Editing
Jan Teunissen
Born — Died
1898-04-15 — 1975-12-24
Place of birth
Den Haag
Known for
Editing
Credits
4 titles
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…
Known for
9.0The first 'official' Dutch sound film was presented as a historic document on the history of the Netherlands, highlighting the importance of prince William of Orange's role during the Eighty Years war. His story is told in a series of short episodes, spanning his sudden rise to prince of Orange in 1844 to his murder by Balthasar Gerards in 1584.
William of Orange
1934
6.8Drawing on previously unpublished interviews, journals, family footage and propaganda films, The Propagandist tracks the rise and fall of the Dutch filmmaker Jan Teunissen, who lived from 1898 to 1975.
The Propagandist
2025
An antifascist Dutch family living under German occupation prepares for the arrival of the English liberators -- who never arrive. Short NSB propaganda film that mocks the rumors of upcoming liberation that were circulating in the Netherlands.
Een Dag Vol Spanning
1944
Avant-gardist portrait of a street in Amsterdam where a street organist arrives.
Pierement
1931
Film credits
Behind the camera
9.0The first 'official' Dutch sound film was presented as a historic document on the history of the Netherlands, highlighting the importance of prince William of Orange's role during the Eighty Years war. His story is told in a series of short episodes, spanning his sudden rise to prince of Orange in 1844 to his murder by Balthasar Gerards in 1584.
William of Orange
1934
An antifascist Dutch family living under German occupation prepares for the arrival of the English liberators -- who never arrive. Short NSB propaganda film that mocks the rumors of upcoming liberation that were circulating in the Netherlands.
Een Dag Vol Spanning
1944
Avant-gardist portrait of a street in Amsterdam where a street organist arrives.
Pierement
1931