# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emiel-van-moerkerken
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:46:35.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emiel-van-moerkerken"
name: "Emiel van Moerkerken"
slug: "emiel-van-moerkerken"
description: "Emiel van Moerkerken, also known as Emile van Moerkerken, was a Dutch (surrealist) photographer, filmmaker, and writer. Van Moerkerken is regarded as one of the most prominent surrealist artists in the Netherlands during the 1930s and 1940s of the 20th century. He was the son of the writer Prof Dr P.H. van Moerkerken, the grandson of the staunchly anti-Catholic theologian Tjeerd Cannegieter. During World War II, Van Moerkerken collaborated with, among others, C. Buddingh', Louis Th. Lehmann, Theo van Baaren, and Gertrude Pape on the surrealist magazine \"De Schone Zakdoek.\" In 1983, Van Moerkerken received a Golden Calf for his film Next Year in Holysloot."
tagline: "Dutch surrealist photographer and film director (1916–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zelfportret_Emiel_van_Moerkerken.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-08-15"
deathDate: "1995-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.77
  momentum:             0.9929078014184398
  historical:           6.338913333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0595507/"
    handle:    "nm0595507"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiel_van_Moerkerken"
    title: "Emiel van Moerkerken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiel_van_Moerkerken"
    title: "Emiel van Moerkerken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiel_van_Moerkerken"
    title: "Emiel van Moerkerken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiel_van_Moerkerken"
    title: "Emiel van Moerkerken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aemilius_van_Moerkerken"
    title: "Aemilius van Moerkerken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiel_van_Moerkerken"
    title: "Emiel van Moerkerken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2805406"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1125786"
    title: "Emiel van Moerkerken"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump