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| Born | (1940-01-27)27 January 1940 (age 85) |
| Occupation | Film director |
Harry Kümel (born 27 January 1940) is a Belgianfilm director.[1]
His 1971vampire featureDaughters of Darkness (French:Les lèvres rouges; "The Red Lips"), starringDelphine Seyrig, became a cult hit in Europe and the United States. He also directed the film version ofMalpertuis (1971), featuringOrson Welles and adapted from the 1943 novel byJean Ray.
He also directedMonsieur Hawarden[2][dead link] (1969) about the cross-dressing Meriora Gillibrand whose two male lovers fought a duel in Vienna. She then killed the survivor and fled to Belgium dressed as a man. She took the name Hawarden from a family related to hers in Lancashire. The film is a fictionalised account; hergrave can still be seen nearMalmedy in theGerman-speaking part of Belgium.
He made a cameo appearance in several novels, includingNicholas Royle'sAntwerp[3] andHubert Lampo's magic-realistic novelThe Scent of Sandalwood.
From 1969 until the present, Kümel has taught cinema at several film institutes, including The Dutch Film and Television Academy – Amsterdam (NFTA), Institut des Arts de Diffusion – Brussels (IAD), Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound – Brussels (RITS), and the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
In 2014, Harry Kümel received the Gulden Mira (Golden Mira) award for his career from the Flemish Film Press Association.[4]
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