Louis H. Chrispijn

Louis H. Chrispijn, Sr. (13 May 1854, in Amsterdam – 1 November 1926, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch actor, writer, and director of both theatre and films.^[1] Together with M.H. Laddé, Willy Mullens, Maurits Binger, and Theo Frenkel, he was one of the pioneers of early Dutch cinema.^[2]

Louis Chrispijn sr.
Born	Louis Hermanus Chrispijn 13 May 1854
Died	1 November 1926(1926-11-01) (aged 72)
Years active	1913–1915
Spouse	Christine van Meeteren (1905-1916)

He and his wife, actress Christine van Meeteren, married in 1905 and toured the Dutch East Indies together through 1908.^[3] They were invited by Binger to join his troupe at Filmfabriek Hollandia [nl]; van Meeteren acted alongside Annie Bos in a number of comedic films about Zeeland girls, Mijntje en Trijntje. Chrispijn became Hollandia's first permanent director in 1915. He and van Meeteren divorced the following year.

Movies (as director)

• De Levende ladder (1913)
• Nederland en Oranje (1913)
• Silvia Silombra (1913)
• Krates (1913)
• De Bertha (1914)
• Een telegram uit Mexico
• Zijn viool (1914)^[4]
• De zigeunerin (1914)
• De verwisseling onder het bed (1914)
• Liefde waakt (1914)
• De Bloemen, die de ziel vertroosten (1914)
• Heilig recht (1914)
• Weergevonden (1914)^[5]
• Luchtkastelen (1914)
• De Vloek van het testament (1915)