Jef van der Heyden was born on 7 June 1926 in Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He was a writer and director, known for Kasper in de onderwereld (1979), Ongewijde aarde (1967) and Fietsen naar de maan (1963). He died on 23 June 2011 in Meerle, Belgium.