Editing Paul Verhoeven (section)

===Short films and TV series (1960–1969)===
Verhoeven made his first film ''Één hagedis teveel'' ("''One Lizard Too Many''") for the anniversary of his [[Student Corps|students' corps]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/TopFilms/Verhoeven/RegiseurVerhoeven.asp |title=Paul Verhoeven: Biography |work=gonemovies.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129125642/http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/TopFilms/Verhoeven/RegiseurVerhoeven.asp |archive-date=29 January 2007 |access-date=3 February 2017 |url-status=usurped |language=nl}}</ref> In his last years at university Verhoeven also attended classes at the [[Netherlands Film and Television Academy|Netherlands Film Academy]]. After this he made three more short films: ''Nothing Special'' (1961), ''The Hitchhikers'' (1962) and ''Let's Have a Party'' (1963).

Verhoeven has not professionally used his mathematics and physics degree, opting instead to invest his energies in a career in film. After his studies, he entered the [[Royal Dutch Navy]] as a conscript. He made the documentary ''Het Korps Mariniers'' ("''The Marine Corps''", 1965), which won the French 'Golden Sun' award for military films.<ref name="oorlog"/>

[[File:Floris1968Verhoeven3.png|thumb|Verhoeven on the set of ''Floris'' (1968)]] 
When he left the Navy, Verhoeven took his skills to Dutch television. First, he made a documentary about [[Anton Mussert]] titled ''Mussert'' (1968). His first major success was the 1969 television series ''[[Floris (TV series)|Floris]]'', starring [[Rutger Hauer]] in the title role. The concept of ''Floris'' was inspired by foreign series such as ''[[Ivanhoe (1958 TV series)|Ivanhoe]]'' and ''[[Thierry La Fronde]]''.