GerritvanDijkwasborninapiousCatholicfamilyinthevillageofUden.Hestudiedasafifteen-year-oldboyattheacademyinTilburg.Hewasnotverysatisfiedabouttheschool."Youonlylearntechnique.Thecreativityyoulearnisnocreativityatall.Youknowexactlywhatcoloursocksyoushouldwearandwhatyourhairshouldlooklike,butnothowtoputsomethingonpaper".Afterhavingfinishedhisstudy,helimitedhimselftoteachingonly.Whenhetookupthebrushaftermanyyearstostartforhimself,hisworkmetenthusiasmathomeandabroad.Heworkedintensivelywithotherartistsfromotherdisciplinesonprojectsthatoftenraisedcontroversy.HispaintingcareerendedabruptlywhenhesawNormanMcLaren'sfilmsandboughtadouble-eightcamera.HemadehisfirstfilmIt'sgoodinHeavenandhasn'tstoppedsince.Heseeshisshifttofilmasalogicalcontinuationofhisworkasapainter,andconsidershisfilmsmovingpaintings.Inthespiritoftime,heturnedhisbackdeliberatelytoclassicfilmmaking.Hisfilmsarecollagesthatcombinephotographicimagesandimage-by-imagetechnique.Hiscriticalfilmsoftheeightiesdealingwithsocialinjusticebecomemorepersonalwithanintrospectiveviewoftheworld.VanDijkcontinuallysearchesfornewformsandtechniques.Therearefewtwo-dimensionaltechniquesthathehadnotused:cell,cut-out,rotoscopy,pixilationorliveactioncombinedwithanimation.InAGoodTurnDailyVanDijkchosesaformoftechniqueforeachsceneindividually,withaneyetoexpressingthecontentofthetscene.GerritvanDijkhasanextensivefilmography.Hisfilmshavebeenshownatmanyinternationalfestivalsandwonmanyprizes.Forhisfilms´PasaDeux´,whichhemadewithMoniqueRenault,and´Imove,soIam`hereceivedaGoldenBearattheFilmFestspiele,Berlin1989and1998.TherefinedtechniqueofrotoscopeisusedagainbyGerritvanDijktomaketheanimateddocumentaryThelastwordsofDutchSchultz.In2006hemadethefilmSoldoutincooperationwithMarie-JosévanderLinden.In1998,hereceivedtheOrderoftheDutchLionfromQueenBeatrixoftheNetherlands.

性别: 男

生卒日期: 1938年 至 2012年12月4日

出生地: Uden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

职业: 导演 / 剪辑 / 编剧

家庭成员: Cilia

imdb编号: nm0226627

1998年 第48届柏林国际电影节 主竞赛单元 最佳短片 我动故我在。

1989年 第39届柏林国际电影节 主竞赛单元 最佳短片 双人舞。

1983年 第36届戛纳电影节 主竞赛单元 短片金棕榈奖(提名) 快手。

葛瑞·凡狄克