Theo van Gogh (film director)

Theo van Gogh
Van Gogh in 2004
Born	Theodoor van Gogh (1957-07-23)23 July 1957 The Hague, Netherlands
Died	2 November 2004(2004-11-02) (aged 47) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cause of death	Murder (gunshots and stab wounds)
Monuments	The Scream
Years active	1980–2004
Notable work	Blind Date, Interview, Submission, 06/05
Children	Lieuwe van Gogh
Relatives	Theo van Gogh (great-grandfather) Vincent van Gogh (great-granduncle) Henk Vonhoff (uncle) Johan Witteveen (first cousin once removed) Willem Witteveen (second cousin)

Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈteːjoː vɑŋ ˈɣɔx];^[a] 23 July 1957 – 2 November 2004) was a Dutch film director. He directed Submission: Part 1, a short film written by Somali writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which criticised the treatment of women in Islam in strong terms. On 2 November 2004, he was murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan Islamist who objected to the film's message. The last film Van Gogh had completed before his murder, 06/05, was a fictional exploration of the assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. It was released posthumously in December 2004, a month after Van Gogh's death, and two years after Fortuyn's death.
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