Saul Akkemay (born 14 October 1964), better known by the pen name Panbello, is a Belgian-born freelance publicist and columnist, of German-Jewish paternal descent.

He writes reviews and columns for several magazines, mostly essays on the Jewish contribution to Film Noir.

Saul Akkemay

Early life

Saul Akkemay was born in 1964 in Ghent, the capital of the Belgian province East Flanders, the Dutch-speaking (northern) part of Belgium.

Saul Akkemay

He grew up in a liberal family and attended the Grammar school in his hometown. After his graduation he attended the Ghent University. However, the university was much criticised by Akkemay and he left the faculty Press and Communication Sciences in 1985 without a degree.

Saul Akkemay

Works

2003–04 High Heels on a Wet Pavement : the Jewish Contribution to Film Noir (essays); 2004 Better Late than Dead (crime novel);

External links

Centre for Historical Research and Documentation War and Contemporary Society

Panbello WeB NoiR

Panbello's MySpace Page

The Noir Connection

V.V.O.J. The Originals

1964 births

21st-century Belgian journalists

Male journalists

Belgian Jews

Belgian columnists

Belgian film critics

Belgian people of German-Jewish descent

Living people