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Birthday May 7, 1927

Day of Death August 7, 2012 (85 years old)

Place of Birth Brussels, Belgium

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Biography

Luc de Heusch (7 May 1927 – 7 August 2012) was a Belgian filmmaker, writer, and anthropologist, professor emeritus at the Université libre de Bruxelles . His 1967 film Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.

Luc de Heusch began his career in film in 1947 as assistant to Henri Storck . From 1949 to 1951 he lived in an artists' commune, the Ateliers du Marais. In 1951, under the pseudonym Luc Zangrie , he directed Perséphone , the only film produced by the CoBrA artistic movement.

In 1953 and 1954 he carried out anthropological fieldwork in the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi . Like Henri Storck and Charles Dekeukeleire , he also made documentary films about the Congo.

From 1955 to 1992 he was professor of social and cultural anthropology at the Free University of Brussels , later Université libre de Bruxelles.

Luc de Heusch (7 May 1927 – 7 August 2012) was a Belgian filmmaker, writer, and anthropologist, professor emeritus at the Université libre de Bruxelles . His 1967 film Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.

Luc de Heusch began his career in film in 1947 as assistant to Henri Storck . From 1949 to 1951 he lived in an artists' commune, the Ateliers du Marais. In 1951, under the pseudonym Luc Zangrie , he directed Perséphone , the only film produced by the CoBrA artistic movement.

In 1953 and 1954 he carried out anthropological fieldwork in the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi . Like Henri Storck and Charles Dekeukeleire , he also made documentary films about the Congo.

From 1955 to 1992 he was professor of social and cultural anthropology at the Free University of Brussels , later Université libre de Bruxelles.

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1951

Writing

1967
1960
1958

Acting

1984

Editing

2004

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