Director
George Sluizer
June 25, 1932 · Paris, France
George Sluizer (born 25 June 1932 in Paris, of Dutch and Norwegian parents; died 20 September 2014) was a Dutch filmmaker whose credits include features as well as documentary films.
He is best known for directing two versions of The Vanishing, a 1988 Dutch-language release, originally titled Spoorloos, and a 1992 American version. Other feature films directed by Sluizer include Utz (1992) for producer John Goldschmidt, Crimetime (1995), and Dark Blood, which was discontinued after the death of its lead actor River Phoenix (in 1993), but later completed and premiered at the Netherlands Film Festival in 2012.
Notable work
Often works with
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
2 titles together
The Vanishing, Twice a Woman
Gene Bervoets
2 titles together
The Vanishing, Sluizer Speaks
Johanna ter Steege
2 titles together
The Vanishing, Sluizer Speaks
Jonathan Pryce
2 titles together
Dark Blood, Sluizer Speaks
Karen Black
2 titles together
Dark Blood, Crimetime
Diogo Infante
2 titles together
The Stone Raft, Dying to Go Home
Full filmography · 20
Sluizer Speaks
cast
2014
Dark Blood
Director
20126
The Stone Raft
Writer and Director
2002
The Commissioner
Director
1998
Dying to Go Home
Writer and Director
1996
Crimetime
as American Director
1996
The Vanishing
Director
19936.2
Utz
Director
1992
The Vanishing
Director
19887.4
Red Desert Penitentiary
as Kemheim and Writer and Director
1985
Bastille
as Clochard / Eerste taxichauffeur
1984
Twice a Woman
Director
1979