The Paul Verhoeven Fan Page
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Heading into certified stalker territory, I've put together this list of people who work often with Paul Verhoeven. Who knows when you might bump into one of them in the grocery store or at Disneyland? Now you won't miss your chance to have a conversation with a bonafide Friend of Verhoeven.
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Rob Bottin has contributed special effects for RoboCop, Basic Instinct, and Total Recall, most notably the design of the Quatto puppet in Total Recall.
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Alan Marshall has produced four of Verhoeven's films: Basic Instinct, Showgirls, Starship Troopers, and Hollow Man.
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Rob Houwer produced five of Paul's Dutch films. The two had an acrimonious relationship while they were working together but, as with Rutger Hauer, now seem to be on a friendly basis.
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| Gerard Soeteman (no photo) wrote all of Paul's major Dutch projects starting with Floris and ending with Flesh & Blood. They are currently working on a new script together. |
Jost Vacano, a good friend of Paul's and fellow Dutchman, has worked as the cinematographer on seven of his films, including most of the American ones. The first movie they did together was Soldier of Orange in 1977.
Jerry Goldsmith wrote the scores for Total Recall, Basic Instinct, and Hollow Man. He has said that he considers Basic Instinct one of the best movie scores he's written.
Basil Poledouris has scored three of Paul's films: Flesh & Blood, Robocop, and Starship Troopers.
Ed Neumeier wrote both Robocop and Starship Troopers. It's too bad he didn't get his hands on the Hollow Man script, because I'm sure the film would have been better for it. Ed had a cameo as the condemned man in Starship Troopers.
Jon Davison was an executive producer on RoboCop and a producer on Starship Troopers. He provided the voice of the ED-209 in RoboCop.
Phil Tippett provided special effects for RoboCop and Starship Troopers. He also served as a producer on those films.
Jan de Bont was the cinematographer for all of Paul's Dutch films except Spetters and Soldier of Orange. His last film as a cinematographer was Basic Instinct. Since then he has directed the Speed movies, Twister, and The Haunting update.
Joe Eszterhas wrote the scripts for Basic Instinct and Showgirls. Nuff said.
Rutger Hauer appeared in five of Paul's Dutch films as well as the Verhoeven-directed TV miniseries Floris. The last time the two worked together was in 1985 on Flesh & Blood. Apparently they had a bit of a falling out during that movie, but have since patched things up.