Willy Lindwer
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About
Documentary filmmaker whose film The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank won the International Emmy Award in 1988.
Before Fame
He studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy and worked for various Dutch TV stations.
Trivia
He founded the company AVA Productions and served as the head of Terra Film Productions, both of which were dedicated to producing high-quality documentaries.
Family Life
His parents fled Poland and Ukraine in the 1930s and settled in Amsterdam.
Associated With
His documentary The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank featured interviews with those who were witnesses to the last months of Frank's life in Nazi concentration camps.
