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Paul Verhoeven (; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer who has made movies in the Netherlands and the United States. Explicit violent and/or sexual content and social satire are trademarks of both his drama and science fiction films. He is best known in the U.S. for directing the science fiction films ''RoboCop'' (1987), ''Total Recall'' (1990), and ''Starship Troopers'' (1997), and the erotic thriller ''Basic Instinct'' (1992). Verhoeven's film ''Turkish Delight'' (1973) received the award for Best Dutch Film of the Century at the Netherlands Film Festival.〔(); Winners of the Netherlands Film Festival〕 His films altogether received a total of nine Academy Award nominations, mainly for editing and effects. Verhoeven won the Saturn Award for Best Director for ''Robocop''. His Dutch war film ''Black Book'' (2006) was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, and was voted the best Dutch film ever by the Dutch public in 2008. In contrast, he won the Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Picture and Worst Director for ''Showgirls'' (1995); he is one of the few people to have accepted their award(s) in person. The ''Seattle Times'' praised Verhoeven by saying, "Director Paul Verhoeven often appears to be a one-man Dutch movie industry," while ''The San Diego Union'' called Verhoeven "a busy bee whose movies pollinate the festival circuit." ==Early life== Paul Verhoeven was born on 18 July 1938 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is the son of school teacher Wim Verhoeven and hat maker Nel van Schaardenburg. Although he was born in Amsterdam, the family lived in the village of Slikkerveer. In 1943 the family moved to The Hague, the location of the German headquarters in the Netherlands during World War II. The Verhoeven house was near a German military base with V1 and V2-rocket launchers, which was repeatedly bombed by allied forces. Their neighbours' house was hit and Verhoeven's parents were almost killed when bombs fell on a street crossing. From this period, Verhoeven mentioned in interviews, he remembers images of violence, burning houses, dead bodies on the street, and continuous danger. As a small child he experienced the war as an exciting adventure and compares himself with the character Bill Rowan in ''Hope and Glory'' (1987).〔(''Een beetje oorlog, best spannend'' ), 2003; accessed on October 17, 2006〕 Verhoeven's father Wim Verhoeven became head teacher at the Van Heutszschool in The Hague, and Paul Verhoeven attended this school. Sometimes they watched informative films at home with the school's film projector. Paul Verhoeven and his father also liked to see American films that were in the cinema after the liberation, such as ''The Crimson Pirate'' (1952). They went as many as ten times to see ''The War of the Worlds'' (1953). Paul Verhoeven was a fan of the Dutch comic ''Dick Bos'' (nl). The character Dick Bos is a private detective who fights crime using jujutsu. Verhoeven himself liked comic drawing; he created ''The Killer'', a ''grey'' character in a detailed story full of revenge. Other fiction he liked were ''Frankenstein'' and the Rice Burroughs ''Barsoom'' series.〔 Verhoeven attended public secondary school Gymnasium Haganum in The Hague. Later, beginning in 1955, he studied at Leiden University, where he joined the students' corps. Verhoeven graduated with a doctorandus (M.Sc.) with a double major, in mathematics and physics.〔(Paul Verhoeven.net - all about a unique director )〕〔(''Wiskundemeisjes'' » Paul Verhoeven )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Verhoeven」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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