Thierry Michel

Thierry Michel

director, writer, camera and electrical department

Thierry Michel was born on Oct 13, 1952 in Belgium. Thierry Michel's big-screen debut came with Issue de secours directed by Thierry Michel in 1988. Thierry Michel is known for The Man Who Mends Women: The Wrath of Hippocrates directed by Thierry Michel, Martin Spinhayer stars as Narrator and Denis Mukwege Mukengere as Self. Thierry Michel has got 6 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Thierry Michel achieved is International Film Festival WATCH DOCS. The upcoming new movie Thierry Michel plays is The Man Who Mends Women: The Wrath of Hippocrates which will be released on Nov 30, 2018.

Thierry Michel, the indefatigable globe trotter. Always anxious to find out about the wide world, the Belgian director has already explored, through documentary or fiction, Morocco and its people (Issue de secours 1987)), Brazilian favelas (Gosses de Rio (1990), the culture of Zaire (Grand format: Zaïre, le cycle du serpent (1992)), a Guinean hospital (Donka radioscopie d'un hôpital africain (1996)) or the contadictions of Iranian society (Iran sous le voile des apparences (1996)). But Thierry Michel does not forget his native Belgium. Born in 1952 in Charleroi, in the heart of an industrial region nicknamed "the Black Country, the director made his first documentaries following the miners or the steelworkers among whom he had been raised. His first feature film was also well-rooted since it was a re-creation of the great insurrectional strike of 1960 (Hiver 60 (1983)). Thierry Michel also explored the inside of a Belgian prison in "Hôtel particulier". But whether in his native Belgium or in a far country, this humanist is always on the lookout for what brings people closer together. Which makes him more than just a standard documentarist or fiction director. Don't miss his last movie Katanga Business (2009), a brilliant political thriller.

  • Birthday

    Oct 13, 1952
  • Place of Birth

    Charleroi, Belgium

Known For

Awards

6 wins & 7 nominations

International Film Festival WATCH DOCS
2017
Winner - Marek Nowicki Prize
Magritte Awards, Belgium
2016
Best Documentary (Meilleur documentaire)
Winner - Magritte Award
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