pieter verhoeff (4 february 1938 – 17 april 2019) was a dutch movie director. he is known for directing the movies "the mark of the beast" (1980), "the dream" (1985), "count your blessings" (1987), "the sunday child" (1992), "the longest journey" (1997), "mates" (1999), "the moving true story of a woman ahead of her time" (2001) and "the letter for the king" (2008). he also helped direct the japanese miniseries "tokyo trial" (2016). he was born in lemmer, friesland.