Van der Linden studied at the
Netherlands Film and Television Academy, As a "photographer of Amsterdam", he is said to be on a par with his more famous colleague
Ed van der Elsken Van der Linden's negatives are archived in the
Maria Austria Institute in Amsterdam. The films he made in the early 1960s show his affinity with the
Fluxus movement. "Tulips", a favorite among critics, consisted of a two and a half-minute film of a
credenza with a vase of tulips on it; the camera is motionless and the film consists of one single
long take, with tension provided courtesy of one single leaf that falls as the camera slowly zooms in and a dramatic soundtrack. The
Sad Movies were released as a bonus on the DVD edition of
De Fred Haché Show. Van der Linden worked as a camera man as well, for instance on the first full-length movie by
Wim Verstappen,
De minder gelukkige terugkeer van Joszef Kàtus naar het land van Rembrandt (1966). ==Select filmography==