Paul Verhoeven

Biography

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

Morgenmagazin

De Wereld Draait Door

Omnibus

Kulturplatz

RoboCop

Eurotrash

The Real History of Science Fiction

Leçon de Cinéma

All Movies (35)

• Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien2026
• Like Tears in Rain2024 · as Self
• In Search of Tomorrow2022 · as Self - Interviewee
• You Don't Nomi2021 · as Himself (archive footage)
• Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone2020 · as Self
• Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood2020 · as Self
• Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story2020 · as Self
• Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters2019 · as Self
• In Search of the Last Action Heroes2019 · as Self
• Gijs2017 · as Self
• Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven2016 · as Self - Filmmaker
• Hollywood Banker2014 · as Self
• Parradox2010 · as himself
• Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema2009 · as Self
• That's It!2005 · as Himself
• The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing2004 · as Self
• Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession2004 · as Self
• 100 Greatest Sexy Moments2003 · as Self
• Sex at 24 Frames Per Second2003 · as Self
• Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'2002 · as Himself
• Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe2002 · as Self
• The Starships of “Starship Troopers”2002 · as Self
• Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'2001 · as Himself
• Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'2001 · as Self
• Imagining 'Total Recall'2001 · as Self
• Kurosawa: The Last Emperor1999 · as Self
• Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood1996 · as Himself
• Hollywood by Bike1993 · as Himself
• Pictures of Europe1990 · as Self
• RoboCop1987 · as Dancer at Disco (uncredited)
• De droomproducenten1984 · as Self
• Rond Floris1969 · as Self
• Gottes Utopia1955 · as Marino
• Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls— · as Self
• Fleshing Out the Hollow Man— · as Self

All TV Shows (9)

• RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop2023 · as Self
• The Real History of Science Fiction2014 · as Himself
• De Wereld Draait Door2005 · as Self
• Kulturplatz2004 · as Self
• Leçon de Cinéma2004 · as Self
• Eurotrash1993
• Morgenmagazin1992 · as Self
• Zomergasten1988
• Omnibus1967 · as Self