Albert Balink, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Albert Balink

Dutch-Indonesian journalist, filmmaker

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1906

Place of Birth: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Date of Death: 01-Feb-1976

Profession: journalist, film producer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Albert Balink (3 August 1906 – February 1976) was a Dutch-Indonesian journalist and filmmaker who made important contributions to the Indonesian cinema in the 1930s.
Born in the Netherlands, he made his start in the Dutch East Indies as a journalist writing extensively on film.
Having learned filmmaking from books, in the mid-1930s he released a documentary and two feature films.
In 1938 he immigrated to the United States and married, founding and becoming the editor of The Knickerbocker.
His two feature films, Pareh (1936) and Terang Boelan (1937), have been considered the most important films from the Dutch East Indies of the 1930s. Wife: Lydia Spyker Balink (1918-1997) Children: Linda Joan Balink-White (1940- ) Captain, U.S.
Navy (ret.) Pensacola, FL Robert Carrington Balink (1942- ) Colorado Springs, CO Patricia Anne (Balink) Taylor (1954- ) Simi Valley, CA