Harrie Geelen

Dutch screenwriter, television director, writer, translator, illustrator, animator, poet, film director, voice actor and draughtsperson

Harrie Geelen (born 10 January 1939) is a Dutch illustrator, movie director, animator, translator, writer and poet. In 2014, he was made a knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion. Geelen was born in Heerlen, Netherlands. His best known novel series Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer?, were published in the 1970s.

Harrie Geelen
Harrie Geelen
Harrie Geelen
Born10 January 1939 (1939-01-10) (age 85)
Occupation(s)Writer (for children and for adults), animator, illustrator, scriptwriter for film and television, composer, director, Also: creative director, animator and scriptwriter for 34 years at Toonder Studio's.

He studied in Amsterdam, which is where he met his wife Imme Dros. Geelen wrote several well known television children's programs and translated Disney movies into Dutch.[1]

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  1. "Harrie Geelen". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2017-09-28.