Theo Frenkel Senior

Date of birth
14-07-1871
Date deceased
20-09-1956

Biography

Theo Frenkel was a descendant of the famous Bouwmeester theatrical family. He also chose for an artistic career, and achieved international success with his transformational piece 'Brand in De Jonge Jan'.

In 1908 he made his first film, at the invitation of Charles Pathé. In the years that followed, he directed several hundred short feature films for the foreign companies Hepworth, Urban, Pathé, Messter, and Eiko-Film.

In 1914, Frenkel returned to the Netherlands to direct the film Fatum for Johan Gildemeijer's company Rembrandt Film Co.

He then founded the Amsterdam Film Cie with several businessmen, and directed various feature films there. After a series of disagreements, Frenkel left in 1922 to set up his own production company, Theo Frenkel Film Cie. In the early 1920s, Frenkel made several co-productions with German companies, including for his own company.

After a brief period with The Dutch Film Company, Frenkel retired from the film world and became the editor of the Dutch news weekly ‘De Wereldkroniek’. Thereafter he appeared only occasionally as a director or actor.

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filmography

  1. 1909
    Director
  2. 1910
    Director
  3. 1915
    Director
  4. 1915
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  5. 1916
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  6. 1916
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  7. 1917
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  8. 1918
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  9. 1918
    Director, Producer
  10. 1918
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  11. 1918
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  12. 1919
    Director, Producer
  13. 1919
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  14. 1919
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  15. 1920
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  16. 1920
    Director, Producer
  17. 1920
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  18. 1920
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  19. 1920
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  20. 1921
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  21. 1921
    Director
  22. 1922
    Actor, Director, Producer, Script writer
  23. 1922
    Actor, Director, Producer, Script writer
  24. 1922
    Director, Producer
  25. 1922
    Director
  26. 1923
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  27. 1924
    Director, Script writer
  28. 1924
    Director, Script writer
  29. 1924
    Director
  30. 1924
    Director, Producer, Script writer
  31. 1925
    Director, Script writer
  32. 1928
    Director
  33. 1947
    Actor
    Mayor / Professor Donders
  34. 1948
    Actor

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