documentary extracts
Wildlife Photographers - 52 min and 70 min
The Denis-Huots are an extraordinary couple of wildlife photographers. The film shows their daily life on the Masaï Mara Plains, as they continuously seek the rare photo that will bring together estheticism and animal behavior
Directed by Jean-Thomas Renaud, written by Jean-Thomas Renaud and Catherine Legalery, filmed by Jean-Thomas Renaud, music by Jérôme Rossi, editing: Nicole Brame and Clara Ott
Co-producers : France 3 Normandie, TLM. Broadcasts : National Geographic Channel, France 5, France 3 Normandie, Ushuaïa TV.
The Mists of Mwanenguba - 52 min
In this volcanic region of Cameroon, the botanist, Martin Cheek, with the help of the inhabitants of Bakossi, has inventoried over two hundred previously unknown plant species.
Directed by Jean-Thomas Renaud and Guillaume de Ginestel, written by Guillaume de Ginestel, filming: Jean-Thomas Renaud, music by Jérôme Rossi, editing: Hélène de la Morinerie
Co-producer : RFO. Partners: European Community, Kew Royal Gardens. Broadcasts: France O, RFO, TV5 Monde.
Destination Chad - 52 min
From North Cameroon to Chad, from the lands of the old elephants to the dunes of the Kanem, the film offers a non-stop journey, in the form of a travel log, through a little known, practically forbidden region rich in amazing landscapes and remarkable people.
Réalisation Jean-Thomas Renaudl, écrit par Eric Ellena, image Jean-Thomas Renaud, musique Cyril Verlet, montage Sebastien Win
Co-producer : Odyssée. Broadcasts: Odyssée, Canal+ Horizons, Arte, Voyage, TV5 Monde, Escales.
The Last Trackers of the Outback - 52 min
The Aborigines practice the art of tracking since thousands of years ago. Tracking leads us on fascinating adventures across the diversity of the Australian Outback.
Directed by Eric Ellena, filmed by Jean-Thomas Renaud.
Co-producer: Equidia. Broadcasts: France 5, Equidia, Planète, RTSI
Cameroon Fights Back - 52 min
The film tackles, from a new and optimistic angle, the question of the fight against AIDS in Africa, taking into account the tremendous mobilization of the Cameroonian people in the face of this scourge.
Directed by Franck Sanson, filmed by Jean-Thomas Renaud.
Co-producers: KTO, CRTV. Broadcasts: KTO, TV5 Monde, RTBF, CRTV and STV, RTM
The Jill & Tony Curtis story - 52 min.
Portrait of the actor Tony Curtis and his wife Jill who devoted her life to horses. She opened the Shiloh refuge for horses in a desert valley near Las Vegas.
Directed by Ian Ayres, filmed by Jean-Thomas Renaud.
Co-producer: Equidia. Broadcasts: Equidia, DVD
Christian Dior : the man behind the myth - 52 min
1947: In a still-bleeding postwar France, a young designer imposes his vision of Woman and elegance on the entire world. Christian Dior quickly became a myth.
Directed by Philppe Lanfranchi, filmed by Jean-Thomas Renaud.
Co-producer: AVRO. Broadcasts: France 5, TV5 Monde, RFO, Histoire, Vivolta, Canal Plus, MTV. Silver medal at the 2007 New York Film Festival
Brasília, journey towards the dawn - 26 min
Fascinated all his life by the work of the brazilian architect, the painter Jacques Benoit made this film based on an exclusive interview with Oscar Niemeyer, the architect of Brasilia. The film is projected in parallel to the artist's pictural work, whenever non-profit exhibitions occur.
Directed by Jacques Benoit, filmed by Jean-Thomas Renaud.
Barbey the diabolical - 52 min
Often disparaged and relegated to the sidelines of the literary world, Barbey d’Aurevilly was an author in a class of his own, at odds with his era. This film invites us on a journey through the heart of Romanticism and a fascinating epoch, from the literary point of view, between Paris and Normandy.
Directed by Franck Sanson, filmed by Jean-Thomas Renaud
Co-producer : France 3 Normandie, Skopia films
Mool ! - 52 min
Everyday, for lack of a fishing port, the fishermen of Saint Louis in Senegal have to cross the formidable sandbar off the beach where their pirogues run aground.
Directed by Jacques Arrhex, filmed by Jean-Thomas Renaud.
Co-producers: MC4, Seasons. Broadcasts: Seasons, TV5
Histoires naturelles - 20 x 52 min
Documentary series on the French channel TF1 about Man and his place in nature..
Directed by Jean-Pierre Fleury, Chistophe Resse, filmed by Jean-Thomas Renaud.
Co-producer: TF1, Editel. Broadcasts: TF1, Odyssée
