David Claessen

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David Claessen
Claessen in 2019
Born
Occupation(s)Film director, producer, cinematographer
Years active1985–present
Notable workThe Rosa Parks Story
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Spouses
(m. 1986; div. 1988)
Karen Green
(m. 1992; div. 2002)
(m. 2013)
Websitewww.davidclaessen.com

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sight & Sound". Vol. 53, no. 1. Winter 1983–1984.
  2. ^ "International Cinematographers Guild". Vol. 73, no. 2. February 2002. pp. 37–39.
  3. ^ Dibdin, Emma (9 July 2019). "O The Oprah Magazine". Oprah Magazine.