Frédéric Dieudonné


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FRÉDÉRIC DIEUDONNÉ is a writer, journalist and filmmaker, born in France, September 21, 1969.

After earning a master’s degree in literature from the prestigious Sorbonne of Paris, Frédéric Dieudonné co-founded the nonprofit Jules Verne Adventures in 1991 with Jean-Christophe Jeauffre. Dedicated to exploration, filmmaking, education and conservation, the organization is now based both in Paris and in Los Angeles. Dieudonné has been a member of prestigious French Explorers Club since 1999.

In 1992, Jeauffre and Dieudonné launched the annual Jules Verne Festival, inaugurated by Captain Jacques Cousteau. Then they developed a production unit to create new adventure & exploration programs for movie theatres, television and video.

The Jules Verne Festival is now Paris most important film festival; it is held each year in April at the Grand Rex, Europe’s largest movie theatre, where it attracts more than 35,000 visitors and guests.

Dieudonné’s passion for exploration and nature as a journalist led him to become feature editor at Science & Nature magazine. Dieudonné has traveled to Brazil, Africa, Malta, and Scotland as an environment and ethnology reporter-photographer. In 1998, he launched a new magazine as editor-in-chief, L’Autre Voyage, which presents new concepts in environmentally-friendly travel around the world.

Dieudonné’s passion for exploration and nature as a journalist led him to become feature editor at Science & Nature magazine. Dieudonné has traveled to Brazil, Africa, Malta, and Scotland as an environment and ethnology reporter-photographer. In 1998, he launched a new magazine as editor-in-chief, L’Autre Voyage, which presents new concepts in environmentally-friendly travel around the world.

From 1999 to 2008, he co-produced several films for TV which included Devil’s Islands: Journey into Jungle Alcatraz and Red and White: Gone with the West. A five-month expedition on the Atlantic aboard the tall ship Belem led to his production of the highly acclaimed documentaries: 100 Years Under the Seas: Shipwrecks of the Caribbean, Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets, Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick, Five Months On The Sea: the Jules Verne Expedition. Two fully illustrated books were also published after the expedition.

In 2006, he wrote and directed the TV documentary Explorers: From the Titanic to the Moon, starring producer/director James Cameron and veteran Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

All of the aforementioned films are now being distributed in the US on DVD with narrations by well-known actors Sir Christopher Lee (Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars II & III) and Academy Award-winner Ernest Borgnine (From Here to Eternity, The Wild Bunch).

As a writer, Dieudonné has been collaborating with French publisher Le Cherche Midi (from Editis Group) since 2004. Among his many responsibilities, he is developing biographies from the memoirs of accomplished artists and actors as the subjects’ personal literary advisor.

In 2005, Dieudonné co-founded the American version of the nonprofit Jules Verne Adventures. It is based in Downtown Los Angeles and maintains an IRS 501(c)(3) status.

The inaugural American launch of the Los Angeles Jules Verne Festival (October 2006 at the Shrine Auditorium) has celebrated the work of George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Dr. Jane Goodall and James Cameron before 6,300 attendees.

Either in Paris or Los Angeles, the Jules Verne Festival has been welcoming and/or celebrating many stars and movies such as Buzz Aldrin, William Shatner, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Tippi Hedren, Louis de Funes, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Charlotte Rampling, Omar Sharif, Stan Lee, Johnny Depp, Tony Curtis, Ted Turner, Ernest Borgnine, Roy E. Disney, the Heroes cast and crew, The Blade Runner, The Birds, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Some Like It Hot, The Wild Bunch, Star Trek: The Future Begins, The Empire Strikes Back, Steve McQueen…

Dieudonné is now preparing the next Jules Verne Festival signature events as well as new film productions and books.