Harry Kümel
Born: 1940-01-27 in Antwerp, Belgium
Known For: Directing
Biography
Harry Kümel (born 27 January 1940) is a Belgian film director. His 1971 vampire feature Daughters of Darkness (Les lèvres rouges; Fr, "The Red Lips"), starring Delphine Seyrig became a cult hit in Europe and the United States. He also directed the film version of Malpertuis (1971), featuring Orson Welles and adapted from the 1943 novel by Jean Ray. He also directed Monsieur Hawarden (1969). 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).
Filmography
2020
- Tales of the Uncanny as Self
2012
- Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss as Self
2006
2003
- Europe - 99euro-films 2 ... (Director)
1993
- Hollywood by Bike as Himself
1991
- Eline Vere ... (Director)
1990
1986
- Softly from Paris ... (Director)
- The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales ... (Director)
1984
- De droomproducenten as Self
1982
- Het Beest as Man op autostrade
1978
- Paradise Lost as Photographer
1976
- The Arrival of Joachim Stiller ... (Director)
1975
- My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie ... (Writer)
1972
- Malpertuis ... (Director)
1971
- Daughters of Darkness ... (Director)
1969
- The White Slave ... (Writer)
- Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective ... (Writer)
- Princess ... (Dialogue)
1968
- Monsieur Hawarden ... (Director)
1965
- The Warden of the Tomb ... (Director)
1960
- Aether ... (Director)
1958
- Anna the Maid as Voice-over introduction