Co hoedeman biography
Jacobus Willem (Co) Hoedeman (born August 1, in Amsterdam) is a..
Co Hoedeman was born on 1 August in Netherlands.
Co Hoedeman
Dutch-Canadian filmmaker (born 1940)
Jacobus Willem (Co) Hoedeman (born August 1, 1940 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch-Canadian filmmaker known for his mastery of stop motion animation and technical innovation in films that reveal his close observation of human and social interaction.[1]
Biography
Hoedeman was born during the German occupation of the Netherlands and survived the Hunger Winter of 1944-45, when many of Amsterdam's residents died of starvation brought on by a German blockade and other factors.
At the age of 15, Hoedeman left school to work as a photograph retoucher in the printing industry in his native the Netherlands, but soon decided to try film. He first worked at Multifilm, a small production company in Haarlem, and then at Cinecentrum in Hilversum, where he worked in the optical and special effects department and helped out with camera, laboratory and sound work when he could.
Hoedeman spent his evenings taking courses at the School of
