Alex van Warmerdam


Alex van Warmerdam is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is also a painter.

Life and career

Van Warmerdam was born in Haarlem, a city in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. He was cofounder of the theatre group Hauser Orkater. In 1980, he founded the theatre group De Mexicaanse Hond, together with his brother Marc van Warmerdam. This is the name under which all the shows since 1989 have been released.
He made his first feature film in 1986: Abel. He plays parts in all of his own movies, except Grimm.
Alex van Warmerdam is married to Dutch actress Annet Malherbe, who plays parts in most of his films and mostly also functions as a casting director. Their son Mees is a musician and has performed in various shows by theatre group De Mexicaanse Hond.
He won the Nederlands-Vlaamse Toneelschrijfprijs in 1990 and the Taalunie Toneelschrijfprijs in 2011.
His 2013 film Borgman was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography

Short films and TV films