Theo van Gogh (film director)
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| Born | Theodoor van Gogh 23 July 1957 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 2 November 2004 (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) |
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Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈteːjoː vɑŋ ˈɣɔx]; 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.