J.W. Merkelbach

Johannes Wilhelm Merkelbach (known as Wim; born Amsterdam, 31 October 1871, died 8 December 1922)[1] was a Dutch photographer and cinematographer who was co-founder (together with M.H. Laddé, who was his son-in-law) of the Eerst Nederlandsch Atelier tot het vervaardigen van Films voor de Bioscoop en Cinematograaf M.H. Laddé & J.W. Merkelbach, the first Dutch film studio. In 1896 he co-directed the first Dutch fictional film Gestoorde hengelaar[2] and later he co-directed the 1900 film Solser en Hesse.[3]

J.W. Merkelbach, photograph by M.H. Laddé

See also
  • Dutch films before 1910

References
  1. (in Dutch) Verhalen van vroeger Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine, Mies Waltman
  2. The First Dutch Film: Gestoorde hengelaar Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, EYE Film Institute Netherlands
  3. Johannes Wilhelm Merkelbach, EYE Film Institute Netherlands Archived 2011-10-17 at the Wayback Machine



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