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Filmmaker · Belgium

Charles Dekeukeleire

Died in 1971

Charles Dekeukeleire was born in Ixelles on 27 February 1905. Inspired by the French avant-garde, above all by Germaine Dulac, he made three experimental silent films from the age of twenty-two, then turned to documentary and commissioned work, and over forty years directed a hundred or so films, including one on the Belgian Congo. With Henri Storck, he opened the way to modern Belgian cinema. He died in Werchter on 2 June 1971.

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