Person
Emile Degelin
Directing · 1926–2017 · Diest, Flanders, Belgium
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.
Known for

Exit 7
Director
Life and Death in Flanders
Director
Jean Daskalidès
Other

If the Wind Frightens You
Director
Sirènes
Director

The Eyewitness
Director
And Tomorrow?
Producer
Faits-divers
Director

She Will Be Called Woman
Editor
Karel Jonckheere
Director
Filmography
- 1996The EyewitnessDirector
- 1980Jean DaskalidèsOther
- 1978Exit 7Director
- 1976Karel JonckheereDirector
- 1971Hee (Dag meneer)Writer
- 1970PalaverDirector
- 1967And Tomorrow?Producer
- 1963BéatriceDirector
- 1963Life and Death in FlandersDirector
- 1961SirènesDirector
- 1960If the Wind Frightens YouDirector
- 1960Prehistory of CinemaDirector
- 1955DockDirector
- 1955Faits-diversDirector
- 1955Sonate in BrusselDirector
- 1954BrugesDirector
- 1953She Will Be Called WomanEditor
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