Wouter Barendrecht

{{Short description|Dutch film producer (1965–2009)}}{{Infobox person

| name = Wouter Barendrecht

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1965|11|05}}

| birth_place = The Netherlands

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|04|05|1965|11|05}}

| death_place = Bangkok, Thailand

| occupation = Film producer

| years_active = 1992–2009

| known_for = Founder of Fortissimo Films

}}

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Wouter Barendrecht (November 5, 1965, The Netherlands – April 5, 2009, Bangkok, Thailand{{Cite web |last=Coonan |first=Clifford |last2=Rooney |first2=David |date=2009-04-06 |title=Wouter Barendrecht dies at 43 |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/wouter-barendrecht-dies-at-43-1118002150/ |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}) was a film producer. With Michael J. Werner, Barendrecht was the co-chairman of Fortissimo Films, a company he founded in 1991 in Amsterdam.[http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/4552/ Wouter Barandrecht, Michael J. Werner – co-chairmen, Fortissimo Films] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019010432/http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/4552/ |date=October 19, 2007 }}, Variety, retrieved November 24, 2007

Barendrecht worked as a programmer at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and as a press officer for the Berlin International Film Festival. A member of the European Film Academy, he frequently served on the juries of international film festivals.

From 1997 until his death, he was based in Hong Kong and was one of the two people who re-vitalised the Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in 2000. He died in April 5, 2009 of cardiac arrest in Bangkok, where he was there for meetings.