About Puck de Leeuw
Lived 1953 – 2002 (aged 48–49). Puck de Leeuw was a Dutch film director.
Puck de Leeuw (1953 – 8 February 2002) was a Dutch director.
She gained most fame with her series Love beyond frontiers, describing European women who have fallen in love with men from completely different cultural backgrounds and decided go to their homes. The first documentary of the series brought her the 'Golden Zapper', the Audience Award for best documentary at the 1996 International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam. De Leeuw died of lung cancer at the age of 48 in 2002 before she could finish the third entry, Made in America. Een jaar of minder is a 2006 documentary film about her by director Jac Vleeshouwers.
Documentary films Het gebeurde in de polder (It happened in the polder) (1985) Love beyond frontiers (Grenzeloze liefde) – Made in Japan (1996) Love beyond frontiers (Grenzeloze liefde) – Made in Africa (1999)
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Who was Puck de Leeuw?
Dutch film director
When was Puck de Leeuw born?
Puck de Leeuw was born in 1953.
When did Puck de Leeuw die?
Puck de Leeuw died on 8 February 2002.
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Puck de Leeuw was a film director.
What nationality was Puck de Leeuw?
Puck de Leeuw was Dutch.
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