Director

Harry Kümel

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Directed movies: 11Directed series: 1All crew credits: 16

TMDB ID: 135335

IMDb ID: nm0478176

Known for: Directing

Born: January 27, 1940

Age: 86

Place of birth: Antwerp, Belgium

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1958 - 2020

Years active: 63

Average TMDB rating: 6.31

Wikidata: Q1586638

Also known as

Harry Kumel • Harrie Kümel

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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).

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