Ed van der Elsken

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-03-09 (73 years old)

Deathday

1998-12-28

Place of Birth

-

Ed van der Elsken

Biography

Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990) - the enfant terrible of Dutch photography - was a talented photographer and filmmaker who expressed his meetings with people in photos, photo books and films for more than 40 years. Strolling through cities such as Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Amsterdam or travelling through Africa and Japan, he preferably took photographs of striking individuals with character. His first photo book Love on the left bank was published in 1956 and instantly made him world-famous. Some twenty photo books followed. He also made several television films, mostly about subjects regarding his own life. Ed van der Elsken was born in Am...

Acting

Production

1965

De Appel-iep

as Director

1990

Bye

as Director

1962

Dylaby

as Director

1965

De Appel-iep

as Editor

1960

Hands

as Director

1961

1961

Karel Appel, Composer

as Cinematography

1965

Bicycle

as Director

1965

Bicycle

as Writer

1960

Hands

as Writer

1971

Camera in Love

as Director

1961

Lieverdjes

as Director

1967

Hee poppelepee

as Director

2005

Found footage

as Director

1963

Like Two Drops of Water

as Still Photographer

1972

Paardeleven

as Director

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