Henri Storck
Biography
Henri Storck was a Belgian author, filmmaker, and documentarist born in 1907 in Ostend. He gained international recognition for directing Misère au Borinage with Joris Ivens in 1933, a film about the miners in the Borinage area banned in several countries. A founding figure of the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique, he also appeared in notable films Jeanne Dielman and Zéro de conduite.