Dick Laan
Biography
Dick Laan was a filmmaker and author of children's books. His father was a manufacturer in Zaandam.
In the 1910s, Dick Laan began making his first films: short adventure films starring the members of the Boy Scouts club ‘De Zwarte Pijl’ in Bloemendaal. Laan was also a member of this club. In his first films, Laan very much proves himself an inventive filmmaker. In the 1920s, he expanded his range of film activities, and also made a few short documentaries.
His great love for football was reflected in a few short films, and in the film Voetbal, which he made at the end of the 1920s. This film was screened at the Filmliga. In 1929, he followed this with a film made to commemorate the anniversary of the Koninklijke Haarlemse football club (HFC), one of the oldest clubs in the Netherlands. In the 1930s, Dick Laan increasingly concentrated on writing. At first he wrote books especially for boys, and the story lines of these books were connected to his films.
In 1939, he switched to children's books, and in that same year published his first book on the gnome called ‘Pinkeltje’. His 'Pinkeltje' books -- he wrote a total of 25 -- soon became a huge success.
During the Second World War, Laan made several amateur films that give a good picture of the Netherlands during the occupation.
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filmography
- 1918—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1918—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1918—ActorButler
- 1918—ActorButler
- 1918—ActorButler
- 1918—Actor, Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1919—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer
- 1919—Actor, Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writerNick Carter
- 1919—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1919—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1919—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1920—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1920—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1920—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1920—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1920—Actor, Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1920—Actor, Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1920—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1920—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1920—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1920—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1921—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1921—Actor, Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1921—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1922—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1922—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1922—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1922—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1922—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1922—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1922—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer
- 1922—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer
- 1922—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1923—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1923—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1923—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1923—Camera, Director, Producer
- 1924—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1924—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1925—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1925—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer
- 1925—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1926—Camera, Director, Producer, Script writer
- 1926—Camera, Director, Editing, Script writer
- 1929—Camera, Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1929—Director, Editing, Producer, Script writer
- 1932—Director, Producer
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