Cilia van Dijk | |
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Born | Cilia van Lieshout 22 November 1941 |
Died | 26 April 2023 | (aged 81)
Nationality | Dutch |
Occupation | Film producer |
Awards | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film |
Cilia van Dijk Lieshout (22 November 1941 – 26 April 2023) was a Dutch film producer. Her film work includes DaDa,[1] Frieze Frame, I Move, so I Am, The Last Words of Dutch Schultz and Anna & Bella.[2] Anna & Bella earned her an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film as producer.[3][4]
In 1963, Van Dijk-Lieshout married Gerrit van Dijk, a Dutch animator.[citation needed]
In 1978 she created Animated People, a distributor of Dutch animation films.[5]
Van Dijk died on 26 April 2023, at the age of 81.[6]