Bob Visser
Bob VISSER (1949, Netherlands) is a film and television maker. After studying at the social academy, he directed and produced various documentaries, music videos and feature films such as Plan Delta (1988) and Het veld van eer (1993). He made many children’s and youth programmes for Dutch broadcasting company VPRO, including Verhalen van de boze heks and Villa Achterbuurt. In 1993, he founded the production company Neon Film/TV. For years, he produced and directed the programmes Het was and Moois for the regional television station TV Rijnmond. He was also closely involved in De Eefje Wentelteefje TV Show and launched chef Alain Caron as a TV chef with Koken op zee.
Filmografie
(selection) Het gat van Nederland – J.A. Deelders stadsgezicht (1977, doc), Het veld van eer/The Field of Honour (1983), Klassenstrijd (1984), Kranenballet (1985, music video), The Last Genius – Salvador Dali and Me (1986, doc), Plan Delta (1989), Homemolens (1994, short), EXITing (1995, doc), Slow Bullet (1998, short, co-dir), Mijn leven als Deelder (2013, doc, co-dir), Fashion House Marga Weimans (2015, doc, co-dir)
Bob Visser at IFFR
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Homemolens
Bob Visser: ‘My home film comprises shots my father made about 25 years ago in my home village in Zeeland. He had just got a super8 camera an
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Rotterdam, een ongemakkelijk sprookje
Charming and versatile frame story about two ladies who interview people in Rotterdam for a year, visit people or go into town for the day.
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RTM Classic: Fatcap Express
Very first Dutch (low-budget) feature about graffiti. Vincent (Jiggy Djé) and Geoffrey (Riske De Rat) are graffiti artists with different pe
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Het gat van Nederland – J.A. Deelders stadsgezicht
First extensive television portrait ever made of poet Jules Deelder, where he criticised the attempts to soften Rotterdam’s image.
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EXITing
Portrait of the Rotterdam poet Cornelis Bastiaan Vaandrager, a literary great who succumbed to his own compelling life.
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Kranenballet
Music video of ‘Doin’ Time’ by the new-wave band Kiem, with a choreography performed by Seaport Terminals crane operators.
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Plan Delta
Futuristic fantasy (from 1983) taking place around 2300 in two cities: one for the elite who become infertile, one for the potent poor.
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Het veld van eer
During their honeymoon in Verdun, Louis turns into a fanatic maniac and tries to attack his brand-new bride, Ada.
