- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 30, 1904
- Place of Birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Died
- September 12, 1993
Edith Kiel
Edith Kiel (1904–1993) was a German‑Belgian screenwriter, film editor, director, and producer who played a key role in the early development of Flemish sound cinema. She was born on 30 June 1904 in Berlin and died on 12 September 1993 in Belgium. She began her career at the German film studio UFA before meeting filmmaker Jan Vanderheyden, with whom she formed both a lifelong partnership and one of the most influential creative collaborations in early Flemish cinema. She wrote the screenplay for De Witte (1934)—the first major Flemish sound film—and also directed it, though she did not receive formal credit at the time. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Kiel shaped many of the popular Flemish folk films associated with the “Jan Vanderheyden film” tradition. She contributed to screenwriting, directing, editing, and production, often remaining uncredited due to prejudice against women, fore…
Filmography
movieThe Silent Hedonist
1961 · Screenplay, Director
movieDe Duivel Te Slim
1960 · Director, Writer
movieThe Dafter the Better
1960 · Writer, Producer, Editor, Director
movieEen Zonde Waard
1959 · Director, Producer
The Girl and the Madonna
movieThe Girl and the Madonna
1958 · Writer, Editor, Director
movieRendez-vous in het paradijs
1957 · Director, Editor, Writer
movieVillain princess
1956 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieMy Husband Wouldn't Do That
1956 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieMin of meer
1955 · Editor, Writer, Director, Producer
movieDe bruid zonder bed
1955 · Writer, Editor, Director, Producer
movieHeaven on Earth
1954 · Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
movieThe Mockingbird
1954 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
movieThe Bargee District
1953 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
movieAntwerp Through and Through
1953 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieUit hetzelfde nest
1952 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieDe moedige bruidegom
1952 · Director, Writer, Editor
Mister Dingemans and madam Babbel are having fun in Brussels
movieMister Dingemans and madam Babbel are having fun in Brussels
1942 · Writer, Editor
movieAntoon, de flierefluiter
1942 · Writer
movieGood Luck, Monique!
1941 · Editor, Writer
movieA Nice Case
1941 · Writer, Director
movieWhite is Trump
1940 · Editor, Writer
movieJanssens en Peeters dikke vrienden
1940 · Editor, Writer
movieEen Engel Van Een Man
1939 · Writer
movieJanssens versus Peeters
1939 · Writer, Editor
movieMet den helm geboren
1939 · Writer, Editor
movieDrie flinke kerels
1938 · Editor, Writer
movieMusic in the Harbour
1937 · Writer, Editor
movieDe wonderdoktoor
1936 · Writer
movieUilenspiegel Still Lives
1935 · Writer, Editor
movieAlleen voor U
1935 · Writer
movieWhitey
1934 · Writer
movieThe Blue Angel
1930 · Prostitue (uncredited)