Emile Degelin

Emile Degelin was born on Jul 16, 1926 in Belgium. Emile Degelin's big-screen debut came with Exit 7 directed by Emile Degelin in 1978.

Emile Degelin was born in 1926 in Diest, Belgium. Degelin spent his younger years doing photography. He went to the Ecole Nationale de Cinématographie in Paris to study. He achieved great distinction. Then he did internship in London at Arthur Elton and John Greerson, making Documentary films. Also, he was assistant at J. Guillermin and P. Leecock in Long feature films. Degelin did later internship at Actors Studio in New York and at Barrandow Studios in Prague. Since 1952, Degelin was a film director, scenarios, mechanic and producer. In 1962, he founded (and became co-coordinator of) the film department at the Rijksinstituut voor Toneel- en Cultuurpreidingstechnieken (RITCS) in Brussels, where he studied film and film director until 1992. He represented the RITCS at the International Congresses of the Cilect (Center International of the Cinoles of Cinema and the Télévision) in Tokyo and Mexico.