---
name: "Rob Houwer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rob-houwer"
fi1m_id: "rob-houwer"
imdb_id: "nm0396951"
tmdb_id: 9120
wikidata_id: "Q945766"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "13 December 1937"
died: "4 July 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:06:11.255459+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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# Rob Houwer

## Identity

Rob Houwer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rob-houwer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rob-houwer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0396951
- **TMDB ID:** 9120
- **Wikidata ID:** Q945766
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Houwer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q945766, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396951/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9120

Producer. Born 13 December 1937 in Hoogeveen, The Netherlands. Died 4 July 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 13 December 1937, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands
- **Died:** 4 July 2025
- **Active:** 1973–1983
- **Also known as:** Robert Piet Houwer
- **Frequently works with:** [Gerard Soeteman](https://film.one/person/gerard-soeteman.md), [Paul Verhoeven](https://film.one/person/paul-verhoeven.md), [Jeroen Krabbé](https://film.one/person/jeroen-krabbe.md), [Rutger Hauer](https://film.one/person/rutger-hauer.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Houwer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q945766, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396951/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9120

## Biography

Robert Piet Houwer (also credited as Rob Houwer) was a Dutch film producer. He studied at the University of Television and Film in Munich and began his career in Germany in the 1960s, producing films for directors including Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Fleischmann and Michael Verhoeven. In 1964 he directed the short film *Anmeldung*, which received a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Houwer returned to the Netherlands in 1971 and collaborated extensively with Paul Verhoeven. He produced *Business Is Business* (1971), *Turkish Delight* (1973), *Katie Tippel* (1975), *Soldier of Orange* (1977) and *The Fourth Man* (1983). *Turkish Delight* became the most successful Dutch film at the box office and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He later produced *The Little Blonde Death* (1993), for which he received a Golden Calf for Best Film. Houwer was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nrc.nl, parool.nl, volkskrant.nl.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The 4th Man* (1983), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-4th-man.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Als Je Verliefd Wordt* (2012), Producer
- *Botero Born in Medellin* (2008), Co-Producer
- *The Rage of the Whole World* (2006), Producer, Writer
- *Majestät brauchen Sonne* (1999), Producer
- *The Merman* (1996), Producer, Writer
- *Little Blond Death* (1993), Producer, Writer
- *The Generous Lover* (1990), Producer, Writer
- *Count Your Blessings* (1987), Producer
- *The Bitter Herb* (1985), Producer
- *Burning Love* (1983), Screenplay, Producer
- *The 4th Man* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-4th-man.md)
- *The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?)* (1983), Producer, Story Editor
- *High Heels, Real Love* (1981), Producer
- *The Proud and Sad Life of Mathias Kneißl* (1980), Thanks
- *Fatal Error* (1979), Producer
- *For Queen and Country* (1979), series, Producer
- *Soldier of Orange* (1977), Producer
- *Katie Tippel* (1975), Producer
- *Turkish Delight* (1973), Producer
- *Business Is Business* (1971), Producer
- *In Trouble* (1971), Director, Producer
- *o.k.* (1970), Producer
- *Hunting Scenes from Bavaria* (1969), Producer
- *Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel* (1969), Producer
- *Little Vampire* (1968), Producer
- *Carrot and Stick* (1968), Producer
- *Die Erben von Papas Kino* (1968), Actor
- *Professor Columbus* (1968), Producer
- *Angel Baby* (1968), Producer
- *Tattoo* (1967), Producer
- *Degree of Murder* (1967), Producer
- *Galaxy* (1967), Producer
- *Romy: Anatomy of a Face* (1967), Producer
- *Neuer Deutscher Film Report* (1967), Actor
- *Der Zirkus kommt* (1966), Director
- *Car Race* (1965), Producer
- *24 Bilder* (1965), Director
- *Anmeldung* (1964), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Hütet eure Töchter!* (1964), Writer, Director
- *Madeleine, Madeleine* (1963), Producer
- *Ferien* (1962), Screenplay, Director

## Gallery

- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Persconferentie Filmnet; Rob Houwer , kop Datum : 2 september 1986 Tre](https://film.one/media/person/3918931/gallery-36a3aca9f510.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Persconferentie Filmnet; Rob Houwer , kop Datum : 2 september 1986 Tre — Roland Gerrits / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Persconferentie_Filmnet_Rob_Houwer_%2C_kop%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-7477.jpg/1280px-Persconferentie_Filmnet_Rob_Houwer_%2C_kop%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-7477.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rob Houwer](https://film.one/media/person/3918931/gallery-ab9c55aa3c1b.jpg) Rob Houwer — Roland Gerrits / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Persconferentie_Filmnet_Rob_Houwer_%28r%29_en_Jurgen_Nilsson_%28l%29_%28mediadirecteur_Es%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-7478_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Persconferentie_Filmnet_Rob_Houwer_%28r%29_en_Jurgen_Nilsson_%28l%29_%28mediadirecteur_Es%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-7478_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Persconferentie Filmnet; Rob Houwer (r) en Jurgen Nilsson (l) (mediadi (1986)](https://film.one/media/person/3918931/gallery-15da412ccc9e.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Persconferentie Filmnet; Rob Houwer (r) en Jurgen Nilsson (l) (mediadi (1986) — Roland Gerrits / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Persconferentie_Filmnet_Rob_Houwer_%28r%29_en_Jurgen_Nilsson_%28l%29_%28mediadirecteur_Es%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-7478.jpg/1280px-Persconferentie_Filmnet_Rob_Houwer_%28r%29_en_Jurgen_Nilsson_%28l%29_%28mediadirecteur_Es%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-7478.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Premiere film "Keetje Tippel" producer Rob Houwer en moeder Datum : 6  (1975)](https://film.one/media/person/3918931/gallery-8fe9a4f28634.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Premiere film "Keetje Tippel" producer Rob Houwer en moeder Datum : 6  (1975) — Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Premiere_film_Keetje_Tippel_producer_Rob_Houwer_en_moeder%2C_Bestanddeelnr_927-7929.jpg/1280px-Premiere_film_Keetje_Tippel_producer_Rob_Houwer_en_moeder%2C_Bestanddeelnr_927-7929.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Kort geding i.v.m. film "Het bittere kruid" ; producent Rob Houwer (l) (1985)](https://film.one/media/person/3918931/gallery-dae8fb9f0c8b.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Kort geding i.v.m. film "Het bittere kruid" ; producent Rob Houwer (l) (1985) — Sjakkelien Vollebregt, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Kort_geding_i.v.m._film_Het_bittere_kruid_producent_Rob_Houwer_%28l%29_en_regiss%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-2510.jpg/1280px-Kort_geding_i.v.m._film_Het_bittere_kruid_producent_Rob_Houwer_%28l%29_en_regiss%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-2510.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Golden Calf for Best Feature Film 1993: Golden Calf for Best Feature Film (won)

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

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