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]] Paul Verhoeven (born July 18 , 1938 ) is a Dutch -born Film Director best known for his sometimes extremely violent Science Fiction Film s. EARLY LIFE Childhood Paul Verhoeven was born in Amsterdam , The Netherlands . In his childhood he lived in Slikkerveer and from 1943 in The Hague . During World War II he lived not far from a German military base with V1 And V2-rocket Launchers , which was repeatedly bombed by allied forces, which made quite an impression on young Paul. Een beetje oorlog, best spannend He was the son of hat maker Nel van Schaardenburg and school teacher Wim Verhoeven. Later his father became head teacher on the ''Van Heutszschool'' in The Hague. Paul Verhoeven went to the secondary school the ''Lyceum'' in The Hague. After this he studied from 1955 at the University Of Leiden , where he joined the students' corps. He graduated in 1960 with a double major in Mathematics and Physics . Career in filming Verhoeven made his first film ''A Lizzard Too Much'' for the anniversary of his students' corps in 1960. Paul Verhoeven - Biography In his last years at university he also attended classes at the Dutch Film Academy . After this he made three more short films ''Nothing Special'' ( 1961 ), ''De Lifters'' ( 1962 ) and ''Let's Have a Party'' ( 1963 ). After his studies he entered the Dutch Navy as a conscript. He made the documentary ''The Royal Dutch Marine Corps'' (1965) about the Navy, which won the French ''Golden Sun'' award for military propaganda films. When he left the Navy, he took his skills into Dutch television. First he made a documentary about Anton Mussert named ''Mussert'' ( 1968 ). His first major success was the 1969 '' Floris '' television series, starring Rutger Hauer . The concept of ''Floris'' was inspired by foreign series like '' Ivanhoe '' and '' Thierry La Fronde ''. In ) and Heleen ( 1974 ). FEATURE FILMS The Netherlands '']] Paul Verhoeven's first feature film '' Business Is Business '' was released in 1971 and was not especially well received. His first national success did not come until 1973 with '' Turkish Delight '', starring Rutger Hauer and Monique Van De Ven . This film is based on a novel by bestselling Dutch author Jan Wolkers and tells a passionate love story of an artist and a liberal young girl from a rather conservative background. The film got an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974. In 1999 the film received a Golden Calf for Best Dutch Film of the Century. Verhoeven's 1975 film '' Katie Tippel '' was again featuring Hauer and Van de Ven, but it would not match the success of ''Turkish Delight''. Verhoeven built on his reputation and had an international success with his , written by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema . In 1980 he made the film '' Spetters '' with Renée Soutendijk and again Rutger Hauer. The story is sometimes compared to '' Saturday Night Fever '', but the film has more explicit violence and sexuality (in this case also homosexuality) which are sometimes seen as the trademarks of Paul Verhoeven. Verhoeven's film '' The Fourth Man '' ( 1983 ) is a horror film starring Jeroen Krabbé and Renée Soutendijk . It was written by Gerard Soeteman from a novel by the popular Dutch writer Gerard Reve . This film would be Verhoeven's last Dutch film production until the 2006 film '' Black Book ''. United States '' (1987)]] Gerard Soeteman also wrote the script for Verhoeven's first American film, '' Flesh & Blood '' ( 1985 ), which starred Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh . Verhoeven moved to Hollywood for a wider range of opportunites in filmmaking. Working in the USA he made a serious change in style, directing big-budget, sometimes violent, special-effects-heavy smashes '' RoboCop '' ( 1987 ) and '' Total Recall '' ( 1990 ) - at the time the most expensive film ever produced. Both ''RoboCop'' and ''Total Recall'' won an Academy Special Achievement Award , respectively for Sound Effects Editing and for Visual Effects. Verhoeven followed those successes with the non S.F. but equally intense and provocative '''' ( 1995 ), about a stripper in Las Vegas trying to have a career as a showgirl. The film won seven Raspberry Awards including the ones for worst film and for worst director. Paul Verhoeven was the first director to accept the award in person. After ''Basic Instinct'' and ''Showgirls'', Paul Verhoeven returned to the S.F., graphic violence, and special-effects that had marked his earlier films with '' Starship Troopers '', based on the noted & controversial S.F. novel by the same name, by Robert A. Heinlein ( 1997 ), and '' Hollow Man '' ( 2000 ). Both films received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects. ''Hollow Man'' had some negative publicity after the truth got out behind Sony's fake journalist David Manning . Future films Two new Verhoeven films are expected to be released at the end of 2006 . After many years of filming in the United States Verhoeven returns to The Netherlands to shoot the war drama '' Black Book '', an unusual story about the resistance in World War II . The second film to be expected in 2006 is also a war drama, '' Beast Of Bataan '', which is set in Bataan , Philippines . OTHER ACTIVITIES Paul Verhoeven is a member of the Prophet .Charlotte Allen, "Away With The Manger", in ''Lingua Franca'' (Feb. /1995), p. 27. In 2006 Paul Verhoeven's book ''Jesus - the man'' ( and the corruption of these same ideas in the many years until now. The book can be seen as preparation for ''Jesus: The Man'', a controversial filmproject about the life of Jesus. FILMOGRAPHY Shorts
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