
Harry Kümel
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-01-27 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Antwerp, Belgium
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
Acting
(2020)
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self
(2017)
(2012)
(2006)
(1993)
Hollywood by Bike
as Himself
(1990)
(1984)
De droomproducenten
as Self
(1982)
Het Beest
as Man op autostrade
(1978)
Paradise Lost
as Photographer
(1958)
Anna the Maid
as Voice-over introduction
Crew
(2003)
Europe - 99euro-films 2
Director, Writer
(1991)
Eline Vere
Director
(1986)
(1978)
Paradise Lost
Director, Writer
(1976)
The Arrival of Joachim Stiller
Writer, Director
(1975)
(1971)
Daughters of Darkness
Director, Screenplay
(1971)
Malpertuis
Director
(1969)
Josef von Sternberg, A Retrospective
Writer, Director
(1969)
The White Slave
Writer
(1969)
Princess
Dialogue
(1968)
Monsieur Hawarden
Director
(1965)
The Warden of the Tomb
Director, Writer
(1960)
Aether
Director, Writer
(1958)
Anna the Maid
Director of Photography, Director, Writer