Emile Degelin | |
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![]() Emile Degelin | |
Born |
Diest, Belgium | 16 July 1926
Died | 20 May 2017 | (aged 90)
Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation(s) | film director, novelist |
Emile Degelin (16 July 1926 – 20 May 2017) was a Belgian film director and novelist, the director of If the Wind Frightens You [1] His 1963 film Life and Death in Flanders was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. [2] His 1969 film Palaver was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. [3] His final film, De ooggetuige, won the audience prize at the Ghent Film Festival in 1995. [4]
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. [5]