principal photography for "nema" began in 1964 in the netherlands and lasted five years as louis raised money as he went. filming eventually covered ten countries. jan de bont was the cinematographer on the principal scenes of the film, including scenes in new york, vancouver, san francisco, timothy leary in millbrook, and meher baba in india. additional cameramen during the very long shooting period included milek knebel, theo hogers, roeland kerbosch, olof smit, bert spijkerman, louis van gasteren, and kester dixon (for final filming in 2012).