Henri Storck (1907–1999) was a Belgian author, filmmaker and documentarist.In 1933, he directed, with Joris Ivens, Misère au Borinage, a film about the miners in the Borinage area. In 1938, with Andre Thirifays and Pierre Vermeylen, he founded the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique (Royal Belgian Film Archive). He was an actor in two key films of the history of the cinema: Jean Vigo's Zéro de conduite (1933) in the role of the priest, and Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quay Commercial, 1080 Brussels (1976) in the role of a customer of the prostitute.Jacqueline Aubenas wrote about him, in her expository work, It's been going on for 100 years: a history of the francophone cinema of Belgium: "There emerges forcefully the personality of a cineaste who is not a militant in the sense that this term had in the 1930s for Soviet directors who held an ideology, but in the sense of a generous man who will never choose the wrong side and who will be, in ethics as well as in esthetics, in the first line of battle".In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.
Belgian documentarist, founder of the Belgian Royal Film Archive in 1938. Had abandoned a career as a painter to work in the cinema from the early 1930's. Much of his later work reflected his continued fascination with painting and artists like Paul Delvaux and Leon Spillaert.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Permeke
1985
Documentary
Le chant du peintre
1978
Documentary
Les fêtes de Belgique
1973
Documentary
Paul Delvaux ou les femmes défendues
1971
Short
Les malheurs de la guerre
1963
Documentary
Le bonheur d'être aimé
1962
Short documentary
Attenzione: guerra!
1961
Documentary
Décembre, mois des enfants
1956
Documentary short
De schat van Oostende
1955
Documentary short
Le banquet des fraudeurs
1952
La fenêtre ouverte
1952
Documentary short
Rubens
1948
Documentary
Le Monde de Paul Delvaux
1946
Documentary short
Boerensymfonie
1944
Documentary
Le patron est mort
1938
Documentary short
Les maisons de la misère
1936
Short documentary
L'île de Pâques
1934
Documentary
Productie van gastroduodenal ulcers bij de hond
1934
Documentary
Misère au Borinage
1933
Documentary short
Histoire du soldat inconnu
1932
Short documentary
Sur les bords de la caméra
1932
Documentary short
Idylle à la plage
1931
Short
Abstracte films getekend op pellicule
1930
Documentary short
Eeuwfeesten
1930
Documentary
La mort de Vénus
1930
Short documentary
Reddingsdienst aan de Belgische kust
1930
Documentary
Suzanne au bain
1930
Short
Ter haring-visscherij
1930
Documentary
Trains de plaisir
1930
Documentary short
For Your Beautiful Eyes
1929
Short
Images d'Ostende
1929
Documentary short
Amateurfilms over Oostende
1928
Documentary
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Abstracte films getekend op pellicule
1930
Documentary short
Ce soir à huit heures
1930
Short
Eeuwfeesten
1930
Documentary
La mort de Vénus
1930
Short documentary
Reddingsdienst aan de Belgische kust
1930
Documentary
Suzanne au bain
1930
Short
Ter haring-visscherij
1930
Documentary
Trains de plaisir
1930
Documentary short
For Your Beautiful Eyes
1929
Short
Images d'Ostende
1929
Documentary short
Amateurfilms over Oostende
1928
Documentary
Boerensymfonie
1944
Documentary
Misère au Borinage
1933
Documentary short
Histoire du soldat inconnu
1932
Short documentary
Sur les bords de la caméra
1932
Documentary short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Henri Storck, cineast
1986
Documentary scenario
Permeke
1985
Documentary
Wonderen van het Afrikaanse woud
1968
Documentary writer
Les malheurs de la guerre
1963
Documentary writer
Le bonheur d'être aimé
1962
Short documentary
Décembre, mois des enfants
1956
Documentary short writer
De schat van Oostende
1955
Documentary short
Rubens
1948
Documentary screenplay
Le pèlerin de l'enfer
1947
scenario
Boerensymfonie
1944
Documentary scenario
Misère au Borinage
1933
Documentary short writer
La mort de Vénus
1930
Short documentary
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wonderen van het Afrikaanse woud
1968
Documentary
De schat van Oostende
1955
Documentary short
Rubens
1948
Documentary
Le Monde de Paul Delvaux
1946
Documentary short
Boerensymfonie
1944
Documentary
Le patron est mort
1938
Documentary short
Histoire du soldat inconnu
1932
Short documentary
Sur les bords de la caméra
1932
Documentary short
Idylle à la plage
1931
Short
Trains de plaisir
1930
Documentary short
Images d'Ostende
1929
Documentary short
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wonderen van het Afrikaanse woud
1968
Documentary producer
Jeudi on chantera comme dimanche
1967
producer
Masters of the Congo Jungle
1958
Documentary producer
Rubens
1948
Documentary producer
Boerensymfonie
1944
Documentary producer
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mes entretiens filmés
1998
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
1975
1st Caller
Les aventures de Bernadette Soubirou
1973
Short
God
Zero for Conduct
1933
Short
Priest (uncredited)
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Le pèlerin de l'enfer
1947
assistant director
Zero for Conduct
1933
Short assistant director
Daïnah la métisse
1932
assistant director - uncredited
Art Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Zero for Conduct
1933
Short uncredited
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
À chacun son Borinage - Images d'Henri Storck
1978
camera operator
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
Zero for Conduct
1933
Short production supervisor - uncredited
Sound Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Histoire du soldat inconnu
1932
Short documentary sound - 1959 version, uncredited