Jean Harlez | |
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 Harlez and his wife in 2014 | |
| Born | 31 December 1924 Erquelinnes, Belgium |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1955–present |
| Spouse | Marcelle Dumont |
Jean Harlez (born 31 December 1924) is a Belgian film director. [1]
Jean Harlez | |
|---|---|
| Harlez and his wife in 2014 | |
| Born | 31 December 1924 Erquelinnes, Belgium |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1955–present |
| Spouse | Marcelle Dumont |
Jean Harlez (born 31 December 1924) is a Belgian film director. [1]
Jean Harlez was born on 31 December 1924. He was the first assistant to Charles Dekeukeleire from 1947 to 1950 and after that he became initially a filmmaker. [2]
Harlez created his first 35mm camera to make a short film on the creation of a peasant cooperative called When Everyone Brings His Part (1954). Then he directed Le Chantier des Gosses (1956), [3] which turned out to be the first Belgian neorealist film, as well as a short documentary film on small trades in the popular district of the Marollen in Brussels, People of District (1955). [4]
In 1961, he became an exploration filmmaker with a series of film shot in Greenland. He also worked as cameraman on a dozen film by Marcel Broodthaeres. Since 1993, Jean Harlez has mainly focused on his revisited Notre-Dame. These are relief paintings, life-size, where original photos, recovered objects, casts and other various and varied elements are mixed. [5]
At the start of 2014, [6] Le Chantier des Gosses and the work of Jean Harlez were honored at the Cinéma Nova in Brussels. [7]
He married Marcelle Dumont, a writer who has written the scripts for most of his auteur films, from his first film to his latest short fiction films. [8]
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