Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
May 31, 1916
Place of Birth
Espelo, Overijssel, the Netherlands
Died
October 23, 1997
Bert Haanstra
Biography
Albert 'Bert' Haanstra was a Dutch film director of films and documentaries. His documentary Glass (1958) won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1959. His feature film Fanfare (1958) was the most visited Dutch film at the time, and has since only been surpassed by Turkish Delight (1973).
