The Directors 13 years old

In 1984, Ate de Jong, Dick Maas and George Schouten founded The Directors, a band made up of movie directors. Later on, more directors joined and so did actors, actresses and singers. This documentary follows the band members at home, on the set, at rehearsals and during performances. It’s a story of friendship, opposing characters, growing old and ambitions and illusions. Anecdotes and archive films provide a hilarious flashback on the lives of the film friends. Time has treated them well. Everybody is or has been successful. To rough it all up, they decide to write a song that will be played at one of the band member’s funeral.

Credits

Huub Stapel as himself

Esmé Lammers as herself

Hans Scheepmaker as himself

Dorna van Rouveroy as

Dick Maas as himself

Maja van den Broecke as herself

The Directors Cast

Name	Character
Huub Stapel He was 55, now 69 years old	as himself
Esmé Lammers She was 65, now 65 years old	as herself
Hans Scheepmaker He was 58, now 72 years old	as himself
Dorna van Rouveroy She was 59, now 73 years old
Dick Maas He was 59, now 73 years old	as himself
Maja van den Broecke She was 54, now 67 years old	as herself
Nouchka van Brakel She was 70, now 84 years old	as herself
Ate de Jong He was 57, now 71 years old	as himself
Monique Klemann She was 45, now 58 years old	as herself

The Directors Crew

Name	Department

The Directors (13 years)

Release day: Sunday, November 07, 2010
Runtime: 76 minutes