Nouchka van Brakel

Born: 1940-04-18 in Amsterdam, Holland

Nouchka van Brakel is a Dutch film director known for her 1982 movie Van de koele meren des doods. That movie, and A Woman Like Eve, established her as an important Dutch feminist film director. Van Brakel said that her ambition is to make movies about women who want to change their lives and their societies.