Merlijn was born on December 18th 1999 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. He is known for his work on ''I Am Zlatan'', ''Penoza: The Final Chapter'' and ''The Resistance Banker''. In 2021 he got enrolled in The Polish National Film School in Lodz (Poland), as a cinematography student. In the future, Merlijn would like to focus on fiction, documentary and commercial projects.