Directing
Ellen Jens
Born October 6, 1940 · Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Died November 17, 2023 · aged 83
Ellen Jens was a Dutch television director and producer, best known for her collaboration with Wim T. Schippers on VPRO television. She has produced and directed a large number of other television shows, especially on literature and art, and is referred to as a "television legend".
Known For
Grote Genade · 1976Grote Genade
1976
MovieTV Movie
Sjef van Oekel escapes from prison and heads for a restaurant. Unfortunately there is nobody there to annoy. Even at the train station he is ignored by former colleagues and he ends up alone.
Sans Rancune · 1987Sans Rancune
1987
MovieTV MovieComedy
Dora Leenders is about to give birth. Since she was impregnated during a school reunion, she invites both men whom she had sex with that night to her flat to witness the birth.
Ninette de Valois (Mag ik mijn grijze mapje terug) · 1977Ninette de Valois (Mag ik mijn grijze mapje terug)
1977
MovieTV Movie
A performance of Joseph Haydn's Hour Symphony is interrupted several times within half an hour.
80 jaar, reeds - op de T bij Wim Schippers · 202280 jaar, reeds - op de T bij Wim Schippers
2022
MovieDocumentary
An ode to multi-talented artist and radio and television producer Wim T. Schippers by absurdist Ronald Snijders. In a cheerfully disruptive manner, Snijders guides the viewer through a richly illustrated overview of Schippers' work, where they meet the man who could both seduce and intentionally bore, confuse, shock, and irritate Dutch television viewers. Many clips of Schippers became legendary, such as Queen Juliana cleaning Brussels sprouts, a naked Phil Bloom reading the newspaper, and the shows featuring Barend Servet and Sjef van Oekel. Schippers wrote the sheepdog play Going to the Dogs and has been the voice of Ernie in Sesamstraat for many years.
De ondergang van de Onan · 1976De ondergang van de Onan
★ 10.01976
MovieTV Movie
Dick Bakker convinces Onno Bosman to produce a stage show about the sinking of the cruise ship 'Onan' and hires Fred Haché, Barend Servet, Sjef van Oekel and Ir. Van der Pik to star.
Volk en vaderliefde · 1976Volk en vaderliefde
1976
MovieTV MovieDrama
Otanes is certain that Smerdis, King of Persia is an impostor. He gathers together a group of people to stage a coup, only to face the question of which one of them will be worthy to take the throne.
Het Grote Gebeuren · 1975Het Grote Gebeuren
★ 7.01975
MovieFantasyAnimation
Het grote gebeuren (The big happening) is a Dutch movie about the day of judgement in the small village of Rijssen.
Cross Now · 1977Cross Now
★ 7.01977
MovieTV Movie
In Cross Now, during a blazing row with his boss, strangely enough architect Michael Ponsford still gets his promotion. However, he does not get much time to enjoy it, because, in the middle of the argument, his boss suffers a heart attack. And he is not the only one to die. Ponsford is haunted by death: the woman with whom he had been flirting for too long, his wife's father, one of his competitors, they all succumb. Finally, Ponsford's young son also dies.
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