Paul Verhoeven
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Paul Verhoeven (born July 18, 1938) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer who has made movies in both the Netherlands and the United States. Explicitly violent and/or sexual content and social satire are trademarks of both his drama and science fiction films. He is best known for directing the American feature films RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990), Basic Instinct (1992), Starship Troopers (1997), and Hollow Man (2000). Turkish Delight (1973) received the award for Best Dutch Film of the Century at the Netherlands Film Festival. His films altogether received a total of nine Academy Award nominations, mainly for editing and effects. Both RoboCop and Total Recall won an Academy Special Achievement Award. In contrast, his film Showgirls (1995) was poorly received and won seven Golden Raspberry Awards, but has become a cult film over time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Verhoeven, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Credits
RoboCop (1987)
as Dancer at Disco (uncredited)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
as Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
as Self
Hollywood Banker (2014)
as Self
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
as Self
You Don't Nomi (2021)
as Himself (archive footage)
Rond Floris (1969)
as Self
Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien (2026)
Actor
100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003)
as Self
Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone (2020)
as Self
In Search of Tomorrow (2022)
as Self - Interviewee
In Search of the Last Action Heroes (2019)
as Self
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (2020)
as Self
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man (—)
as Self
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999)
as Self
Like Tears in Rain (2024)
as Self
Pictures of Europe (1990)
as Self
Gottes Utopia (1955)
as Marino
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema (2009)
as Self
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' (2002)
as Himself
Parradox (2010)
as himself
Imagining 'Total Recall' (2001)
as Self
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (2019)
as Self
That's It! (2005)
as Himself
Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood (2020)
as Self
Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls (—)
as Self
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe (2002)
as Self
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (2001)
as Self
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood (1996)
as Himself
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' (2001)
as Himself
Hollywood by Bike (1993)
as Himself
De droomproducenten (1984)
as Self
Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven (2016)
as Self - Filmmaker
The Starships of “Starship Troopers” (2002)
as Self
Gijs (2017)
as Self