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Peter Delpeut

Dutch filmmaker (born 1956)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ6691449 ↗
Source-derived summary

Peter Delpeut (born 12 July 1956, Vianen) is a Dutch filmmaker and writer. Several of his films have heavily used found footage. He has won several literary awards for his writing.

Partial filmography

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Lyrical Nitrate (1990)

The Forbidden Quest (1992)

Cinéma Perdu (1995)

Felice...Felice... (1998)

Diva Dolorosa (1999)

In Loving Memory (2001)

Go West, Young Man!

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The public source identifies “Peter Delpeut” as dutch filmmaker (born 1956). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Peter, Delpeut and Dutch.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1956, 1990, 1992, 1995—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1956-01-01, 1956-07-12—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Peter, Delpeut and Dutch providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6691449. VIAF identifies the subject as 39581140. The Library of Congress control number is n98018378. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1956, 1990, 1992 and 1995.

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This entry incorporates text from “Peter Delpeut” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.