J.W. Merkelbach
Johannes Wilhelm Merkelbach was a Dutch photographer and cinematographer who was co-founder 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.