Paul Verhoeven

Paul Joseph Verhoeven (23 June 1901 – 22 March 1975) was a German actor as well as a film and theatre director. Early life Verhoeven was born in the town of Unna. He had 13 siblings. The family lived in modest circumstances. Career He directed and acted in over 50 films. He wrote over 20 film scripts, the first of which was Das kleine Hofkonzert in 1935, an operetta with music by Edmund Nick based on a comedy by Verhoeven and Toni Impekoven. From 1945 to 1948 he was artistic director at the Residenz Theatre/Staatsschauspiel in Munich.