Puck de Leeuw

Q: When did Puck de Leeuw die?

Puck de Leeuw died on February 8, 2002.

Q: How old was Puck de Leeuw when they died?

Puck de Leeuw was 48 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Puck de Leeuw's cause of death?

The cause of death of Puck de Leeuw was lung cancer.

Puck de Leeuw (1953 – 8 February 2002) was a Dutch director.

She gained most fame with her series Love beyond frontiers, describing European women who have fallen in love with men from completely different cultural backgrounds and decided go to their homes. The first documentary of the series brought her the 'Golden Zapper', the Audience Award for best documentary at the 1996 International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam. De Leeuw died of lung cancer at the age of 48 in 2002 before she could finish the third entry, Made in America. Een jaar of minder is a 2006 documentary film about her by director Jac Vleeshouwers.

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Het gebeurde in de polder (It happened in the polder) (1985)
Love beyond frontiers (Grenzeloze liefde) – Made in Japan (1996)
Love beyond frontiers (Grenzeloze liefde) – Made in Africa (1999)

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