Harry Kümel

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1940-01-27 (84 years old)

Place of Birth Antwerp, Belgium

Also Known As Harry Kumel, Harrie Kümel

Harry Kümel

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).

Known For

Director

2003
1991
Eline Vere

as Director

1986
Softly from Paris

as Director

1978
Paradise Lost

as Director

1971
1971
Malpertuis

as Director

1968
Monsieur Hawarden

as Director

1965
1960
Aether

as Director

1958
Anna the Maid

as Director

Writer

1978
Paradise Lost

as Writer

1971
Daughters of Darkness

as Screenplay

1969
The White Slave

as Writer

1969
Princess

as Dialogue

1960
Aether

as Writer

1958
Anna the Maid

as Writer

Camera

1958
Anna the Maid

as Director of Photography