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Baron D.J. Dollé aka MiRRoRMaN is a dutch artist writer, cgi-artist, programmer, musician, animator and film-maker. Born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, Mirrorman was always fascinated by art from a very early age. Due to him coming from a long line of artists his family has always been supportive of him expressing himself trough art. Started writing books at a young age due to his middle brother having taught him to write early. At age 13 he started programming on the Commodore 64 and later the Amiga. Has worked cgi since 1994 and worked on many projects. In 1996 he started writing his first games for Windows the most recent one being Simpulator (2021), before that made many games for the Commodore 64 (Oscillate, 1989) and Amiga (Oscillate 1996, ?DramaH! 1997, Team Gates 1996). Has had several exibitions of his art, the last one in 2016. Did his first stand up comedy routine in front of an audience in 2018. Made his first full length cgi movie Slomodite in 2019, after having made the movies Scarsfield (2015) and The Dreamer (2016).

Youth
After finishing high school in 1990 he has worked for the IRS in Haarlem, then moved on to working for television in a production company for dutch tv host Francois |Francois Boulanger in 1994. Has done graphics and animation for television programs such as Lingo, Tros Triviant, Quizpel, de Connaisseur and Geh auf Ganze. He has also worked with Marlen Davers of the dutch band Skik, Harry de Winter, Karin Bloemen, Joop Koopman and Gert Berg. After moving to east holland went on to make cd-rom games such as LunaTrix, Trail Blazer, Probe, Gabber Sjaak en de flippende megapil. After that he decided to become an independent artist instead of working for companies in 1999. Started his own company called AmigaCam in 2002.

Mirrorman has 2 older brothers, of 7 and 5 years older than him. His father worked as a welder and his mother a home maker. Has been married once and has a son. Chose to remain single and celibate after his marriage.

Trivia

 * Became a Hare Krishna devotee at age 21, after meeting a fellow devotee who gave him one of the works by Srila Prabhupada.
 * Loves cats, has two cats named Akemi and Sumomo.
 * Is the great grandson of Cornelia Elizabeth Peterson, the "dutch girl" in 21 of Robert Henri's paintings.
 * Comes from a long line of artists.
 * His son is also an artist and a male model.
 * Chose to remain single after having been married for 13 years.
 * Is very reclusive, only meets audiences every once in a while.
 * Has had exhibitions of his work, is registered with the CBK, the dutch center of art.
 * Is still a fan of retro platforms, specifically the Commodore 64 and Amiga
 * Has done stand up comedy and comedy comics and writings, but does not feel he's a comedian.
 * Was childhood penpals with Belgian Comedian Urbanus.
 * Is officially a Baron.