Article: Storck, Henri

STORCK, Henri



Nationality: Belgian. Born: Ostend, 5 September 1907. Family: Married photographer Virginia Lierens. Career: Began making films in 8mm, 1927; organized cine-club in Ostend, made first "reportages," 1928; assistant in France to Pierre Billon, Jean Croillon, and Jean Vigo, 1931; with Joris Ivens, made Borinage , 1933; began making films about art and folklore, 1936; directed first Belgian-international co-production, Le Banquet des fraudeurs , 1951; president (for fifteen years), Association Belge des Auteurs de Films et Auteurs de Television, and co-founder, Royal Film Archive of Belgium. Died: 16 September 1999, in Brussels, Belgium, of natural causes.


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