Gijs Versluys

Gijs Versluys
Born	1936 (1936)
Died	December 2024 (aged 88) Scheveningen, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	movie director

Gijs Versluys or Gysbert Versluys (1936 – December 2024) was a Dutch movie director. He won a Golden Calf award in the category "Best Feature Movie" with the 1985 movie Flesh and Blood [en].

The first movie he directed was Ik kom wat later naar Madra [nl] in 1965.^[1] He also directed among others Geen paniek (1973), De Boezemvriend [en] (1982), Blonde Dolly [en] (1987), Havinck (1987) and Leedvermaak (1989).^[2]

In November 1989 it was announced that Versluys started a cooperation with international television production company owmer Joop van den Ende. Versluys started to lead the newly established "JE Entertainment".^[3][4]

In September 2017 a documentary movie about him named Gijs premiered in EYE Film Institute Netherlands.^[5]

Versluys was the husband of Janine Versluys.^[6] He died in Scheveningen in December 2024, at the age of 88 years old.^[2][1]

References

1. "Gijs Versluys". Netherlands Film Festival (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2024.
2. "Filmproducent Gijs Versluys (88) overleden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 24 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
3. "Joop van den Ende gaat met Gijs Versluys samenwerken". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 28 November 1989. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via Delpher.
4. "Versluys gaat naar Aalsmeer". Het Parool (in Dutch). 28 November 1989. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via Delpher.
5. "Gijs Versluys geëerd met film en feest". Holland Film Nieuws (in Dutch). 5 September 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
6. "Weekbladen". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 22 June 1989. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via Delpher.