About
Frans Zwartjes (*Alkmaar, 5/13/1927–The Hague, 11/18/2017) was a film maker, musician, violin maker, artist and sculptor. In the late 1960's he became well known with films showing grotesquely dressed up actors involved in little power-mad sexual games. Hysterics and cruelty are his regular topics. Susan Sontag called Zwartjes "the most important contemporary experimental film maker". Zwartjes made over fifty films. Pentimento (1979), Living (1971) and Ín Extremo (1981) seem to be his best known films. Director Ruud Monster's documentary The Great Wizard portrays Zwartjes as a self-conscious artist who comments on the world in a farcical way. The film was partly shot at Zwartjes's home, while he was composing.
Filmography
film fragments2015 · Director
The Great Magician2006 · Writer
Beyond1992 · Original Music Composer, Director, Director of Photography
Rudi van Dantzig repeteert1984 · Director
Medea1982 · Director, Director of Photography
In Extremo1981 · Director, Cinematography
Pentimento1979 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Sound Designer, Producer, Editor
It's Me1976 · Director, Music, Director of Photography, Production Design
Body Art1975 · Cinematography
Bedsitters1974 · Director, Producer, Sound Designer
Audition1973 · Director
Moving Stills1972 · Music, Director
Living1971 · Director, Sound, Cinematography
Seats Two1970 · Director
They Are Five1970 · Cinematography, Director
Through the Garden and Into the Living1970 · Director, Music
How Did You Know I Was in Trouble1970 · Director, Music
Toilet1970 · Director
Spectator1970 · Director
Behind Your Walls1970 · Director