Iván Noel (1968 – 19 July 2021) was a French-Argentine film director and producer, known for They Returned (2015), En tu Ausencia (2008) and ¡Primaria!
Children of the Night is currently available for streaming viewing worldwide on Amazon Prime Video making it the most accessible of Noel's ten feature length films.
[2] He had a BA in music and education from the University of York, specializing in soundtrack composition, having studied amongst others with Wilfred Josephs,[3] and began his career as professor in the field of music, composing and giving concerts as a solo classical guitarist and piano accompanist in Paris.
Noel won awards for his photography (Best New Artists at the Petit Palais' Salon d'Automn' exhibitions, Paris), but also his compositions (finalist winner of the British Songwriting competition in 2006).
The film was featured in several festivals, including Vancouver, Palm Springs, Chicago, Bahamas, and Athens.
[4] Noel defines the film as "a comedy about the bowels of the primary starring three students, Jose Joaquin, Carlos and Carmen."
"They Returned" is a "thriller with strong supernatural elements, drawing on a political historical context," explained Betina Goldman, from long-running Latin America and horror specialist One Eyed.
[12]The Tutor (2016) is about Mona, a young woman who becomes the preceptor of an orphaned girl and boy living with their housemaid in a noble estate in the north of Argentina.
It's a story of ghosts but the main theme is the tutor's sexual hysteria which poisons the children's world.
On 19 July 2021, Noel died by suicide in Alta Gracia, at the age of 52, after numerous allegations of child abuse against him surfaced.