Annette Apon

Annette APON (1949, Netherlands) attended the Dutch Film Academy. In 1968 she founded the film magazine Skrien with fellow students and in 1974 she was among the founders of the film collective Amsterdams Stadsjournaal. Her debut feature film, The Waves, was released in 1982 and was the first adaptation of a Virginia Woolf novel for the screen by a Dutch director. One year later, she won the Jury Prize at the Nederlands Film Festival for the film Giovanni. She has made more than 20 films, and has also used her talent to direct plays for the theatre.

Filmography

Eigen haard is goud waard (1973), Overloop is sloop (1974, short), Van brood alleen kan een mens niet leven (1975), Een schijntje vrijheid (1976), Het bosplan (1978), Politiewerk (1979), Kakafonische notities (1980), Golven/The Waves (1982), Giovanni (1983), Projekties (1984, short), Ornithopter (1985), Reis zonder einde (1988), Krokodillen in Amsterdam (1990), Naarden Vesting (1993), Wakers en dromers (1994, short), Een winter in Zuiderwoude (1994, short doc), Het is de schraapzucht, gentlemen (1996, TV), De man met de hond (1999), Droom en daad/Dream and Deed (2012, doc), Het uur van de wolf (2013, segment: Henriette Roland Holst: Droom en daad), Ik wil gelukkig zijn/One Life Is Not Enough (2016, doc), Leonie, actrice en spionne/Leonie, Actress and Spy (2019, doc).

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