J.W. Merkelbach, Date of Birth, Date of Death

J.W. Merkelbach

Dutch film director and photographer

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1873

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1922

Profession: photographer, merchant, film director, film producer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Johannes Wilhelm Merkelbach (known as Wim; born Amsterdam, 31 October 1871, died 8 December 1922) 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 and later he co-directed the 1900 film Solser en Hesse.