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Willy Mullens

Dutch film director

Died when: 71 years 200 days (858 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Willy Mullens

Willy Mullens (4 October 1880, Weesp, North Holland - 21 April 1952, The Hague) was a Dutch producer, director, and promoter of movies.He is considered to be one of the early pioneers of Dutch cinema, and one of his movies was recently elected as one of only sixteen "Canonical Dutch movies." With his brother Bernardus Albertus (Albert) (20 June 1879, Harlingen - 1941) he started around the turn of the 20th century one of the earliest Dutch film production companies, Alberts Frères.

By the second decade of that century he was making documentary films that premiered for royalty.His second company, Haghefilm, dominated the Dutch film market between the two World Wars.


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