Burny Bos facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Burny Bos
Bos in 1991
Born	Bernard Gerrit Bos (1944-04-08)8 April 1944 Haarlem, German-occupied Netherlands
Died	1 December 2023(2023-12-01) (aged 79) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation	Actor, film producer scenario and children's book writer

Burny Bos (born April 8, 1944 – died December 1, 2023) was a talented Dutch person. He was a film producer, a writer for movies and TV, and a children's book author. He also acted in kids' shows on radio and television.

Burny Bos's Amazing Career

Burny Bos began his career at AVRO radio. He quickly became known for his great work. He received special awards for his radio shows like Ko de boswachtershow and Radio Lawaaipapegaai. Later, his TV series Lawaaipapegaai also earned him an award. In 1983, he was honored for all his radio work.

From 1984 to 1989, Burny Bos led the youth department at VPRO. During this time, many popular shows were created. These included Theo en Thea, Mevrouw Ten Kate, and Rembo en Rembo. In 1989, he started his own company called BosBros. He also continued to work with AVRO.

For AVRO, he produced many well-loved programs. Some of these were Het Zakmes, Dag Juf, tot morgen, and Otje. His work was so important that he was named "broadcaster of the year" in 1998.

In later years, Burny Bos focused on making films. His company, BosBros, turned many books by Annie M.G. Schmidt into family movies. He won the Gouden Kalf film prize for best film. This was for The Flying Liftboy in 1999 and Undercover Kitty in 2002. Books like Otje and Ibbeltje also became TV series.

Burny Bos was a special guest at the Dutch Film Festival in 2007. He asked director Diederik van Rooijen to make a short film for the event. It was called Een trui voor kip Saar.

He also cared a lot about the future of children's films in the Netherlands. He worried that it was becoming harder to make high-quality movies for kids. He felt that children's shows and films were becoming too simple.

Burny Bos passed away on December 1, 2023, at the age of 79.

Radio Shows by Burny Bos

• Ko de Boswachtershow (1974-1984)
• Radio Lawaaipapegaai (1976-1978)

Television Shows by Burny Bos

• "De Lawaaipapegaai presenteert: "Papelagaaiwaai" (1978-1982)
• Villa Achterwerk - as Lange Jaap (1984/1985)
• Opzoek naar Yolanda - as Lange Jaap (1984)
• Buurman Bolle - as the Narrator (1989)
• Ko de Boswachtershow - as Ko de Boswachter (1990)
• Studio Trappelzak
• Hoe laat begint het schilderij
• Dag huis, dag tuin, dag opbergschuur
• Lawaai Papegaai (TV version of the radio show)

Films and TV Series Produced by Burny Bos

• Kinderen van Waterland (TV series) (1990)
• Het Zakmes (film and TV series) (1992)
• Vinaya (1992)
• Dag juf, tot morgen (TV series) (1995)
• Captain Cockpit (1994)
• De jongen die niet meer praatte (film and TV series) (1995)
• Always yours, for never (1996)
• Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse (TV series) (1996)
• Otje (TV series) (1998)
• The Flying Liftboy (film and TV series) (1998)
• Knofje (TV series) (2001)
• Undercover Kitty (film and TV series) (2001)
• Ja zuster, nee zuster (film and TV series) (2002)
• Pluk van de Petteflet (film and TV series) (2004)
• Ibbeltje (TV series) (2004)
• Het paard van Sinterklaas (2005)
• Waltz (2006)
• Een trui voor kip Saar (2007)
• Waar is het paard van Sinterklaas? (2007)
• Wiplala (2014)