front page level publicity in Israel. Cnaan Liphshiz, "I saw Ariel Sharon murder 2 Palestinian toddlers in Lebanon," Haaretz (19 November 2010). Retrieved 4 August 2013
Death Sluizer suffered from arterial disease in his later life, and in 2007 experienced a near-fatal aortic dissection. Sluizer died in Amsterdam on 20 September 2014, aged 82, after suffering a "long illness."
Filmography
As director Year Title English title Notes 1961 De lage landen Hold Back the Sea 1967 Yankee Sails Across Europe National Geographic Special 1968 The Lonely Dorymen National Geographic Special. Documentary about Portuguese fishermen 1969 Siberia: The Lost Horizon National Geographic Special 1971 Stamping Ground Directed with Hansjürgen Pohland 1972João en het mesJoão and the KnifeEntered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival 1979 Twice a Woman 1982 Tepito Si Short film 1983 Adios Beirut 1985 Red Desert Penitentiary Red Desert Penitentiary 1988 Spoorloos The Vanishing 1992 Utz Utz Entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival 1993 The Vanishing Remake of Spoorloos 1996 Crimetime Crimetime 1996 Mortinho por Chegar a Casa Dying to Go Home Directed with Carlos da Silva 1998 The Commissioner The Commissioner Entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival 2002 La balsa de piedra The Stone Raft 2009 The Chosen One The Chosen One 2010 Homeland Homeland 2012 Dark Blood Dark Blood Originally filmed in 1993 and technically unfinished. Entered into the 32nd Netherlands Film Festival
Awards and nominations 1988 - Golden Calf Best Film, Nederlands Film Festival, for Spoorloos 1997 - Nomination Crystal Star, Brussels International Film Festival, for Mortinho por Chegar a Casa 1998 - Nomination Golden Bear, Berlinale, for The Commissioner 2002 - Nomination Golden Calf Best Film & Beste Director, Nederlands Film Festival, for La balsa de piedra 2002 - Juryprize, Nederlands Film Festival, for La balsa de piedra 2013 - ShortCutz Amsterdam Career Award
References
External links
Official George Sluizer website