Simon van Collem

Simon van Collem

Simon van Collem (Amsterdam, March 27, 1919 - Amsterdam, June 21, 1989) was a Dutch journalist and television maker who focused on film journalism. Van Collem worked as a sales manager at a film company in the 1950s. He was asked by Volkskrant editor Bob Bertina to write a series of articles about the history of the Dutch film industry. The series of articles under the title De oude draaidoos appeared in the Volkskrant from December 24, 1954 and led to the invitation in 1958 to make television programs for the VPRO under the title Uit de oude draaidoos. In 1959, Van Collem also wrote the book Uit de oud Draaidoos, which, despite its juicy anecdotes and atmospheric descriptions, was for many years the most important book on Dutch film history. Film historians later ruled that it contained several inaccuracies. Until 1970 he made his film column for the VPRO. That year he switched to the AVRO where he continued the program under the title Avroskoop. In 1975 he moved to TROS and the program was renamed Simonskoop. Van Collem died in 1989 in the harness due to cardiac arrest during the gala premiere of the James Bond film License to Kill in the Amsterdam cinema Theater Tuschinski, shortly after he had interviewed Bond actor Timothy Dalton. (From Dutch Wikipedia)

  • Title: Simon van Collem
  • Popularity: 0.788
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1919-03-27
  • Place of Birth: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Simon van Collem Movies

  • 1975
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    Heb Medelij Jet!

    Heb Medelij Jet!

    4 1975 HD

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  • 1972
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    VD

    VD

    5.2 1972 HD

    Cornelis van Doorn is the CEO of VD, a meat factory as well as a developer of contraceptives. Cornelis is the patriarch of the Van Doorn family: a...

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  • 1968
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    To Grab the Ring

    To Grab the Ring

    1 1968 HD

    This film takes a decidedly satirical look at the inner workings of the gangster underworld. Alfred Lowell is a washed-up actor sent to London to...

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  • 1981
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    An American Werewolf in London

    An American Werewolf in London

    7.4 1981 HD

    American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a...

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  • 1988
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    Amsterdamned

    Amsterdamned

    6.365 1988 HD

    A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for...

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  • 1986
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    Flodder

    Flodder

    6.371 1986 HD

    A low-class antisocial family ends up in a rich upper-class neighborhood and causes all sorts of trouble.

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  • 1971
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    Duck, You Sucker

    Duck, You Sucker

    7.708 1971 HD

    At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert...

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