George Sluizer

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Sluzier in July 2012.

George Sluizer (25 June 1932 – 20 September 2014) was a Dutch movie director. His best known movies were Utz (1992), The Vanishing (1993) and Dark Blood (2012). He also made documentary movies.

Sluizer was born in Paris, France. His parents were Dutch and Norwegian. He claimed to see Israeli politician Ariel Sharon kill two Palestinian children in Lebanon sometime in 1982, which was not reported on until 2010.[1]

Sluizer died from cardiovascular disease on 20 September 2014 in Amsterdam, North Holland, aged 82.[2] He had been in ill-health since 2007.[3]

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  1. Liphshiz, Cnaan (19 November 2010). "'I saw Ariel Sharon murder 2 Palestinian toddlers in Lebanon'". Haaretz. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. "Filmmaker George Sluizer overleden". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 21 September 2014. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  3. "George Sluizer dies at 82; directed River Phoenix's last movie". Los Angeles Times. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

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