Klaas Rusticus (born October 25, 1942, in Sneek) is a Dutch author and television and film director.
[1][2] Born in the Frisian-Dutch town of Sneek he studied at the educational academy in his hometown, worked as a primary school teacher (1962–1968) and attended lectures on cultural pedagogy at Amsterdam University (1965–66).
In 1966 he wrote and directed "Sephantijn", a multi-theatrical performance with 150 school children and a number of professional musicians and filmers[clarification needed].
After some years of incidental productions for WDR (Germany), VARA and VPRO (both Dutch) he worked as a freelance script writer and program maker for the NOS (Dutch) Television Arts Department between 1980 and 1990, occasionally being invited as a guest director for foreign broadcasting organizations and as a guest lecturer during master classes.
[5] Klaas Rusticus and his wife Helena Cornelia de Schipper (1944–2009), from whom he separated in 1984, have two daughters, Nynke (*1970) and Rozemarijn (*1975).