title: Felix de Rooy
text: # Felix de Rooy
  
  Felix de Rooy (born 3 November 1952) is an Afro-Curaçaoan poet, writer, dramatist, filmmaker, director, artist and curator. In 1979, de Rooy was award the Cola Debrot Prize, the highest cultural award in the former Netherlands Antilles. In 1990, he won the Golden Calf for Ava & Gabriel.
  
  ## Education
  
  After studying at the Vrije Akademie in The Hague, de Rooy received a Master of Arts in filming and directing at New York University in 1982.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  * Desiree (1984)
  * Almacita, Soul of Desolato (1986)
  * Ava and Gabriel: A Love Story (1990)
  * Marival (1997)
  * Muhe Frida (2011)
  