Harrie Geelen

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Harrie Geelen

Born January 10, 1939 · Heerlen, Netherlands

Died August 30, 2025 · aged 86

Harrie Geelen (1939-2025) was a Dutch illustrator, writer, film director, animator, translator, lyricist and poet.

Known For

IdomeneoIdomeneo · 1993
Idomeneo
1993
MovieMusic
Television adaptation of Frank Groothofs theatre program 'Idomeneo'. In this youth theatre production (a playful adaptation of Mozart's opera), Groothof plays all the roles.
D; Een film over schrijvenD; Een film over schrijven · 1994
D; Een film over schrijven
1994
MovieDocumentaryAnimation
Animation short by Harrie Geelen in which Dutch children's book authors talk about writing. For the film, Harrie Geelen interviewed the writers Paul Biegel, Tonke Dragt, Imme Dros, Henk Figee, Hans Hagen, Evert Hartman, Koos Minederts, Veronica Hazelhoff, Margriet Heymans, Wim Hofman, Peter van Gestel, Ted van Lieshout, Rindert Kromhout, Nannie Kuiper, Mensje van Keulen, Ienne Biemans, Jacques Vriens, Mies Bouhuys, Joke van Leeuwen, Dolf Verroen, Toon Tellegen, Willem van Toorn and Max Velthuijs.
PinkeltjePinkeltje · 1978
Pinkeltje
★ 6.71978
MovieFamilyFantasy
The gnomes Pinkeltje and Pinkelotje are visiting Dick Laan, the writer of the books about them. In a meanwhile, two assistents of professor Ludwig von Cleve found where the other Pinkels live and kidnapped some important Pinkels. Professor Ludwig von Cleve puts them in a doll house to expreiment on them. Dick Laan, Pinkeltje and Pinkelotje made up a tricky plan to rescue the captured Pinkels.
Q & Q De FilmQ & Q De Film · 1978
Q & Q De Film
1978
Movie
The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?)The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?) · 1983
The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?)
★ 7.11983
MovieAnimationFantasy
Oliver B. Bumble finds an egg that, it turns out, has a cute little dragon in it. However, this dragon grows huge each time it gets excited or upset. As this causes a lot of problems, Bumble has to face a difficult dilemma.
SyncSync · 2016
Sync
★ 10.02016
MovieDocumentary
Getekende MensenGetekende Mensen · 1984
Getekende Mensen
★ 9.01984
MovieAnimationDocumentary
Animation film about the problems of heroin users. Harrie Geelen uses interviews with dealers, prostitutes, unhappy parents and outsiders to put together a sound play in 20 minutes. He drew pictures to accompany the words. In 1985 it was awarded a Golden Calf.
Hansje en het WelbehagenHansje en het Welbehagen · 1976
Hansje en het Welbehagen
1976
MovieMusic
Hansje, a ten-year-old boy, is home alone because his parents have to work during Christmas. His mother is an actress in a Christmas play and his father is a conductor of a Christmas concert. Hansje himself has a bad cold and spends the day making drawings until he discovers a small Christmas angel in the Christmas tree. The angel is looking for Pleasure on earth. To explain what Pleasure is, the Christmas angel takes Hansje with him, floating through the air, in the drawings that Hansje made of his hometown. They visit the Christmas play where his mother will perform, his school friend Geesje, a girl whose rabbit will be on the Christmas menu and some girls who go on a holiday to escape the cold. They also see old Mr. Biggelaar, who walks lonely through the city.

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Hansje en het WelbehagenHansje en het Welbehagen · 1976
Hansje en het Welbehagen
1976
MovieMusic
Hansje, a ten-year-old boy, is home alone because his parents have to work during Christmas. His mother is an actress in a Christmas play and his father is a conductor of a Christmas concert. Hansje himself has a bad cold and spends the day making drawings until he discovers a small Christmas angel in the Christmas tree. The angel is looking for Pleasure on earth. To explain what Pleasure is, the Christmas angel takes Hansje with him, floating through the air, in the drawings that Hansje made of his hometown. They visit the Christmas play where his mother will perform, his school friend Geesje, a girl whose rabbit will be on the Christmas menu and some girls who go on a holiday to escape the cold. They also see old Mr. Biggelaar, who walks lonely through the city.

Lyricist

Liedjes uit HamelenLiedjes uit Hamelen · 1975
Liedjes uit Hamelen
★ 8.01975
MovieMusicFamily
Registration of a live concert with songs from the Dutch children's television series from the 1970s 'Kunt U Mij de Weg naar Hamelen Vertellen, Meneer?'. The song are sung by the actors, with the Metropole Orkest. The serie is based on the fairy tale "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", and it tells what happened with the children after they disappeared from this German town. When The Piedpiper solves the rat problem in the town of Hamelin The Mayor refuses to pay him his gold so out of revenge he disappears with all the children of the town and four adults, the alternate reality they find themselves in adventures with flying pumpkins and carpets, mud fighting princes, dwarfs and witches, a love elixir, Wensela's melting ice palace and a lot more. The show featured over 120 songs, written by Joop Stokkermans (music) and Harrie Geelen (lyrics), who also wrote the story and dialogues.

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