Emile Degelin | |
Birth Date: | 1926 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Diest, Belgium |
Death Place: | Kessel-Lo, Leuven, Belgium |
Nationality: | Belgian |
Occupation: | 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]