M.H. Laddé, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

M.H. Laddé

Dutch film director and photographer

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1866

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1932

Profession: photographer, film director

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

M.H.
(Machiel Hendricus) Laddé (5 November 1866 – 18 February 1932) was a Dutch photographer and film director.
He was the director of the first Dutch fictional film, the 1896 comedy Gestoorde hengelaar (English: Disturbed Angler).Between 1896 and c.1906 Laddé made several short silent movies for the studio Eerst Nederlandsch Atelier tot het vervaardigen van Films voor de Bioscoop en Cinematograaf M.H.
Laddé & J.W.
Merkelbach.
These were shown by the traveling cinema of Christiaan Slieker (1861-1945).None of Laddé's films have been preserved. Laddé also was a well-known photographer with his own studio in Buiksloot (now part of Amsterdam) and was the son-in-law of the photographer J.W.
Merkelbach (Johannes Wilhelm, known as Wim) (1873-1922) who was his business partner.