Theo van Gogh

✶July 23, 1957

†November 2, 2004

2 candles burning, 3 lit in all

About their life

Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh was a Dutch film director. He directed Submission: Part 1, a short film written by Somali writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which criticised the treatment of women in Islam in strong terms. On 2 November 2004, he was murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan Islamist who objected to the film's message. The last film Van Gogh had completed before his murder, 06/05, was a fictional exploration of the assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. It was released posthumously in December 2004, a month after Van Gogh's death, and two years after Fortuyn's death.

Dutch film director (1957–2004)

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Biography from the article Theo van Gogh on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.