Dick Laan

Dick Laan (18 December 1894, Wormerveer – 6 October 1973, Heemstede) was a Dutch children's writer and film pioneer.

Dick Laan started working in his father's factories in Wormerveer, and was included in the company's board of directors in 1916.

[1] When production at this factory temporarily dwindled during the First World War, he started spending more and more time on his main hobby, filming.

[2] The famous movie director Joris Ivens once stated that he had learned a lot from Dick Laan.

Translations of Pinkeltje have been made in English, Chinese, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish and Icelandic.