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Dick Maas is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Sound Néerlandais born on 15 april 1951 at Heemstede (Pays-bas)

Dick Maas

Dick Maas
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Nationality Pays-bas
Birth 15 april 1951 (73 years) at Heemstede (Pays-bas)
Awards Golden Calf for Best Director

Dick Maas (born 15 April 1951, Heemstede) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer.

Maas achieved notoriety after the success of his films De Lift, Amsterdamned and Flodder in the 1980s. Lately the Dutch director attracted international attention with his controversial Christmas slasher Sint (Saint Nick).

Biography

Célèbre pour des films comme L'Ascenseur (1983) ou Amsterdamned (1988), Dick Maas revient en 2016 avec Prédateur, qui met aux prises la capitale néerlandaise avec un lion. Il en assure la réalisation, mais aussi le scénario et même la musique.

Il est marié avec la réalisatrice Esmé Lammers.

Best films

The Lift
The Lift
(1983)
(Director)

Usually with

Huub Stapel
Huub Stapel
(6 films)
Lou Landré
Lou Landré
(6 films)
Lettie Oosthoek
Lettie Oosthoek
(4 films)
Guido van Gennep
Guido van Gennep
(4 films)
Tatjana Šimić
Tatjana Šimić
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dick Maas (19 films)

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Director

Prey
Prey (2016)
, 1h48
Directed by Dick Maas
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Films about lions, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Sophie van Winden, Victor Löw, Mamoun Elyounoussi, Abbey Hoes, Lobke de Boer
Rating53% 2.660052.660052.660052.660052.66005
Vétérinaire au zoo d'Amsterdam, Lizzy est un jour contactée par un policier, Olaf, qui sollicite son aide pour enquêter sur le massacre d'une famille d'agriculteurs. Selon elle, les victimes ont été attaquées par un lion mangeur d'hommes. Plus tard, un golfeur est retrouvé mutilé à son tour, également tué par l'animal sauvage. Alors que les morts s'accumulent et que la rumeur circule dans la ville, le chef de la police refuse de croire qu'un gigantesque lion est responsable de cette hécatombe et choisit de ne pas communiquer sur l'affaire. Malgré elle, Lizzy se retrouve à la tête d'une gigantesque battue organisée à travers la capitale néerlandaise afin de capturer ou anéantir à tout prix la bête surdimensionnée et sanguinaire. La vétérinaire contacte son ancien compagnon, un Britannique chasseur de fauves, pour mettre fin à ses agissements.
Saint
Saint (2010)
, 1h25
Directed by Dick Maas
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Comedy, Horror
Actors Huub Stapel, Madelief Blanken, Caro Lenssen, Joey van der Velden, Barbara Sarafian, Cynthia Abma
Rating55% 2.7965352.7965352.7965352.7965352.796535
Le 5 décembre 1492, une bande dirigée par l'ancien évêque Nicolas est décimée par des villageois qui veulent se venger du pillage qu'ils ont subi. Dès lors toutes les années où la St Nicolas coïncide avec le jour de la pleine lune, la bande revient, Saint Nicolas à sa tête pour y accomplir meurtre et désolation.
Saint
Saint (2010)
, 1h25
Directed by Dick Maas
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Huub Stapel, Caro Lenssen, Joey van der Velden, Cynthia Abma, Madelief Blanken, Peter Bolhuis
Rating55% 2.796552.796552.796552.796552.79655
On 5 December 1492, a gang led by former bishop Niklas is killed by villagers who refuse to put up with the gang's looting and killing any longer. In years in which the gang's death date coincides with a full moon, they return as murderous ghosts.
Killer Babes
Killer Babes (2007)
, 1h40
Directed by Dick Maas
Genres Comedy
Actors Bracha van Doesburgh, Hadewych Minis, Sanne Wallis de Vries, Pierre Bokma, Jennifer de Jong
Rating57% 2.8515952.8515952.8515952.8515952.851595
Three millionaire best friends, Kitty, Estelle and Nicolette, spend their days having botox injections, liposuction and other plastic surgery – all to keep up their looks for their husbands. After witnessing the murder of their favorite plastic surgeon by his wife, the three ponder the idea of similarly killing their husbands should they sleep with someone else. Of the three, Kitty is virtually certain that her husband is cheating on her, having seen him call 'Pamela' from his cell phone. To 'prove' her suspicions, her friend Estelle hands her a booklet, a "Top 50" checklist of strange behavior to see if he's indeed cheating on her.
Down
Down (2001)
, 1h50
Directed by Dick Maas
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Transport films
Actors James Marshall, Naomi Watts, Michael Ironside, Edward Herrmann, Dan Hedaya, Ron Perlman
Rating47% 2.35742.35742.35742.35742.3574
The film takes place at the Millennium building in New York City, which has 102 floors and 73 elevators. One evening, lightning strikes the building, which causes the elevators to begin acting strangely, resulting in a guard's flashlight being crushed. The next day, a group of pregnant women are held up between floors 20 and 21. The elevator overheats rapidly, causing two women to give birth and hospitalizing the rest. Reporter Jennifer Evans (Naomi Watts) is called to write a report on the incident. After an investigation by METEOR elevator company technicians Jeff (Eric Thal) and Mark Newman (James Marshall), they determine that nothing is wrong with the elevators, a large part being Jeff's inability to actually admit there is something wrong (he states throughout his scenes that the computer controlling the elevators has absolutely no defects).
Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb (1999)
, 1h34
Directed by Dick Maas
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette
Actors William Hurt, Jennifer Tilly, Denis Leary, Michael Chiklis, David Gwillim, Francis Matthews
Rating49% 2.454792.454792.454792.454792.45479
Président d'une société pharmaceutique, Walter Richmond est en voyage d'affaires à Amsterdam pour signer un important contrat. Il est accompagné de son épouse Cathryn et de leur petite fille de dix ans, Melissa. Muette, elle est toujours accompagnée d'une petite ardoise magique autour de son cou pour communiquer avec autrui. Alors qu'ils s'installent dans un palace pour y séjourner, ils remarquent que le bâtiment est en pleine effervescence car une rock star est de passage dans la capitale néerlandaise. Dans la confusion, Melissa se perd dans les couloirs de l'hôtel et assiste, par hasard, à un meurtre. La victime n'est d'autre que l'avocat d'un client hollandais de son père. Repérée par les assassins, Melissa s'enfuit et cache en ville auprès d'un SDF. Mais les meurtriers sont prêts à tout pour l'éliminer.
Flodder 3
Flodder 3 (1995)
, 2h5
Directed by Dick Maas
Genres Comedy
Actors Nelly Frijda, Coen van Vrijberghe de Coning, Tatjana Šimić, Lou Landré, Lettie Oosthoek, Edmond Classen
Rating55% 2.752672.752672.752672.752672.75267
Living in Zonnedael for a while now, the Flodder family continues their usual antisocial behaviour; Ma Flodder regularly gets in trouble with the neighbors, her sons Johnnie and Kees are on welfare and spend their time supplementing their income with petty crime. Daughter Kees acts rather promiscuously and the youngest children Toet and Henkie commit extreme mischief (bordering on vandalism) around the neighborhood, often involving their older grandpa in their acts. The family's dog Whisky is vicious and aggressive and loud parties keep the neighbors awake.
Flodder Does Manhattan!
Flodder Does Manhattan! (1992)
, 1h35
Directed by Dick Maas
Genres Comedy
Actors Huub Stapel, Tatjana Šimić, Nelly Frijda, Jon Polito, Lou Landré, Lonny Price
Rating57% 2.8507552.8507552.8507552.8507552.850755
Imaginez que la célèbre famille vient d’être choisie un échange culturel avec les États-Unis. Coup dur pour pauvres américains qui ne savent pas ce qui les attend.
Amsterdamned
Amsterdamned (1988)
, 1h54
Directed by Dick Maas
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Serial killer films
Actors Huub Stapel, Monique van de Ven, Jules Croiset, Tanneke Hartzuiker, Bert Haanstra, Lou Landré
Rating65% 3.2974753.2974753.2974753.2974753.297475
Opening from his point of view, a murderer looks around the city of Amsterdam at night through the canals the city is famous for. He sneaks into a Chinese restaurant's backdoor and steals a butcher knife while the cooks weren't looking. The killer finds his first victim in a local prostitute, who after refusing advances from a cab driver, gets thrown out of the cab. A baglady watches from a distance as the killer plunges the knife into the hooker and drags her back into the water. The next morning, a tour boat on the canal collides with the body of the prostitute, who has been hung on one of the small bridges. As the tourists scream, the body drags on the top of the boat until an opening shows her bloodied body and face.
Flodder
Flodder (1986)
, 1h51
Directed by Dick Maas
Genres Comedy
Actors Tatjana Šimić, Nelly Frijda, Huub Stapel, Lou Landré, Bert André, Lettie Oosthoek
Rating65% 3.297613.297613.297613.297613.29761
When it emerges that the Flodder family’s current state-owned house is on a toxic waste dump, the city council is forced to find somewhere to move them. Social worker, Sjakie, proposes to move the family to an upper-class neighbourhood hoping that the change in social environment will have a positive effect on the problematic family.
The Lift
The Lift (1983)
, 1h35
Directed by Dick Maas
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Transport films
Actors Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine van Dalsum, Piet Römer, Gerard Thoolen, Kees Prins
Rating60% 3.048063.048063.048063.048063.04806
In a building in Amsterdam, an elevator inexplicably begins to function alone. A lightning storm causes a power failure, trapping four people in the elevator. The elevator will not open, even after a subsequent power restore and the passengers almost suffocate. Subsequent malfunctions prove fatal: an elderly blind man falls to his death when down the elevator doors open to an empty shaft, a night watchman of the building is decapitated by the elevator doors, and a janitor is snared in the shaft, his body dropping through the elevator ceiling hatch. Felix Adelaar (Huub Stapel), a technician from the elevator company Deta Liften, begins to examine the electrical system in an attempt to find any anomalies. During the course of several inspections, he meets Mieke De Boer (Willeke von Ammelrooy), a journalist for The Nieuwe Revu, a local tabloid that Felix remarks he often finds in his friends' cat litter.

Scriptwriter

Prey
Prey (2016)
, 1h48
Directed by Dick Maas
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Films about lions, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Sophie van Winden, Victor Löw, Mamoun Elyounoussi, Abbey Hoes, Lobke de Boer
Roles Writer
Rating53% 2.660052.660052.660052.660052.66005
Vétérinaire au zoo d'Amsterdam, Lizzy est un jour contactée par un policier, Olaf, qui sollicite son aide pour enquêter sur le massacre d'une famille d'agriculteurs. Selon elle, les victimes ont été attaquées par un lion mangeur d'hommes. Plus tard, un golfeur est retrouvé mutilé à son tour, également tué par l'animal sauvage. Alors que les morts s'accumulent et que la rumeur circule dans la ville, le chef de la police refuse de croire qu'un gigantesque lion est responsable de cette hécatombe et choisit de ne pas communiquer sur l'affaire. Malgré elle, Lizzy se retrouve à la tête d'une gigantesque battue organisée à travers la capitale néerlandaise afin de capturer ou anéantir à tout prix la bête surdimensionnée et sanguinaire. La vétérinaire contacte son ancien compagnon, un Britannique chasseur de fauves, pour mettre fin à ses agissements.
Saint
Saint (2010)
, 1h25
Directed by Dick Maas
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Comedy, Horror
Actors Huub Stapel, Madelief Blanken, Caro Lenssen, Joey van der Velden, Barbara Sarafian, Cynthia Abma
Roles Writer
Rating55% 2.7965352.7965352.7965352.7965352.796535
Le 5 décembre 1492, une bande dirigée par l'ancien évêque Nicolas est décimée par des villageois qui veulent se venger du pillage qu'ils ont subi. Dès lors toutes les années où la St Nicolas coïncide avec le jour de la pleine lune, la bande revient, Saint Nicolas à sa tête pour y accomplir meurtre et désolation.
Saint
Saint (2010)
, 1h25
Directed by Dick Maas
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Huub Stapel, Caro Lenssen, Joey van der Velden, Cynthia Abma, Madelief Blanken, Peter Bolhuis
Roles Writer
Rating55% 2.796552.796552.796552.796552.79655
On 5 December 1492, a gang led by former bishop Niklas is killed by villagers who refuse to put up with the gang's looting and killing any longer. In years in which the gang's death date coincides with a full moon, they return as murderous ghosts.
Killer Babes
Killer Babes (2007)
, 1h40
Directed by Dick Maas
Genres Comedy
Actors Bracha van Doesburgh, Hadewych Minis, Sanne Wallis de Vries, Pierre Bokma, Jennifer de Jong
Roles Writer
Rating57% 2.8515952.8515952.8515952.8515952.851595
Three millionaire best friends, Kitty, Estelle and Nicolette, spend their days having botox injections, liposuction and other plastic surgery – all to keep up their looks for their husbands. After witnessing the murder of their favorite plastic surgeon by his wife, the three ponder the idea of similarly killing their husbands should they sleep with someone else. Of the three, Kitty is virtually certain that her husband is cheating on her, having seen him call 'Pamela' from his cell phone. To 'prove' her suspicions, her friend Estelle hands her a booklet, a "Top 50" checklist of strange behavior to see if he's indeed cheating on her.