Burny Bos | |
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 Bos in 1991 | |
| Born | Bernard Gerrit Bos 8 April 1944 |
| Died | 1 December 2023 (aged 79) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film producer scenario and children's book writer |
| Website | http://www.bosbros.com/ |
Bernard Gerrit "Burny" Bos (8 April 1944 – 1 December 2023) was a Dutch film producer, scenarist and children's book writer. He also worked as an actor in children's programmes on radio and television.
Bos started working with the AVRO-radio. In 1975 he received an honourable mention from the "Zilveren Reissmicrofoon" jury for the Ko de boswachtershow (radio) and in 1977 for Radio Lawaaipapegaai. In 1981 the Zilveren Nipkowschijf jury gave him another honorable mention for the TV-series Lawaaipapegaai. In 1983 he received the Zilveren Reissmicrofoon for his entire radio oeuvre.
From 1984 to 1989, Bos was the head of the youth department in the VPRO. Under his supervision programs like Theo en Thea, Mevrouw Ten Kate, Max Laadvermogen, Rembo en Rembo, Achterwerk in de kast and Buurman Bolle developed. In 1989 he began his own company BosBros and he signed another year contract with the AVRO.
For the AVRO he produced programmes like Het Zakmes, Kinderen van waterland, Dag Juf, tot morgen, de Ko de boswachtershow, Hoe laat begint het schilderij, Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse and Otje. He was proclaimed as the "broadcaster of the year" in 1998.[1]
In recent years, he was focused on producing films. Working with his society Bos Bros, he produced several books by Annie M.G. Schmidt to family films. He received the Gouden Kalf film prize for the best feature film in 1999 with The Flying Liftboy (Abeltje) and in 2002 with Undercover Kitty (Minoes). Schmidt's books Otje and Ibbeltje were adapted into a television series.
Burny Bos was the guest of honour at the Dutch Film Festival in late September 2007. For that occasion he asked director Diederik van Rooijen to direct the short film Een trui voor kip Saar .
Bos also showed that he was worried about the future of the youth film in the Netherlands. Quality films are becoming increasingly difficult to make. According to him, the children's genre on television and in the cinema suffers from "ploppification".
Bos died of mesothelioma on 1 December 2023, at the age of 79.[2]
