---
name: "Ludi Boeken"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ludi-boeken"
fi1m_id: "ludi-boeken"
imdb_id: "nm0091253"
tmdb_id: 119297
wikidata_id: "Q13538517"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 August 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T19:54:59.720535+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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# Ludi Boeken

## Identity

Ludi Boeken

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ludi-boeken
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ludi-boeken
- **IMDb ID:** nm0091253
- **TMDB ID:** 119297
- **Wikidata ID:** Q13538517
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludi_Boeken, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13538517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119297

Actor. Born 26 August 1951 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 August 1951, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludi_Boeken, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13538517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119297

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*World War Z*](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md) (55)

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## Biography

Ludi Boeken is a Dutch film producer, director and actor. Born in Amsterdam in 1951, he attended the London Film School from 1970 to 1973 and Tel Aviv University from 1973 to 1976. He began his career as a war correspondent for the BBC and Dutch television, reporting from the Middle East, South America, Central America and Africa.

Boeken has produced films including *Vincent & Theo* (1990), *Train of Life* (1998), *Zeus & Roxanne* (1997), *Desire* (2011) and *Jappeloup* (2013). He has also directed *Deadlines* (2004) and *Saviors in the Night* (2009). He appeared as Jurgen Warmbrunn in *World War Z* (2013). He is a partner at Acajou Films with Pascal Judelewicz and served as executive director of the German television station Terranova in 2004 and 2007. His daughter, Julia Levy-Boeken, is an actress.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *World War Z* (2013), Fi1m 55, as Jurgen Warmbrunn — [page](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Last Picture Show in Bucharest* (2020), Director, Writer
- *A Quiet Heart* (2016), Actor
- *Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues* (2015), as Marcel
- *Alliés Nés* (2014), as Father
- *World War Z* (2013), as Jurgen Warmbrunn — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md)
- *Jappeloup* (2013), as Competition announcer · Producer
- *Desire* (2011), as Seducer 1 · Producer
- *Saviors in the Night* (2009), Director
- *The Vintner's Luck* (2009), Producer
- *Dead Cool* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Deadlines* (2005), as New York Times · Director, Producer
- *Britney, Baby, One More Time* (2002), Director
- *Train of Life* (1998), Producer
- *Zeus & Roxanne* (1997), Producer
- *Un hiver de chiens* (1997), Production Executive
- *Lucky Punch* (1996), Producer
- *Silent Tongue* (1994), Producer
- *Cross My Heart* (1991), Producer
- *Vincent & Theo* (1990), Producer
- *Wherever You Are...* (1988), Producer
- *The Cow*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Ludi Boeken](https://film.one/media/person/3635553/gallery-80e19da5a5b4.jpg) Ludi Boeken — Rob Bogaerts, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Nipkowschijf1984.jpg/1280px-Nipkowschijf1984.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ludi Boeken](https://film.one/media/person/3635553/gallery-9eefa5f4acab.jpg) Ludi Boeken — Image via TMDB

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