Harrie Geelen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Dutch screenwriter, television director, writer, translator, illustrator, animator, poet, film director, voice actor and draughtsperson
Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1939
Place of Birth: Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, animator, translator, illustrator, television director, voice actor, film director, drawer
Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Harrie Geelen
- Harrie Geelen (born 10 January 1939, in Heerlen) is a Dutch illustrator, film director, animator, translator, writer and poet.
- In 2014, he was made a knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion ("Ridder in de orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw").
- He studied Dutch in Amsterdam, where he met his wife Imme Dros, like himself a writer of Dutch children's literature.
- Geelen wrote several well known television children's programs and translated Disney movies into Dutch.
- He illustrated his own books and those of his wife Imme Dros, some books by Annie M.
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- Schmidt and a book by Toon Tellegen.
- He published the novel "Het Nijlpaard Ellende" and short stories like "Ooms en Tantes, Tantes en Ooms".
- For the movie "Pinkeltje" he was the director, designer as well as the scriptwriter.
- Other work include feature films and a large TV series ("de Sommeltjes") with the use of simple computers. A lot of his children books are published by Querido.
- Some of his books are published in Japan, Sweden, and France.
- The animated documentary about addiction "Getekende Mensen" won a "Gouden Kalf", the Dutch award for outstanding television programmes.
- Many documentaries made by him at Toonder Studio's won prizes in New Work and Paris. Some of the series he worked on: 1968 t/m 1972 - Oebele; dialogue and songs.
- His wife Imme Dros attributed short stories which Geelen visualised using drawings of children 1972 t/m 1976 - Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer?; scenario and songs 1974 and 1976 - Q & Q; scenario 1981 Pinkeltje - script direction and technical planning 1983 - Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel; director of soundtrack and co-scenarist 2002 - Sommeltjes Scripts design animation direction (VPRO)"1996 Carmen & IK - Script songs animation, design and direction (NPS) 2003 Annetje Lie in het holst van de nacht - story adapted from the novel of Imme Dros.
- Script songs animation, design and direction (VPRO
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