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Cilia van Dijk, 81, Dutch film producer (Anna & Bella), Oscar winner (1986).
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|Cilia van Dijk Lieshout (22 November 1941 – 26 April 2023) was a Dutch film producer. Her film work includes DaDa, Frieze Frame, I Move, so I Am, The Last Words of Dutch Schultz and Anna & Bella. Anna & Bella earned her an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film as producer.
Life and career
In 1963, Van Dijk-Lieshout married Gerrit van Dijk, a Dutch animator.[citation needed]
In 1978 she created Animated People, a distributor of Dutch animation films.
Van Dijk died on 26 April 2023, at the age of 81.
Filmography
- 1979: Jute
- 1983: Haast een hand
- 1983: A Good Turn Daily
- 1984: Anna & Bella (producer)
- 1986: Animation Has No Borders
- 1988: Pas à deux
- 1991: Frieze Frame
- 1995: De houten haarlemmers
- 1997: DaDa
- 1998: Ik beweeg, dus ik besta
- 1999: Applause
- 2001: Radio Umanak
- 2002: Stiltwalkers
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