Wouter Barendrecht

Wouter Barendrecht
Born(1965-11-05)November 5, 1965
The Netherlands
DiedApril 5, 2009(2009-04-05) (aged 43)
Bangkok, Thailand
OccupationFilm producer
Years active1992–2009
Known forFounder of Fortissimo Films

Wouter Barendrecht (November 5, 1965, The Netherlands – April 5, 2009, Bangkok, Thailand[1]) was a film producer. With Michael J. Werner, Barendrecht was the co-chairman of Fortissimo Films, a company he founded in 1991 in Amsterdam.[2]

Barendrecht worked as a programmer at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and as a press officer for the Berlin International Film Festival. A member of the European Film Academy, he frequently served on the juries of international film festivals.

From 1997 until his death, he was based in Hong Kong and was one of the two people who re-vitalised the Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in 2000. He died in April 5, 2009 of cardiac arrest in Bangkok, where he was there for meetings.[1]

  1. ^ a b Coonan, Clifford; Rooney, David (April 6, 2009). "Wouter Barendrecht dies at 43". Variety. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Wouter Barandrecht, Michael J. Werner – co-chairmen, Fortissimo Films Archived October 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Variety, retrieved November 24, 2007