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

SyncSync · 2016
Sync
10.02016
MovieDocumentary
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.
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.
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.
Q & Q De FilmQ & Q De Film · 1978
Q & Q De Film
1978
Movie
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.
No Man's ValleyNo Man's Valley · 1981
No Man's Valley
7.01981
MovieAnimationFamily
Elliot, a rare California condor, must find a hideaway for endangered animals before man drives them over the brink into extinction.
Kees de JongenKees de Jongen · 2012
Kees de Jongen
2012
MovieMusicDrama
This is a stage registration of the musical theatre play 'Kees de Jongen' by Dutch actor Frank Groothof and the Avant-garde music band De Kift. The play is based on the novel with the same title by Theo Thijssen about the rich imagination of an ordinary boy from Amsterdam at the turn of the century.

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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