Thierry Michel was born in Charleroi in Belgium on 13 October 1952 in an industrial region called " The Black Country " . At the age of 16 he began cinema studies at the Institute of broadcast arts in Brussels . While there he experienced the last student upheavals of 1968 . He became one of the leaders of an emerging Walloon cinema movement . His 1982 '' Chronique d'une saison d'acier '' ( '' Chronicle of a steel season '' ) is set in the mining and steel region of his childhood . This " factional " film , combining fiction and fact , analyzes the rapid decline of the Walloon steel industry that began in 1974 and the way in which this affected the region . His first feature film '' Hiver 60 '' ( '' Winter 60 '' ) which tells of the 1960 – 1961 Winter General Strike in Belgium was made in 1982 . The film was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival . He was among the signatories of the Manifesto for Walloon culture in 1983 . He again combined fiction and fact with his 1985 '' Hôtel Particulier '' ( '' Mansion '' ) about the prison system
13th Moscow International Film Festival
13th Moscow International Film Festival
Thierry Michel