Skip to content
Portrait of Bert Haanstra

Bert Haanstra

Directing

Born
May 31, 1916
Died
October 23, 1997
Birthplace
Espelo, Overijssel, the Netherlands

Albert 'Bert' Haanstra was a Dutch film director of films and documentaries. His documentary Glass (1958) won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1959. His feature film Fanfare (1958) was the most visited Dutch film at the time, and has since only been surpassed by Turkish Delight (1973).

Bert Haanstra