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Director

Emile Degelin

Directing

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5

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1181070

IMDb ID: nm0214678

Known for: Directing

Born: July 19, 1926

Died: May 20, 2017

Age: 90

Place of birth: Diest, Flanders, Belgium

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 1996

Years active: 44

Wikidata: Q2139041

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Biography

Emile Degelin (16 July 1926 – 20 May 2017) was a Belgian film director and novelist, the director of If the Wind Frightens You His 1963 film Life and Death in Flanders was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1969 film Palaver was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. His final film, De ooggetuige, won the audience prize at the Ghent Film Festival in 1995. He is seen as one of the pioneers and founders of the Belgian film. Degelin died on 20 May 2017 at his home in Kessel-Lo, a borough of Leuven, Belgium.