(RE)BORN IN THE USA
Born in 1938, Paul Verhoeven developed his interest in filmmaking during his time in the Dutch Navy, for whom he made documentaries. He made a series of feature films, many of them starring Rutger Hauer, before leaving his native Netherlands to helm his first English-language film, medieval epic Flesh and Blood (1985), again with Hauer. But Verhoeven’s big Hollywood break came with his ‘American Jesus’ tale, 1987’s RoboCop.