About J.W. Merkelbach
Lived 1873 – 1922 (aged 49). J.W. Merkelbach was a Dutch film director, photographer, merchant and film producer.
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.
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Who was J.W. Merkelbach?
Dutch film director and photographer (1873–1922)
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J.W. Merkelbach was born on 31 October 1873.
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J.W. Merkelbach died on 8 December 1922.
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J.W. Merkelbach was a film director, photographer, merchant and film producer.
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J.W. Merkelbach was Dutch.
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