Arne Toonen
- Born
- 1975 · North Brabant.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter
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• Born — 1975 1 9
• Birthplace — Boxmeer, Netherlands
• Occupation — Film director
Arne Toonen (born 9 January 1975) is a Dutch film director. He directed the films Dik Trom (2010), The Little Gangster (2015) and Amsterdam Vice (2019). Several of his films won the Golden Film and Platinum Film awards.
Career
In 2010, Toonen directed the film Dik Trom based on the characters of the Dik Trom book series by Cornelis Johannes Kieviet. The film won both the Golden Film and Platinum Film awards. The film also won the Golden Calf for Best Production Design award at the 2011 Netherlands Film Festival. Toonen is also the director of the 2012 film Black Out.
His short film Drop Dead won the Competition for the Short Film Award at the Osnabrück Independent Film Festival. Toonen directed the 2012 film Black Out. In 2015, he directed the film The Little Gangster (De Boskampi's). The film won the Michel Award at the 2015 Filmfest Hamburg, the audience award at the Seoul International Youth Film Festival and the jury award at Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival.
In 2019, Toonen directed the film Amsterdam Vice (Baantjer: Het Begin) based on the novels of A. C. Baantjer. The film won the Golden Film award two weeks later after having sold 100,000 tickets.
Toonen also directed a 2023 episode of the Van der Valk television series. He is one of the directors of the 2025 television series Safe Harbor.
Personal life
Toonen married Birgit Schuurman in July 2008. They divorced in February 2019. Schuurman also played roles in several films directed by Toonen. They have a son.
As of 2019 5
Selected filmography
• 2010: Dik Trom
• 2012: Black Out
• 2015: The Little Gangster (De Boskampi's)
• 2019: Amsterdam Vice (Baantjer: Het Begin)
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- 1.NU.nl. Baantjer Het Begin bekroond met Gouden Film vanwege 100.000e bezoeker. 4 May 2019.
- 2.Dik Trom bereikt platina status. AD. 24 January 2011.
- 3.NU.nl. Arne Toonen verfilmt boek De Boskampi's. 27 September 2012.
- 4.Gouden Film voor Dik Trom. Het Parool. 14 December 2010.
- 5.Netherlands Film Festival. Beste Production Design.
- 6.Regisseur Dik Trom maakt misdaadthriller. Het Parool. 11 April 2011.
- 7.NU.nl. Duitse jeugdprijs voor film De Boskampi's. 14 October 2015.
- 8.NU.nl. De Boskampi's wint publieksprijs in Seoul. 15 August 2015.
- 9.NU.nl. De Boskampi's ontvangt Finse jeugdfilmprijs. 24 November 2015.
- 10.Ruben van der Meer en Loes Luca in Baantjer-bioscoopfilm. NU.nl. 16 October 2018.
- 11.Ook Jelka van Houten en Ryanne van Dorst in nieuwe Baantjer-film. NU.nl. 27 September 2018.
- 12.Marc Warren staat voor een laatste raadsel in slotaflevering Detective Van der Valk. Televizier. 20 May 2023.
- 13.Monic Hendrickx krijgt door rol in 'Safe Harbor' heimwee naar 'Penoza': 'Maar ook fijn om uit ander vaatje te tappen'. Linda.nl. 17 January 2025.
- 14.NU.nl. Birgit Schuurman en Arne Toonen na tien jaar uit elkaar. 21 February 2019.
- 15.RTL Boulevard. Baantjer-regisseur Arne Toonen in dubio over volgende tattoo. 11 April 2019.
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