Johan van der Keuken

Johan van der Keuken (; 4 April 1938 – 7 January 2001) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker, author, and photographer. In a career that spanned 42 years, Van der Keuken produced 55 documentary films, six of which won eight awards. He also wrote nine books on photography and films, his field of interest. For all his efforts, he received seven awards for his life work, and one other for photography.

Works

Documentary films 1957-1960: Produced the film Paris à l'Aube (10 min.), in collaboration with James Blue and Derry Hall. 1960: Produced the film Sunday (14 min.), using a "Prosper Dekeukeleire" camera. 1960-1963: Produced the film Even stilte/A Moment's Silence (10 min.). 1962: Produced four films on Dutch artists: (1) Yrrah (5 min.); (2) Tajiri (10 min.); (3) Opland (12 min.); and (4) Lucebert, Poet-Painter (16 min.). 1963: Produced the film The Old Lady (25 min.), using a "Prosper Dekeukeleire" camera. 1964: Produced two films, (1) Indonesian Boy (40 min.); and (2) Blind kind/Blind Child (24 min.). North-South Triptych, Part 2, in collaboration with Bert Schierbeek; (3) Vietnam Opera (11 min.); Paris, France.

Books of photographs 1955: Wij zijn 17 (We are 17), a book of photographs of postwar Dutch youth taken by Van der Keuken when he was seventeen years old. 1957: Achter Glas (Behind Glass), the text of which was written by Remco Campert. 1963: Paris Mortel (Mortal Paris). 1980: Zien kijken filmen (Seeing, Watching, Filming, ), a book of photographs, writings on film, and interviews in Amsterdam. 1987: Abenteuer eines Auges (Adventures of an Eye), a book of photographs, writings on film and interviews at Hamburg, Germany. 1991: After Image/Nabeeld . 1998: Aventures d'un regard (Adventures of a Gaze, ), a book of photographs, films, writings and interviews, edited in collaboration with François Albéra, Cahiers du Cinéma, Paris, France. 2000: L’Œil lucide/The Lucid Eye . 2001: Bewogen Beelden (Moving Images, ). 2010: Quatorze Juillet (July Fourteenth, ). This contains 32 photographs shot on Bastille Day in Paris in 1958 around the same time as a famous photograph from Paris Mortel of a couple dancing in the street.

Miscellaneous 1982: Hosted first film concert with The Willem Breuker Collective in the series, Willem Breuker meets Johan van der Keuken. 1987: Was honorary guest at the Flaherty Film Seminar, Ithaca, New York, United States. 1997: Conducted a lecture and presentation on Film on Films, with François Albéra, Documenta X, Kassel, Germany. 1999: Was honorary guest at the Flaherty Film Seminar in North Carolina, and Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.

Awards 1978: Josef von Sternberg Prize, Mannheim, Germany, for the film Flat Jungle (90 min.). 1986: Josef von Sternberg Prize, Mannheim, Germany, for the film I love $ (145 min.). 1988: Grand Prix, Brussels Film Festival, Belgium, for the film The Eye Above the Well (90 min.). 1988: (1) the Dutch Cultural Award for his lifetime work; and (2) the Dutch Photography Award. 1990-1991: Dutch Press Prize, Netherlands, for the film Face Value (120 min.). 1994: Grand Prix, 5e Biennale Internationale du Film sur l'Art, Paris, France, for the film Lucebert, Time and Farewell (52 min.). 1996: (1) the Grolsch Prize at the Dutch Film Festival, Netherlands; (2) first prize at the Munich Festival, Germany; and (3) Award of the Art House Cinemas, France, for the film Amsterdam Global Village. 1999: Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award for his lifetime work at the San Francisco International Film Festival, California, USA. 2000: (1) Silver Spire Award, San Francisco International Film Festival; (2) Forum of New Cinema prize, Berlin International Film Festival, Germany; (3) Grand Prix UBS at Visions du Réel for De grote vakantie/The Long Holiday; (4) special honorary award at the Documentary Filmfestival, Thessaloniki, Greece; and (5) Bert Haanstra Award 2000, Amsterdam, Netherlands, for lifetime achievement.