Bos started working with the
AVRO-radio. In 1975 he received an honorable mention from the
"Zilveren Reissmicrofoon" jury for the
Ko de boswachtershow (radio) and in 1977 for
Radio Lawaaipapegaai. In 1981 the
Zilveren Nipkowschijf jury gave him another honorable mention for the TV series
Lawaaipapegaai. In 1983 he received the
Zilveren Reissmicrofoon for his entire radio oeuvre. From 1984 to 1989, Bos was the head of the youth department in the VPRO. Under his supervision programs like
Theo en Thea,
Mevrouw Ten Kate,
Max Laadvermogen,
Rembo en Rembo,
Achterwerk in de kast and
Buurman Bolle developed. In 1989 he began his own production company Bos Bros. with his brother Frank and he signed another year contract with the
AVRO. For the AVRO he produced programs and films like
The Pocket-knife,
Kinderen van waterland,
Dag Juf, tot morgen, de
Ko de boswachtershow,
Hoe laat begint het schilderij,
Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse and
Otje. He was proclaimed as the "broadcaster of the year" in 1998. In recent years, he was focused on producing films. Working with his production company in partnership with
Warner Bros. Entertainment, he produced several film adaptations of books written by
Annie M.G. Schmidt. He received the
Gouden Calf film prize for the best feature film in 1999 with
The Flying Liftboy (
Abeltje) and in 2002 with
Miss Minoes (
Minoes). Schmidt's books
Otje and
Ibbeltje were adapted into a television series. Burny Bos was the guest of honor at the
Netherlands Film Festival in late September 2007. For that occasion, he asked director
Diederik van Rooijen to direct the short film
Een trui voor kip Saar . Bos also showed that he was worried about the future of the youth film in the Netherlands. Quality films are becoming increasingly difficult to make. According to him, the children's genre on television and in the cinema suffers from "
ploppification". Bos died of
mesothelioma on 1 December 2023, at the age of 79. == Filmography ==