Harry Kümel
Directing • Born 1940-01-27
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
13 credits
Anna the Maid
Movie • 1958
Voice-over introduction
Tales of the Uncanny
Movie • 2020
Self
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Movie • 2012
Self
Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darkness
Movie • 2006
self
Forgotten Scares: An In-depth Look at Flemish Horror Cinema
Movie • 2017
Self
De droomproducenten
Movie • 1984
Self
Janssen & Janssens draaien een film
Movie • 1990
Self
Hollywood by Bike
Movie • 1993
Himself
Paradise Lost
Movie • 1978
Photographer
Het Beest
Movie • 1982
Man op autostrade
Malpertuis Archive
Movie • 2005
Malpertuis Revisited
Movie • 2005
Orson Welles Uncut
Movie • 2005
Self