About

Known credits:
13
Birthday:
1898-04-15
Place of birth:
Den Haag
Website:
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Jan Teunissen

Overview

Gerardus Johannes 'Jan' Teunissen (1898 - 1975) was a Dutch film director. He made his debut as a director in the early 1930s with short avant-garde films Pierement (1931) and Sjabbos (1932). On request, he then directed the first official Dutch sound film: Willem van Oranje. When the film flopped, he gave up on being a director and worked as an editor on a number of Dutch feature films.

In the first years of the Second World War Teunissen joined Anton Mussert's National Socialist Movement (NSB) and became the head of the Filmgilde, producing a number of National Socialist propaganda films. Soon after this he became head of the Rijksfilmkeuring and was offered an honorary membership of the Dutch SS.

Because of his collaboration with the Germans, Teunissen was banned from the profession of film director after the war and received a prison sentence of several years.

Known for

Directing
1944 Een Dag Vol Spanning Directing Director N/A
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1935 De big van het regiment Directing Co-Director N/A
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1934 William of Orange Directing Director N/A
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1931 Pierement Directing Director N/A
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Editing
1940 Somewhere in the Netherlands Editing Editor 59
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1939 The Ghost Train Editing Editor 59
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1939 Tomorrow It Will Be Better Editing Editor 59
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1938 Daddy Long Legs Editing Editor N/A
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1938 Forty Years Editing Editor N/A
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1937 Pygmalion Editing Editor 59
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1937 Amsterdam bij Nacht Editing Editor N/A
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1936 Op een avond in mei Editing Editor N/A
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1936 Merijntje Gijzen's Boyhood Editing Editor 59
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