Biography
Thierry Michel (born 13 October 1952) is a Belgian film director, mostly making social and political documentaries.
His office and company Les films de la passerelle is located in Liège, where he works with the producer Christine Pireaux.
Over a twenty-year period he has made a series of documentaries on different aspects of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Taken together his films provide a unique overview of the social, economic and political life of the country.
Filmography
all 16
Movies 16
Director 11
self 2
Narrator 2
Self
Empire of Silence (2022)
Movie
Director
L'École de l'impossible (2021)
Movie
Director
Children of Chance (2017)
Movie
Director
The Man Who Mends Women: The Wrath of Hippocrates (2015)
Movie
Self
Mille chemins du temps (2014)
Movie
Narrator / Director / Writer
The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi (2013)
Movie
Director
L'affaire Chebeya, un crime d'Etat? (2012)
Movie
Director
Katanga Business (2009)
Movie
Narrator
Congo River (2005)
Movie
Narrator
Iran, Fundamentalism vs. Modernism (2003)
Movie
Director
Mobutu, King of Zaire (1999)
Movie
Director
Donka, X-Ray of an African Hospital (1996)
Movie
Director
Gosses de Rio (1990)
Movie
Director
A fleur de terre (1990)
Movie
Director
Hiver 60 (1983)
Movie
The Damned (1947)
Movie
Ratings
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1947
1996
2009
2013
2022
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1952-10-13 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceCharleroi, Belgium
CitizenshipsBelgium
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