Jan Teunissen
Editing
- Born
- April 15, 1898 · Den Haag
- Died
- December 24, 1975 (age 77)
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.
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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
The Ghost Train
May 10, 1939
Tomorrow It Will Be Better
February 23, 1939
Pygmalion
February 26, 1937
Somewhere in the Netherlands
April 19, 1940
Merijntje Gijzen's Boyhood
September 17, 1936
Daddy Long Legs
October 6, 1938
Op een avond in mei
December 11, 1936
Forty Years
January 10, 1938
William of Orange
January 4, 1934
De big van het regiment
April 19, 1935
Amsterdam bij nacht
January 7, 1937
Behind the camera13
- 1944Een Dag Vol Spanning Director
- 1940Somewhere in the Netherlands Editor
- 1939The Ghost Train Editor
- 1939Tomorrow It Will Be Better Editor
- 1938Daddy Long Legs Editor
- 1938Forty Years Editor
- 1937Pygmalion Editor
- 1937Amsterdam bij nacht Editor
- 1936Op een avond in mei Editor
- 1936Merijntje Gijzen's Boyhood Editor