Rudolf Spoor

Dutch television director

Rudolf Michiel Spoor (16 August 1938 – 23 May 2024) was a Dutch television director.

Rudolf Spoor
Spoor in 1969
Born
Rudolf Michiel Spoor

(1938-08-16)16 August 1938
Heemstede, Netherlands
Died23 May 2024(2024-05-23) (aged 85)
NationalityDutch
Occupationtelevision director

Spoor worked as a television director for the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) for over fourty years and made many TV programs about historical events. The most famous moments were the moon landing of Apollo 11 in 1969 and the 2022 wedding ceremony of Prince Willem-Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam including the famous shot of Máxima's 'tear'.[1][2]

Spoor died on 23 May 2024, at the age of 85.[1][2] Many people responded to his death, including the Dutch King, the Dutch Queen and the Dutch former Queen.[3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Tv-regisseur Rudolf Spoor (85) overleden, bekend van het filmen van de traan van Máxima". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Rudolf Spoor (85), regisseur maanlanding en 'traan van Máxima', overleden". NOS (in Dutch). 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  3. "Reactie van Koning Willem-Alexander, Koningin Máxima en Prinses Beatrix op het overlijden van Rudolf Spoor". Dutch royal house (in Dutch). 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.