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Melle van Essen

Career

Active from 1985 to 2025, busiest in 2005 and 2017 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for April, May and June
April, May and June
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Melle van Essen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.2, average 2.5
  • Violence
    1.8, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.6, average 4.7
  • Scare
    0.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Family Secrets 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • Psychological Tension 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

33
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Tabee Toean
Tabee Toean

Cinematography

2020s

7 titles · average score 64
Half Moon
Half Moon (2025)

Director of Photography

Key to Heaven
Key to Heaven (2025)

Cinematography

Hokwerda's Child
Hokwerda's Child (2024)

Director of Photography

Rocco & Sjuul
Rocco & Sjuul (2023)
GoodWatch score 60

Cinematography

Alles Op Tafel
Alles Op Tafel (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography

Dwaalspoor
Dwaalspoor (2021)

Director of Photography

Romy's Salon
Romy's Salon (2020)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

2010s

11 titles · average score 68
April, May and June
April, May and June (2019)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

Disappearance
Disappearance (2017)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

In Blue
In Blue (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

Director of Photography

500 Years
500 Years (2017)

Director of Photography

The Swap
The Swap (2017)

Director of Photography

Boys
Boys (2014)
GoodWatch score 75

Cinematography

Off Ground
Off Ground (2013)

Cinematography

When memory comes - a film about Saul Friedländer
When memory comes - a film about Saul Friedländer (2013)

Camera Operator

The Asylum
The Asylum (2012)

Cinematography

Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator (2011)

Director of Photography

Leaving Mandela Park
Leaving Mandela Park (2010)

Camera Operator

2000s

10 titles
The Last Days of Shishmaref
The Last Days of Shishmaref (2008)

Director of Photography

Between Heaven and Earth
Between Heaven and Earth (2007)

Director of Photography

Lipari
Lipari (2007)

Camera Operator

Souls of Naples
Souls of Naples (2005)

Director of Photography

Echoes of War
Echoes of War (2005)

Director of Photography

Love Me or Leave Me
Love Me or Leave Me (2005)

Director of Photography

Tea
Tea (2005)

Director of Photography

Memento Mori
Memento Mori (2005)

Cinematography

A Labyrinth of Time
A Labyrinth of Time (2004)

Camera Operator

In the Ocean
In the Ocean (2001)

Director of Photography

1990s

3 titles
Mene Tekel
Mene Tekel (1997)

Director of Photography

Xime
Xime (1994)

Director of Photography

Idomeneo
Idomeneo (1993)

Cinematography

1980s

1 title
Tracks in the Snow
Tracks in the Snow (1985)

as Aapo