David Claessen

David Claessen
Claessen in 2019
Born	Haarlem, Netherlands
Occupation(s)	Film director, producer, cinematographer
Years active	1985–present
Notable work	The Rosa Parks Story Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Spouses	Whoopi Goldberg ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1988)​ Karen Green ​ ​ (m. 1992; div. 2002)​ Taiye Selasi ​ ​ (m. 2013; div. 2015)​
Website	www.davidclaessen.com

David Claessen is a Dutch cinematographer and director.

Education

Claessen attended the Netherlands Film Academy (Dutch: Nederlandse Filmacademie) in Amsterdam.

Films

In 1983, he shot Haute Mer, directed by French filmmaker Edgardo Cozarinsky.[1]

In 1997 Claessen met director Julie Dash. They have collaborated on four films together: including the award-winning The Rosa Parks Story, Love Song (2000), Brothers of the Borderland (2004), and Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl (2016).[2]

Personal life

In 1986, Claessen moved to the United States where he met Whoopi Goldberg during production of a documentary entitled Who Are They? They married in September 1986 and divorced two years later.[3] Claessen married American writer and photographer Taiye Selasi in 2013; the couple divorced in 2015.[4]

References

1. "Sight & Sound". Vol. 53, no. 1. Winter 1983–1984.
2. "International Cinematographers Guild". Vol. 73, no. 2. February 2002. pp. 37–39.
3. Dibdin, Emma (9 July 2019). "O The Oprah Magazine". Oprah Magazine.
4. Chidiebube. "Meet David Claessen, One of Whoopi Goldberg's Ex-husbands". Buzz Nigeria. Retrieved 21 October 2024.