Director

Jan Teunissen

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 1151430

IMDb ID: nm0856631

Known for: Editing

Born: April 15, 1898

Died: December 24, 1975

Age: 77

Place of birth: Den Haag

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1934 - 2025

Years active: 92

Wikidata: Q1953284

Also known as

G.J. Teunissen

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Biography

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.

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