Luc Jacquet is a French

France

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 film director

Film director

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 from Paris

Paris

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. He wrote and directed the movie March of the Penguins

March of the Penguins

March of the Penguins is a 2005 French nature documentary film. It was directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet, and co-produced by Bonne Pioche and the National Geographic Society. The film depicts the yearly journey of the emperor penguins of Antarctica...

, which won an Oscar

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 for best documentary feature

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 in 2005. His current film is called The Fox And the Child

The Fox and the Child

The Fox and the Child is a 2007 French/British film directed by Luc Jacquet. Starring Bertille Noël-Bruneau, Isabelle Carré and Thomas Laliberté. The English version of the film is narrated by Kate Winslet.- Plot :...

. It has been released in Britain and Ireland in slightly re-edited dubbed English-language version with narration by Kate Winslet, and was released in the United States

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 on 29 February 2008.

Before his film directing career, Jacquet was a biologist

Biologist

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Filmography

• The Fox and the Child
  The Fox and the Child
  The Fox and the Child is a 2007 French/British film directed by Luc Jacquet. Starring Bertille Noël-Bruneau, Isabelle Carré and Thomas Laliberté. The English version of the film is narrated by Kate Winslet.- Plot :...
  
  (2007)
• March of the Penguins
  March of the Penguins
  March of the Penguins is a 2005 French nature documentary film. It was directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet, and co-produced by Bonne Pioche and the National Geographic Society. The film depicts the yearly journey of the emperor penguins of Antarctica...
  
  (2005)
• Sous le signe du serpent (2004) TV featurette
• Des manchots et des hommes (2004) featurette Directed with Jérôme Maison
• Une plage et trop de manchots (2001) TV featurette

External links

Official Web Site