Directing
Harry Kümel
EN, NL, DE, FR cinema · 26 credits
Born
27 January 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
Antwerp, Belgium
Also known as Harry Kumel · Harrie Kümel
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
Filmography
Europe - 99euro-films 2
Director, Writer
Hollywood by Bike
as Himself
Eline Vere
Director
Het Beest
as Man op autostrade
Paradise Lost
as Photographer, Director, Dialogue, Screenplay
The Arrival of Joachim Stiller
Writer, Director
Malpertuis
Director
Daughters of Darkness
Director, Screenplay
Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective
Writer, Director
Princess
Dialogue
Monsieur Hawarden
Director
The Warden of the Tomb
Director, Writer
Aether
Director, Writer
Anna the Maid
as Voice-over introduction, Director of Photography, Director, Writer