Theo van Gogh (film director), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Theo van Gogh (film director)

Dutch film director, writer and satirist (1957-2004)

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1957

Place of Birth: The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 02-Nov-2004

Profession: screenwriter, actor, writer, television producer, television presenter, columnist, journalist, television director, film director, program maker, radio personality, film producer, film editor, blogger, television actor, film actor, presenter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Theo van Gogh (film director)

  • Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh (Dutch: ['te?jo? v?? '??x]; 23 July 1957 – 2 November 2004) was a Dutch film director, film producer, television director, television producer, television presenter, screenwriter, actor, critic and author. Van Gogh worked with the Somali-born writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali to produce the short film Submission (2004), which criticized the treatment of women in Islam.
  • It provoked outrage from the Dutch Muslim community.
  • On 2 November 2004, van Gogh was assassinated by Mohammed Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan Muslim who objected to the controversial film.
  • The last film van Gogh had completed before his death, 06/05, was a fictionalized exploration of the assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn (1948–2002).
  • It was released posthumously in December 2004, a month following van Gogh's assassination.

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