---
name: "Eric de Kuyper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-de-kuyper"
fi1m_id: "eric-de-kuyper"
imdb_id: "nm0209154"
tmdb_id: 1311778
wikidata_id: "Q2287622"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 September 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:19:11.296446+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Eric de Kuyper

## Identity

Eric de Kuyper

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eric-de-kuyper
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eric-de-kuyper
- **IMDb ID:** nm0209154
- **TMDB ID:** 1311778
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2287622
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_de_Kuyper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2287622, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209154/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1311778

Writer. Born 2 September 1942 in Brussels, Belgium.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 September 1942, Brussels, Belgium
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_de_Kuyper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2287622, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209154/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1311778

## Biography

Eric de Kuyper (born 2 September 1942) is a Belgian writer, semiologist, art critic and experimental film director. He graduated from the RITCS film school in Brussels in 1966 and later studied semiotics in Paris, obtaining a doctorate in 1979. He worked as a producer for Flemish television and taught film theory at Radboud University Nijmegen before serving as deputy director of the Dutch Film Museum from 1988 to 1992.

De Kuyper has directed several experimental features, including *Casta Diva* (1983), *Naughty Boys* (1983), *A Strange Love Affair* (1985) and *Pink Ulysses* (1990). He collaborated with Chantal Akerman on the screenplays for *The Captive* (2000) and *Tomorrow We Move* (2004), and contributed to her earlier film *Je, tu, il, elle* (1974). His work often explores themes of melodrama and homosexuality.

In addition to filmmaking, de Kuyper has published numerous autobiographical novels in Dutch and French, beginning with *Aan zee* in 1988, as well as essays on cinema, dance and semiotics. He received a Golden Calf Special Jury Prize at the Netherlands Film Festival for *Naughty Boys*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, sabzian.be.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Captive* (2000), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-captive.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *My Life As an Actor* (2015), as Dr. Schönberger · Writer, Director
- *The Zigzag Kid* (2012), as Uncle Sjmoel
- *Tomorrow We Move* (2004), Writer
- *The Captive* (2000), Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-captive.md)
- *Echte Clichés* (1991), Director
- *Pink Ulysses* (1990), Director, Screenplay
- *Pierrot Lunaire* (1988), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *A Strange Love Affair* (1985), Director, Writer
- *Mathilde* (1985), Writer, Supervising Technical Director
- *Naughty Boys* (1984), Director, Writer
- *Casta Diva* (1982), Director, Screenplay
- *Parti sans laisser d'adresse* (1982), Writer
- *Je Tu Il Elle* (1974), Writer
- *Portret* (1970), Actor
- *Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective* (1969), Writer, Producer
- *Behind the Screen* (1966), series, Writer
- *Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort* (1966), as Other

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- KANTL Prijs 2013: KANTL Prijs (won)
- Boekenbon Literatureprize 1992: Boekenbon Literatureprize (nominated), for *Grand Hotel Solitude*
- Golden Calf Special Jury Prize 1984: Golden Calf Special Jury Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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