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Hans Kemna

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Hans Kemna
Merel Laseur (zittende tweede van rechts) houdt auditie voor TV-dochter, links H, Bestanddeelnr 925-8415.jpg
Kemna (centre) in 1972
Born(1940-03-05)5 March 1940
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died27 October 2024(2024-10-27) (aged 84)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Occupations
  • Casting director
  • actor
Spouse
Adrian Brine
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(m. 2000; died 2006)​

Hans Kemna (5 March 1940 – 27 October 2024) was a Dutch casting director and actor.

Life and career

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Kemna was born in Rotterdam on 5 March 1940. His father was chairman of a theater company. After high school he attended the Amsterdam Theater School.[1] Kemna was a prominent and one of the first casting directors in the Netherlands. Kemna founded Hanse Kemna Casting [nl] in 1970, (after 1980 Kemna Casting and later Post Castelijn Casting). As an actor he played some supporting roles in movies and television series, including in Floris, Turkish Delight, Baantjer and Kinderen geen bezwaar.[2]

Kemna won the Gouden Kalf in 2005 for his 'important contribution to Dutch film culture' awarded by Medy van der Laan.[3] He was awarded the Rembrandt Award in 2012.[4]

Kemna was together with British-Dutch actor and director Adrian Brine for fifty years. They married in 2000 as one of the first male couples. Brine died in 2006.[1] Kemna died in Amsterdam on 27 October 2024, at the age of 84.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b de Graaff, Rick (28 October 2024). "Hans Kemna groeide van bijrol in Floris uit tot de castingkoning van Nederland: 'Ik had een goede neus en een flinke dosis geluk'". Telegraaf (in Dutch).
  2. ^ "'Castingkoning' Hans Kemna (84) overleden". NOS (in Dutch). 28 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Gouden Kalf voor casting-director Hans Kemna". Trouw (in Dutch). 14 September 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Rembrandt voor Gooische Vrouwen". NOS (in Dutch). 12 March 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  5. ^ Beeckmans, Joke (28 October 2024). "Casting director Hans Kemna (84) overleden". theaterkrant.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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