Theo Kingma Dies: Former HFPA President Was 58
deadline.comTheo Kingma, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association from 2013 to 2015, died unexpectedly Friday, March 21, at his home in Los Angeles.
He was 58. His death was confirmed by a spokeswoman for Golden Globe Foundation. Born in Amsterdam on February 25, 1967, Kingma began his professional film career as a projectionist at cinemas in Amsterdam, later working as a production assistant on several Dutch films and on Robert Altman’s Vincent & Theo, which was filmed in part in the Netherlands and released in 1990.
The experience of working on the Altman film inspired Kingma to move to Hollywood in 1989. In Hollywood, Kingma was a correspondent for the Dutch magazine Hitkrant, and he joined the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1992.
He remained active in HFPA for many years, serving on the organization’s Board of Directors multiple times in addition to the two years as president.
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