Luc Jacquet

Luc Jacquet (5 December 1967 in Bourg-en-Bresse) is a French film director from Paris. He wrote and directed the movie March of the Penguins, which won an Oscar for best documentary feature in 2005. His current film is called The Fox And the Child. 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 on 29 February 2008. Before his film directing career, Jacquet was a biologist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luc Jacquet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .

March of the Penguins (2005)

Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. This amazing, true-life tale is touched with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet
CAST:  Charles Berling  •  Romane Bohringer  •  Jules Sitruk  •  Fiorello

Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. This amazing, true-life tale is touched with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet
CAST:  Charles Berling  •  Romane Bohringer  •  Jules Sitruk  •  Fiorello

Once Upon a Forest (2013)

With Once Upon a Forest, Luc Jacquet invites the spectator into a never-before-seen world of natural wonder and staggering beauty. “For the first time, we will be able to watch a rain forest growing before our eyes…Only cinema can offer this unique voyage into a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet
CAST:  Francis Hallé

With Once Upon a Forest, Luc Jacquet invites the spectator into a never-before-seen world of natural wonder and staggering beauty. “For the first time, we will be able to watch a rain forest growing before our eyes…Only cinema can offer this unique voyage into a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet
CAST:  Francis Hallé

The Fox and the Child (2007)

A young girl of about 10 years lives in a solitary peasant's house on the edge of the jurassic mountains in the East of France. One day in autumn, when she is on her way to school through the forest, she observes a hunting fox. Of course, the fox flees from her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet
CAST:  Bertille Noël-Bruneau  •  Isabelle Carré  •  Kate Winslet  •  Thomas Laliberté

A young girl of about 10 years lives in a solitary peasant's house on the edge of the jurassic mountains in the East of France. One day in autumn, when she is on her way to school through the forest, she observes a hunting fox. Of course, the fox flees from her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet
CAST:  Bertille Noël-Bruneau  •  Isabelle Carré  •  Kate Winslet  •  Thomas Laliberté

Antarctica: Ice & Sky (2015)

Documentary about the work of Claude Lorius, who began studying Antarctic ice in 1957, and, in 1965, was the first scientist to be concerned about global warming.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet
CAST:  Claude Lorius  •  Michel Papineschi

Documentary about the work of Claude Lorius, who began studying Antarctic ice in 1957, and, in 1965, was the first scientist to be concerned about global warming.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet
CAST:  Claude Lorius  •  Michel Papineschi

Of Penguins and Men (2004)

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "March of the Penguins".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet  •  Jérôme Maison
CAST:  Luc Jacquet  •  Douglas Weston  •  Jérôme Maison

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "March of the Penguins".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet  •  Jérôme Maison
CAST:  Luc Jacquet  •  Douglas Weston  •  Jérôme Maison

March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step (2017)

A young penguin, driven by his instinct, embarks on his first major trip to an unknown destination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet
CAST:  Lambert Wilson  •  Morgan Freeman  •  Sofie Gråbøl  •  Heikki Kinnunen

A young penguin, driven by his instinct, embarks on his first major trip to an unknown destination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet
CAST:  Lambert Wilson  •  Morgan Freeman  •  Sofie Gråbøl  •  Heikki Kinnunen

Rush Hour in Antarctica (2004)

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Antarctica Calling (2023)

The few thousand kilometers that separate Patagonia from the South Pole are a fascinating and hypnotic journey for explorers. Some even speak of an addiction, 'the Antarctic bite'. March of the Penguins (2005) director Luc Jacquet has been experiencing it for 30 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet
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The few thousand kilometers that separate Patagonia from the South Pole are a fascinating and hypnotic journey for explorers. Some even speak of an addiction, 'the Antarctic bite'. March of the Penguins (2005) director Luc Jacquet has been experiencing it for 30 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Jacquet
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