Henk van der Linden (3 May 1925 – 18 December 2021) was a Dutch film director.

[1] Van der Linden wrote his stories himself and often based them on heroes from literary youth literature: Dik Trom, Sjors & Sjimmie, Pietje Bell and Billy Bunter.

Most of Henk van der Linden's films were shot in the Limburg hills and near his former hometown of Thull [nl] in the municipality of Schinnen.

[2] Since the 2010s Van der Linden lived in the German town of Tüddern [de], directly across the border near Sittard.

[5] No other Dutch filmmaker has produced as many feature films as Van der Linden.