Paul Verhoeven

Director and writer. Born 18 July 1938 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 8 titles

Venice prize1 won

Born

18 July 1938, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Active

1973–2016

Frequently works with

Gerard Soeteman, Alan Marshall, Rob Houwer, Edward Neumeier, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Eszterhas, Rutger Hauer, Sharon Stone

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

76Fi1m

70Critics

We rate Paul’s work 5 points above the press, across 7 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 793

Under 601

Of 8 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 8 films
Screen time: 16 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $838m across 7 films with figures
Venice Film Festival: 1 Venice prize1 won
Active: 1973–2016

Genres

Thriller6
Action3
Drama3
Science Fiction3
Adventure2
Mystery2

Best and worst on Fi1m

91BestRoboCop1987

42WorstShowgirls1995

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

31950s

81960s

71970s

61980s

61990s

122000s

42010s

32020s

Co-stars most worked with

Jeroen Krabbé2 titles

Rutger Hauer2 titles

Sharon Stone2 titles

Thom Hoffman2 titles

Producers most worked with

Alan Marshall3 titles

Rob Houwer3 titles