Biography
Van Gasteren studied electronics and became a sound engineer. On the advice of the director Alberto Cavalcanti he became trainee as a sound-effects man at Épernay Studios in Paris and worked for the Dutch Polygoon newsreel company in Haarlem, Netherlands in 1949. He made his debut with Brown Gold, a film about cocoa and chocolate in 1952. In 1951 he started his film production company Spectrum Film. In 1983 van Gasteren won the Dutch Film Critics Award for best documentary as well as the Golden Calf for best picture for Hans: het leven voor de dood (Hans Life Before Death). He received the Golden Calf a second time in 2003 for his documentary The Price of Survival.
Van Gasteren lives in Amsterdam and is married to Joke Meerman.
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