Wim T. Schippers
Birthday: 1942-07-01
Place of Birth: Groningen, Netherlands
Biography: Wim T. Schippers is a Dutch artist, writer, television director, and voice actor. During the 1960s, he worked mostly as a visual artist, associated with the international Fluxus-movement. As a television writer, director, and actor he is responsible for some of the most notable and controversial shows on Dutch televisions from the 1960s to the 1990s. In addition, he voiced the characters of Ernie and Kermit the Frog on Sesamstraat, the Dutch version of Sesame Street.
Movies
Ninette de Valois (Mag ik mijn grijze mapje terug)
A performance of Joseph Haydn's Hour Symphony is interrupted several times within half an hour....
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Sans Rancune
Dora Leenders is about to give birth. Since she was impregnated during a school reunion, she invites...
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De Dans der Vierkanten waarin opgenomen Elly, of het Beroemde Stuk
Registration of the play that opened the Holland Festival in 1980, written by Wim T. Schippers. Mr a...
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Going to the Dogs
A behind the scenes look and edited registration of the groundbreaking theater play 'Going to the d...
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The Rembrandt Association, an exceptional year
Documentary about the Rembrandt Association. In the 19th century, a lot of Dutch art disappeared abr...
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De ondergang van de Onan
Dick Bakker convinces Onno Bosman to produce a stage show about the sinking of the cruise ship 'Onan...
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Rigor mortis
In order to get more customers to their rural inn, Karel and Truus have come up with a stunt. Karel ...
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Here Is Always Somewhere Else
The life and work of enigmatic Dutch/Californian conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who in 1975 disappe...
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Heinz
Heinz is Amsterdam personified: a happy-go-lucky freeloader. However, he's in big trouble with his g...
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Voices
A nearly 30 minute long conversation in a living room party. Unlike in a regular TV play the jabber ...
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Miss Minoes
A cat who turns into a young woman helps a journalist protect their town from a factory boss with an...
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AFIJN (Misha Mengelberg)
This feature-length documentary chronicles the life and playful methods of Dutch pianist and compose...
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