David Claessen
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David Claessen | |
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 Claessen in 2019 | |
| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, cinematographer |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Notable work | The Rosa Parks Story Diary of a Mad Black Woman |
| Spouses | Karen Green
(m. 1992; div. 2002) |
| Website | www |
David Claessen is a Dutch cinematographer and director.
Education
[edit]Claessen attended the Netherlands Film Academy (Dutch: Nederlandse Filmacademie) in Amsterdam.
Films
[edit]In 1983, he shot Haute Mer, directed by French filmmaker Edgardo Cozarinsky.[1]
In 1997 Claessen met director Julie Dash. They have collaborated on four films together: including the award-winning The Rosa Parks Story, Love Song (2000), Brothers of the Borderland (2004), and Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl (2016).[2]
Personal life
[edit]In 1986, Claessen moved to the United States where he met Whoopi Goldberg during production of a documentary entitled Who Are They? They married in September 1986 and divorced two years later.[3] Claessen married American writer and photographer Taiye Selasi in 2013; the couple divorced in 2015.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sight & Sound". Vol. 53, no. 1. Winter 1983–1984.
- ^ "International Cinematographers Guild". Vol. 73, no. 2. February 2002. pp. 37–39.
- ^ Dibdin, Emma (9 July 2019). "O The Oprah Magazine". Oprah Magazine.
- ^ Chidiebube. "Meet David Claessen, One of Whoopi Goldberg's Ex-husbands". Buzz Nigeria. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
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