Albert 'Bert' Haanstra was a Dutch film director of films and documentaries. His documentary Glass (1958) won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1959. His feature film Fanfare (1958) was the most visited Dutch film at the time, and has since only been surpassed by Turkish Delight (1973).

Filmography

• 1988Amsterdamned — Conductor
• 1988Children of Ghana — Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Producer
• 1987Monument for a Gorilla — Voice-over, Director, Producer, Cinematography, Editor
• 1984The Family of Chimps — (voice), Editor, Producer, Director, Cinematography
• 1983The Hairdresser — Director
• 1983The Netherlands — Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Producer
• 1983The World of Simon Carmiggelt — Director, Scenario Writer, Producer
• 1979Juliana in zeventig bewogen jaren — Writer
• 1979Mr. Slotter's Jubilee — Director, Producer
• 1978National Parks.... Necessity — Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
• 1975Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies — Director, Producer
• 1972Ape and Super-Ape — Director, Producer, Scenario Writer
• 1971Trafic — Co-Director, Executive Producer
• 1969Evoluon — Director
• 1968Retour Madrid — Director, Producer
• 1966The Voice of the Water — Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
• 1963Everyman — Co-Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
• 1962Delta Phase 1 — Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Producer
• 1961Zoo — Director, Scenario Writer, Editor
• 1960The Manneken Pis Case — Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Producer
• 1958Fanfare — Director, Writer
• 1958Glass — Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
• 1958Speaking of Glass — Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Producer
• 1957Rembrandt, Painter of Man — Director
• 1955And There Was No More Sea — Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
• 1955Battle Without End — Director, Scenario Writer, Editor
• 1955Belgian Grand Prix — Camera Operator
• 1955God Shiva — Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Producer
• 1954Arise and Perish — Director, Scenario Writer
• 1954The Detection of Mineral Oil — Writer, Editor, Director
• 1954The Oil Field — Writer, Director
• 1954The Reconnaissance Drill — Director, Scenario Writer
• 1952Panta Rhei — Director, Scenario Writer, Cinematography, Editor
• 1952The Dike Builders — Editor, Director, Scenario Writer
• 1951Medieval Dutch Sculpture — Director
• 1950Boer Pieterse schoot in de roos — Cinematography
• 1950Mirror of Holland — Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
• 1950Myrte & The Demons — Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
• 1949The Muider Group Revived — Director, Scenario Writer, Editor, Cinematography

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1984De droomproducenten — Self
• 1965...Geist und ein wenig Glück — Himself