Paul Verhoeven

CrewActorDirectorWriterProduction Jul 18 (age 87) Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 1955–2026 (71 year career)

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Biography

Paul Verhoeven (born July 18, 1938) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer who has made movies in both the Netherlands and the United States. Explicitly violent and/or sexual content and social satire are trademarks of both his drama and science fiction films. He is best known for directing the American feature films RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990), Basic Instinct (1992), Starship Troopers (1997), and Hollow Man (2000). Turkish Delight (1973) received the award for Best Dutch …

Known For

Film

Total Recall

Director

Film

RoboCop

Dancer at Disco (uncredited)

Film

Starship Troopers

Director

Film

Basic Instinct

Director

Film

Black Book

Director

Film

Elle

Director

Film

Hollow Man

Director

Film

Benedetta

Director

Filmography

Acting (38)

Movies (30)

Like Tears in Rain

2024

as Self

7.5

In Search of Tomorrow

2022

as Self - Interviewee

6.6

You Don't Nomi

2021

as Himself (archive footage)

5.8

Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone

2020

as Self

3.8

Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood

2020

as Self

5.0

Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story

2020

as Self

6.1

In Search of the Last Action Heroes

2019

as Self

6.9

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

2019

as Self

7.5

Gijs

2017

as Self

Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven

as Self - Filmmaker

Hollywood Banker

as Self

Parradox

as himself

That's It!

as Himself

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

2004

as Self

7.1

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

2004

as Self

7.0

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

2003

as Self

5.0

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

2003

as Self

3.5

Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'

2002

as Himself

8.0

Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'

2001

as Himself

7.0

Imagining 'Total Recall'

2001

as Self

7.0

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

1999

as Self

5.5

Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood

1996

as Himself

5.2

Hollywood by Bike

1993

as Himself

Pictures of Europe

1990

as Self

RoboCop

1987

as Dancer at Disco (uncredited)

7.4

De droomproducenten

1984

as Self

Rond Floris

1969

as Self

10.0

Gottes Utopia

1955

as Marino

Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls

as Self

Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien

Television (8)

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

2023

as Self

7.7

The Real History of Science Fiction

2014

as Himself

7.0

De Wereld Draait Door

as Self

Kulturplatz

as Self

Leçon de Cinéma

as Self

Morgenmagazin

as Self

Zomergasten

Omnibus

as Self

Crew (47)

Movies (43)

The Draft!

Thanks

Benedetta

Director

Benedetta

Screenplay

Elle

Director

Lotgenoten

Writer

Tricked

Director

Tricked

Writer

Something Unknown Is Doing We Don't Know What

Associate Producer

Black Book

Director

Black Book

Screenplay

Le court des grands

Director

Hollow Man

Director

Starship Troopers

Director

Showgirls

Director

Basic Instinct

Director

Total Recall

Director

RoboCop

Director

Flesh + Blood

Director

Flesh + Blood

Screenplay

The 4th Man

Director

All Things Pass

Director

Spetters

Director

Soldier of Orange

Director

Soldier of Orange

Screenplay

Katie Tippel

Director

Turkish Delight

Director

The Wrestler

Director

The Wrestler

Writer

Business Is Business

Director

Portrait of Anton Adriaan Mussert

1968

Director

The Lonely Dorymen

1968

Sound Effects

7.0

The Royal Dutch Marine Corps

Director

Let's Have a Party

Director

The Hitchhikers

Director

Nothing Special

Director

One Lizard Too Many

Director

Cups of Coffee

Director

The Kiss

1959

Director

RoboCop Returns

Screenplay

Young Sinner

Director

Young Sinner

Writer

Sans Compter

Director

Sans Compter

Writer

Television (4)

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles

Executive Producer

The Hitchhiker

Director

For Queen and Country

Director

Floris

Director