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Michael Pitiot
Michael Pitiot
	Goodplanet Foundation, 2016
Born	14 July 1970 (age 54); Bagneux (city), France
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter

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Michael Pitiot (born 14 July 1970) is a French screenwriter and film director. He lives and works in France.

Life and career

Michael Pitiot shot his first reportages in Zaïre in 1991. He was then recruited as audiovisual attaché at the French embassy in Vietnam, responsible for cooperation with radio and television in Ho Chi Minh City, a position he occupied from 1993 to 1998.

From 1998 to 2000, he travelled back to France aboard a Chinese junk christened Sao Mai and specially built for the journey, with Marielle Laheurte and a team of 30 volunteers from widely differing backgrounds (including the former naval lieutenant Pierre Guillaume, also known as Crabe-Tambour). He produced a documentary for France2 and wrote two accounts of this expedition.

From 2001 to 2003, alongside senior reporter Arnaud de la Grange, he organised a circumnavigation of Africa with 12 well-known writers including Erik Orsenna, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio and Jean-Christophe Rufin. He also directed a documentary series on this literary and journalistic voyage entitled Portes d’Afrique, for Arte. In 2003, he filmed a road movie through the former Soviet empire in Super8 with Laurent Lepesant that took him to Afghanistan. In 2004 he wrote an account of a voyage to Bhutan to discover its temple carpenter-builders with the illustrator Cloé Fontaine, who later became his wife.

Starting in 2006, he wrote a film script with journalist Daniel Duhand on the forgotten history of the «Poilus d’Alaska» (huskies) in 1915. The same year he joined Tara Expéditions to develop documentaries of its mission. In parallel, in 2009 he published a history of piracy, illustrated by Ségolène Marbach. In 2010, he produced a documentary series in four episodes for France Télévisions on the Tara Oceans mission, co-written with Thierry Ragobert and Frédéric Lossignol and with original music by Gérard Cohen-Tannugi.

Shortly afterwards he met the ecologist and photographer Yann Arthus Bertrand, with whom he co-produced Planet Ocean,^[1] a feature-length documentary about man and the ocean. This film, produced thanks to the support of the Omega brand, won the Best Cinematography Award at the Monterey Blue Festival (California, USA).^[2]^[3] This was the first film produced during a four-year collaboration which also gave birth to three new feature-length documentaries with Yann Arthus-Bertrand: Méditerranée^[4] in 2013, which looks at the development of human civilisations in the Mediterranean basin, with the voice of Gérard Darmon and Hiam Abbass ; Algérie, an emotional journey to the heart of Algeria, narrated by Jalil Lespert. The film was aired in France and Algeria the same day in July 2015 ; and TERRA,^[5] the sequel of Planet Ocean, a film dedicated to the story of mankind and life, narrated by Vanessa Paradis. Terra was premiered in December 2015 for the COP21 and available worldwide on Netflix by 2016.

In parallel, Michael Pitiot has devoted his time to writing fictional projects.^[6]

Filmography

2001 : L'Odyssée de Sao Mai, 52 minutes, France 2
2003 : Durban Zulu, 26 minutes, Arte
2004 : Rivages d’Afrique, Côte Est, 52 minutes, Voyage
2005 : Rivages d’Afrique, Côte Ouest, 52 minutes, Voyage
2006 : Poilus d’Alaska, 90 mn, with Duhand et Jampolsky, Arte, Radio-Canada
2008 : Tara, journey to the climate machine, 90mn, Roblin and Ragobert, Arte
2009 : Au cœur d’une expédition polaire, 52 minutes, Planète
2010 : The great Bloom, 52 minutes, France3, Pathé
2010 : The Sacred Pact, 52 minutes, France3, Pathé
2010 : The secret world, 52 minutes, France3, Pathé
2011 : A lost Alliance, 52 minutes, France3, Pathé
2012 : Tara Ocean, journey to the sources of life, 90 min, France5
2012 : Planet Ocean, with Y. Arthus-Bertrand, 90min, France2, Universal Studios
2013 : Mediterranean with Gérard Darmon, 90 min, France2, Universal Studios
2015 : Algeria, with Y. Arthus-Bertrand, Yazid Tizi, Jalil Lespert, 90min, France2
2015 : Thalassa. Le Climat, with Christophe Cousin, 110 min, France3
2016 : Terra, with Y. Arthus-Bertrand, Vanessa Paradis, 90 min, France2, Netflix
2017 : Maroc vu du ciel,^[7] 90 minutes, France Télévision, with Ali Baddou and Yann Arthus-Bertrand, France Télévisions
2018 : Orient-Express, (script only) by Louis-Pascal Couvelaire, 90 min, Arte
2018 : Men from Earth, with Laurent Stocker, 100 min, BBC, France Televisions
2019 : Egypte vue du ciel, 90 min, with Pio Marmaï Yann Arthus-Bertrand, France Televisions
2020 : In conversation with Eileen Gray, 24 min,^[8] Bard Graduate Center

References

^ "Capturing Planet Ocean : interview on International Traveller"
^ ""Planet Ocean selected as winner of best cinematography at blue ocean film festival"". Archived from the original on 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
^ (in French) "Des documentaires français parmi les plus grosses ventes du monde"
^ (in Spanish) "Mediterranée on Documenta2"
^ (in French) "Terra on the GoodPlanet Foundation web site"
^ "French documentary-maker Michael Pitiot reveals his five favourite films (Metro 2013)"
^ Maroc France TV Pro PR
^ Bard Graduate Center Eileen Gray Screening PR

External links

Michael Pitiot at IMDb
Official web site from Tara Expéditions
Planète Océan, official web site from the GoodPlanet Foundation
The New York Review of Books Sept 2020

[1] "Capturing Planet Ocean : interview on International Traveller"

[2] ""Planet Ocean selected as winner of best cinematography at blue ocean film festival"". Archived from the original on 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2016-03-19.

[3] (in French) "Des documentaires français parmi les plus grosses ventes du monde"

[4] (in Spanish) "Mediterranée on Documenta2"

[5] (in French) "Terra on the GoodPlanet Foundation web site"

[6] "French documentary-maker Michael Pitiot reveals his five favourite films (Metro 2013)"

[7] Maroc France TV Pro PR

[8] Bard Graduate Center Eileen Gray Screening PR

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-'''Michael Pitiot''' ; born on 14 July 1970, is a French [[screenwriter]] and [[film director]]. He lives and works in [[France]].
+'''Michael Pitiot''' (born 14 July 1970) is a French [[screenwriter]] and [[film director]]. He lives and works in [[France]].
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 ==Life and career==
-Michael Pitiot shot his first reportages in [[Zaire|Zaïre]] in 1991. He was then recruited as audiovisual attaché at the French Embassy in [[Vietnam]], responsible for cooperation with radio and television in [[Ho Chi Minh City]], a position he occupied from 1993 to 1998.
+Michael Pitiot shot his first reportages in [[Zaire|Zaïre]] in 1991. He was then recruited as audiovisual attaché at the French embassy in [[Vietnam]], responsible for cooperation with radio and television in [[Ho Chi Minh City]], a position he occupied from 1993 to 1998.
-From 1998 to 2000, he travelled back to France aboard a [[Junk (ship)|Chinese junk]] christened Sao Mai and specially built for the journey, with Marielle Laheurte and a team of 30 volunteers from widely differing backgrounds (including the former naval lieutenant Pierre Guillaume, also known as «Crabe-Tambour»). He produced a documentary for France2 and wrote two accounts of this expedition.
+From 1998 to 2000, he travelled back to France aboard a [[Junk (ship)|Chinese junk]] christened ''Sao Mai'' and specially built for the journey, with Marielle Laheurte and a team of 30 volunteers from widely differing backgrounds (including the former naval lieutenant Pierre Guillaume, also known as ''Crabe-Tambour''). He produced a documentary for France2 and wrote two accounts of this expedition.
-From 2001 to 2003, alongside senior reporter Arnaud de la Grange, he organised a circumnavigation of Africa with 12 well-known writers including [[Erik Orsenna]], [[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio]] and [[Jean-Christophe Rufin]]. He also directed a documentary series on this literary and journalistic voyage entitled Portes d’Afrique, for [[Arte]].
+From 2001 to 2003, alongside senior reporter Arnaud de la Grange, he organised a circumnavigation of Africa with 12 well-known writers including [[Erik Orsenna]], [[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio]] and [[Jean-Christophe Rufin]]. He also directed a documentary series on this literary and journalistic voyage entitled ''Portes d’Afrique'', for [[Arte]].
 In 2003, he filmed a road movie through the former Soviet empire in Super8 with Laurent Lepesant that took him to [[Afghanistan]]. In 2004 he wrote an account of a voyage to [[Bhutan]] to discover its temple carpenter-builders with the illustrator Cloé Fontaine, who later became his wife.
 Starting in 2006, he wrote a film script with journalist Daniel Duhand on the forgotten history of the «Poilus d’Alaska» (huskies) in 1915. The same year he joined [[Tara expedition|Tara Expéditions]] to develop documentaries of its mission. In parallel, in 2009 he published a history of piracy, illustrated by Ségolène Marbach. In 2010, he produced a documentary series in four episodes for France Télévisions on the Tara Oceans mission, co-written with Thierry Ragobert and Frédéric Lossignol and with original music by Gérard Cohen-Tannugi.
-Shortly afterwards he met the ecologist and photographer [[Yann Arthus Bertrand]], with whom he co-produced [[Planet Ocean]], a feature-length documentary about man and the ocean. This film, produced thanks to the support of the [[Omega SA|Omega brand]], won the Best Cinematography Award at the Monterey Blue Festival (California, USA).
+Shortly afterwards he met the ecologist and photographer [[Yann Arthus Bertrand]], with whom he co-produced ''[[Planet Ocean]]'',<ref>[http://www.internationaltravellermag.com/michael-pitiot-capturing-planet-ocean/ "Capturing Planet Ocean : interview on International Traveller"]</ref> a feature-length documentary about man and the ocean. This film, produced thanks to the support of the [[Omega SA|Omega brand]], won the Best Cinematography Award at the Monterey Blue Festival (California, USA).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.davidhannan.com.au/news/latest-news/planet-ocean-selected-as-winner-of-best-cinematography-at-blue-ocean-film-festival.php |title="Planet Ocean selected as winner of best cinematography at blue ocean film festival" |access-date=2016-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227104358/http://davidhannan.com.au/news/latest-news/planet-ocean-selected-as-winner-of-best-cinematography-at-blue-ocean-film-festival.php |archive-date=2016-02-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://lexpansion.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/actualite-economique/des-documentaires-francais-parmi-les-plus-grosses-ventes-du-monde_1554127.html "Des documentaires français parmi les plus grosses ventes du monde"]</ref>
-This was the first film produced during a four-year collaboration which also gave birth to three new feature-length documentaries with [[Yann Arthus-Bertrand]]: Méditérranée in 2013, which looks at the development of human civilisations in the Mediterranean basin, with the voice of [[Gérard Darmon]] and [[Hiam Abbass]] ; Algérie, an emotional journey to the heart of [[Algeria]], narrated by [[Jalil Lespert]]. The film was aired in [[France]] and [[Algeria]] the same day in july 2015 ;  and TERRA, the sequel of Planet Ocean, a film dedicated to the story of mankind and life, narrated by [[Vanessa Paradis]]. Terra was premiered in December 2015 for the [[COP21]] and available worlwide on [[Netflix]] by 2016.
+This was the first film produced during a four-year collaboration which also gave birth to three new feature-length documentaries with [[Yann Arthus-Bertrand]]: ''Méditerranée''<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/documenta2/2-emite-mediterraneo-nuestro-mar-documental-michael-pitiot-yann-arthus-bertrand/2611678/ "Mediterranée on Documenta2"]</ref> in 2013, which looks at the development of human civilisations in the Mediterranean basin, with the voice of [[Gérard Darmon]] and [[Hiam Abbass]] ; ''Algérie'', an emotional journey to the heart of [[Algeria]], narrated by [[Jalil Lespert]]. The film was aired in [[France]] and [[Algeria]] the same day in July 2015 ;  and ''TERRA'',<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.goodplanet.org/terra/ "Terra on the GoodPlanet Foundation web site"]</ref> the sequel of ''[[Planet Ocean]]'', a film dedicated to the story of mankind and life, narrated by [[Vanessa Paradis]]. ''Terra'' was premiered in December 2015 for the [[COP21]] and available worldwide on [[Netflix]] by 2016.
-In parallel, Michael Pitiot has devoted his time to writing fictional projects.
+In parallel, Michael Pitiot has devoted his time to writing fictional projects.<ref>[http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/26/michael-pitiot-like-slumdog-millionaire-i-think-humankind-can-solve-all-the-tragedies-it-faces-3667180/ "French documentary-maker Michael Pitiot reveals his five favourite films (Metro 2013)"]</ref>
 ==Filmography==
-* 2001 : L'Odyssée de Sao Mai, 52 minutes, France 2
+* 2001 : L'Odyssée de Sao Mai, 52 minutes, [[France 2]]
-* 2003 : Durban Zulu, 26 minutes, Arte
+* 2003 : Durban Zulu, 26 minutes, [[Arte]]
 * 2004 : Rivages d’Afrique, Côte Est, 52 minutes, Voyage
 * 2005 : Rivages d’Afrique, Côte Ouest, 52 minutes, Voyage
-* 2006 : Poilus d’Alaska, 90 mn, with Duhand et Jampolsky, Arte, Radio-Canada
+* 2006 : Poilus d’Alaska, 90 mn, with Duhand et Jampolsky, [[Arte]], [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]]
-* 2008 : Tara, journey to the climate machine, 90mn, Roblin and Ragobert, Arte
+* 2008 : Tara, journey to the climate machine, 90mn, Roblin and Ragobert, [[Arte]]
-* 2009 : Au cœur d’une expédition polaire, 52 minutes, Planète
+* 2009 : Au cœur d’une expédition polaire, 52 minutes, [[Planète+|Planète]]
-* 2010 : The great Bloom, 52 minutes, France3, Pathé
+* 2010 : The great Bloom, 52 minutes, [[France3]], [[Pathé]]
-* 2010 : The Sacred Pact, 52 minutes, France3, Pathé
+* 2010 : The Sacred Pact, 52 minutes, [[France3]], [[Pathé]]
-* 2010 : The secret world, 52 minutes, France3, Pathé
+* 2010 : The secret world, 52 minutes, [[France3]], [[Pathé]]
-* 2011 : A lost Alliance, 52 minutes, France3, Pathé
+* 2011 : A lost Alliance, 52 minutes, [[France3]], [[Pathé]]
-* 2012 : Tara Ocean, journey to the sources of life, 90 min, France5
+* 2012 : Tara Ocean, journey to the sources of life, 90 min, [[France5]]
-* 2012 : Planet Ocean, with Y. Arthus-Bertrand, 90min, France2, Universal Studio
+* 2012 : [[Planet Ocean]], with [[Yann Arthus-Bertrand|Y. Arthus-Bertrand]], 90min, [[France2]], [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]
-* 2013 : Mediterannean with Gerard Darmon, 90 min, France2, Universal Studio
+* 2013 : Mediterranean with [[Gérard Darmon]], 90 min, [[France2]], [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]
-* 2015 : Algeria, with Y. Arthus-Bertrand, Yazid Tizi, Jalil Lespert, 90min, France2
+* 2015 : Algeria, with [[Yann Arthus-Bertrand|Y. Arthus-Bertrand]], Yazid Tizi, [[Jalil Lespert]], 90min, [[France2]]
-* 2015 : Thalassa. Le Climat, with Christophe Cousin, 110 min, France3
+* 2015 : [[Thalassa (TV series)|Thalassa]]. Le Climat, with Christophe Cousin, 110 min, [[France3]]
-* 2016 : Terra, with Y.Arthus-Bertrand, Vanessa Paradis, 90 min, France2, Netflix
+* 2016 : Terra, with [[Yann Arthus-Bertrand|Y. Arthus-Bertrand]], [[Vanessa Paradis]], 90 min, [[France2]], [[Netflix]]
+* 2017 : Maroc vu du ciel,<ref>[http://www.francetvpro.fr/france-2/communiques-de-presse/le-maroc-vu-du-ciel-5592594 Maroc France TV Pro PR]</ref> 90 minutes, France Télévision, with [[Ali Baddou]] and [[Yann Arthus-Bertrand]], France Télévisions
+* 2018 : Orient-Express, (script only) by Louis-Pascal Couvelaire, 90 min, [[Arte]]
+* 2018 : Men from Earth, with [[Laurent Stocker]], 100 min, BBC, [[France Televisions]]
-== Filmographie Sélective==
+* 2019 : Egypte vue du ciel, 90 min, with [[Pio Marmaï]] [[Yann Arthus-Bertrand]], [[France Televisions]]
-* [[2001]] : ''[http://www.film-documentaire.fr/LOdyss%C3%A9e-Sao_Mai.html,film,33425 L'Odyssée de Sao Mai]'', 52 minutes, France 2<ref>Prix du public aux [[Écrans de l'aventure]] 2001 et au [http://www.festival-aventure-et-decouverte.com/edition2002.php Festival de Val d'Isère 2002].</ref>
+* 2020 : In conversation with [[Eileen Gray]], 24 min,<ref>[https://www.bgc.bard.edu/events/1133/29-feb-2020-screening-in Bard Graduate Center Eileen Gray Screening PR]</ref> Bard Graduate Center
-* [[2003]] : ''Durban Zulu'', 26 minutes, Arte
+==References==
-* [[2004]] : ''Rivages d’Afrique, Côte Est'', 52 minutes, Voyage
+{{Reflist}}
-* [[2005]] : ''Rivages d’Afrique, Côte Ouest'', 52 minutes, Voyage
-* [[2006]] : ''[http://www.film-documentaire.fr/Nom-code-poilus_Alaska.html,film,37091 Poilus d’Alaska]'', 90 minutes, scénario avec Daniel Duhand et Marc Jampolsky, Arte, Radio Canada
-* [[2008]] : ''Tara, voyage au cœur de la machine climatique'', 90 minutes, scénario initial et tournages pour Emmanuel Roblin et Thierry Ragobert, Arte
-* [[2009]] : ''Au cœur d’une expédition polaire'', 52 minutes, Planète Thalassa
-* [[2010]] : ''Le monde secret''<ref>[http://www.mbari.org/seminars/2012/Winter_12/Pitiot_Mar14.html Page du Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute]</ref>, 52 minutes, France télévisions,  Pathé Vidéos
-* [[2010]] : ''[http://www.film-documentaire.fr/Le_Pacte_sacr%C3%A9.html,film,33824 Le pacte sacré]'', 52 minutes, France télévisions,  Pathé Vidéos
-* [[2010]] : ''Le grand bloom'', 52 minutes, France télévisions,  Pathé Vidéos
-* [[2011]] : ''L’alliance perdue'', 52 minutes, France télévisions,  Pathé Vidéos
-* [[2012]] : ''[[Planète Océan (film)]]'', 90 minutes, France télévisions, Universal Studios
-* [[2012]] : ''Voyage aux sources de la vie'', 90 minutes, France télévisions
-* [[2013]] : ''Méditerranée,'' 90 minutes, France télévisions<ref>''Le Monde'' daté Dimanche 26 - Lundi 27 janvier 2014 (supplément télévision)</ref>, Universal Studios
-* [[2015]] : ''Algérie vue du ciel'', 90 minutes, France télévisions
-* [[2015]] : ''Océans, le Climat, les hommes et la mer'', 110 minutes, de Christophe Cousin, France télévisions
-* [[2016]] : ''Terra'', 90 minutes, France télévisions, Netflix
-== Bibliographie Sélective==
-* [[2001]] : ''De Saigon à Saint Malo, visions de la jonque Sao Mai'', (avec M. Laheurte, B. de Miollis et T. Goisque), Transboréal {{ISBN|978-2913955066}}<ref>Prix de l’Amiral Frémy 2001.</ref>
-* [[2002]] : ''Pour les yeux d'une jonque'', (avec M. Laheurte), Glénat {{ISBN|978-2723436977}}
-* [[2003]] : ''Sillage d’Afrique'', (avec A. de la Grange et A. Tarneaud), Gallimard {{ISBN|978-2742411917}}
-* [[2005]] : ''Bhoutan, voyage au pays de Bouddha'', Presses de la Renaissance {{ISBN|978-2750900762}}
-* [[2009]] : ''Pirates'', Glénat {{ISBN|978-2723471299}}
+==External links==
-=== Notes et références ===
+*{{IMDb name|4618673|Michael Pitiot}}
-<references />
+*[http://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/?id_page=1 Official web site] from [[Tara expedition|Tara Expéditions]]
+*[http://ocean.goodplanet.org/#!/le-film/ Planète Océan, official web site] from the [[GoodPlanet Foundation]]
+*[https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/09/24/eileen-gray-infinite-possibilities/ The New York Review of Books Sept 2020]
+{{Authority control}}
-== Lien externe ==
-*{{imdb name|id=4618673}}
-*[http://www.commeaucinema.com/personne/michael-pitiot,232607 Profil sur commeaucinema.com]
-*[http://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/?id_page=1 Le site officiel de Tara Expéditions]
-*[http://ocean.goodplanet.org/#!/le-film/ Planète Océan, page officielle sur le site de la Fondation GoodPlanet]
-{{Portail|littérature française|cinéma français|maritime}}
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+[[Category:French male screenwriters]]
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 [[Category:French film directors]]
-[[Category:French writers]]

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