Thierry Michel

Thierry Michel
Born (1952-10-13) 13 October 1952 (age 71)
Charleroi, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
OccupationFilm director
Known forCongo River, Beyond Darkness

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.[1] 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.[2]