Antoinette Beumer | |
Birth Name: | Antoinette Janssen |
Birth Place: | Nieuwer-Amstel, North Holland, Netherlands |
Occupation: | Film director |
Years Active: | 1991 - present |
Relatives: | Marjolein Beumer (sister) Famke Janssen (sister) |
Children: | 2 |
Antoinette Beumer (born Janssen; 1962) is a Dutch film director. She is notable for having directed the 2010 films The Happy Housewife and Loft.[1]
Beumer was born as Antoinette Janssen in Nieuwer-Amstel, North Holland, the Netherlands. She is the sister of actresses Marjolein Beumer and Famke Janssen.[2] [3]
Beumer's first novel, Mijn vader is een vliegtuig (2018), was awarded the Hebban Debuutprijs.[7] The novel is partly autobiographical, about growing up with a father who has mental health problems.[7]