San Fu Maltha

San Fu Maltha
Born (1958-07-17) 17 July 1958 (age 66)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Film producer, film distributor
Children3

San Fu Maltha (born 17 July 1958) is a Dutch film producer and film distributor. He founded the production company Fu Works and he co-founded film distributor A-Film.

Biography

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San Fu Maltha was born on 17 July 1958 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.[1][2]

He started his film career in the Netherlands as a marketing and publicity manager for Warner Bros. and Columbia TriStar, and he worked in different positions for Meteor Film. When Meteor Film was sold to PolyGram, he became the acquisition manager for PolyGram International in the United Kingdom.[3]

In 1995, he founded his own production company Fu Works. He produced Dutch feature films, among which Phileine Says Sorry (2003) and Black Book (2006), and documentaries.[1] In 2008, his film production Winter in Wartime was released, directed by Martin Koolhoven, based on the novel by Jan Terlouw.[4]

In 1999, he cofounded the film distributor A-Film.[5] He was managing director until 2006, when he sold his majority share due to the work pressure of his production company Fu Works.[6]

San Fu Maltha has three sons. They live in Bilthoven in the Netherlands.[7]

Two of his movies made the shortlist for the Best Foreign Language Film segment of the Academy Awards: Black Book and Winter in Wartime. Both were bought by Sony Classics in the United States.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k About Fu Works Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  2. ^ San Fu Matha. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  3. ^ (in Dutch) Alles is Liefde. Makers. Producent Fu Works - San Fu Maltha. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  4. ^ (in Dutch) Oorlogswinter verfilmd. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  5. ^ (in Dutch) 'Er bestaat geen liefde voor de film'. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  6. ^ (in Dutch) San Fu Maltha weg bij A-Film. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  7. ^ (in Dutch) Avontuur lokte stel naar Amsterdam. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  8. ^ "Vet hard (2005)". Netherlands Film Festival. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
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