Jules and Gedeon Naudet

Jules Clément Naudet (born 26 April 1973 in Paris) and Gedeon Naudet Thomas ( born March 27, 1970 in Paris) are two French filmmakers. International reputation and became the brothers through their footage which was taken during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York.

Life

The two brothers settled born in Paris in 1989 by France to the United States and began to there together a film studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University ( NYU), also known as NYU Film School known.

Jules Naudet is married and has two children.

Working

First documentaries

After graduation in 1995, followed by several award-winning films in which Jules and Gedeon Naudet always " ordinary people " presented at the center, " the unusual " contributed. One of these is also Hope, Gloves and Redemption ( 1999), in which the French, the New York couple Mickey and Negra Rosario portrayed that are as boxing instructor at Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center operates in Spanish Harlem. The rotated video feature film documentary brought the Naudet, among others, in the summer of 2000, the prize for Best Documentary at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival one.

In the summer of 2001, the Naudet were working on a new story about training at the New York fire brigade. For her project, the two brothers chose the Fire Department recruits Tony Benetatos out as the main character, whose path from " boy to man ," they wanted to participate in a cinematic long-term study. Benetatos was assigned to the Manhattan Guard Ladder 1 (100 Duane Street); the Naudet took three months in the life of the stationed firefighters and accompanied smaller bets. The filming permit they had obtained by their friendship with the actor and Ladder -1 firefighter James Hanlon. The project was the first documentary about the New York Fire Department for 27 years.

The recordings on 11 September 2001

On the morning of 11 September 2001 Jules Naudet accompanied a fire company of the fire station under the leadership of Chief Joseph W. Pfeifer to a smell of gas alarm at a road junction, near the World Trade Center ( WTC). He should make this morning familiar with the camera work. During the search of work Deletes squads for the cause of the gas smell, the group heard loud aircraft noise. Jules Naudet succeeded then at 8:46 clock to capture the flyover and the impact of the first passenger plane into the north tower on film. Then he accompanied with his camera the firemen into the World Trade Center and also documented the common escape from the collapsing North Tower. Jules ' retarded at the police station brother Gedeon broke while on another fire squad to the scene. He documented with his camera by shooting outdoors the second impact into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, the collapse of the building from the outside and the panic on the streets.

Both the Naudet as well as participating in action Firefighters of Ladder 1 survived the terrorist attacks. Although the media offered several million dollars for the rights to the footage, the two brothers sold a few images to a French agency to settle the previously accumulated cost of the film project, including the shots from the first impact in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The Naudet documented in the next few days the cleanup at Ground Zero and entered into an agreement with the U.S. television companies from CBS. They shortened then the 180- hour-long footage in collaboration with director Rob Klug and the firefighter James Hanlon to a length of nearly two hours. The film was on 11 March 2002, six months after the attacks, under the title 9/11 (Eng. title September 11 - The last hours of the World Trade Center ) broadcast by CBS in the U.S. television, reaching 40 million people and was considered among others, two Emmys and the price of the Writers Guild of America. The Naudet had out in favor of the free broadcasting her documentary and worked after the first publication of further dubbed versions. Thus, the film was a year after the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2002, are shown in 142 countries, including Germany and by the television channel Al -Jazeera in the Arab world.

Although the Naudet's website provided the revenue of 9/ 11, the New York Fire Fighters' Association, which cares about the financial and social protection of the survivors, their financial situation changed abruptly. So offered the NDR, who had shown responsible for the first broadcast of the documentary in Germany, the two brothers to co-finance their next two films, regardless of which topic they would. Seamus, a 2004 planned project about young adolescents, which planned the Naudet with James Hanlon, however, was never realized.

Further work

After the success of 9/ 11, the Naudet showed only 2006 September 11 - responsible Five years later, again for a documentary. In the same year, she sued the film production company Louder than Words, the Naudet footage of September 11, 2001 without permission in the film Loose Change was incorporated.

2007, both presented as a director or producer completed the project in God's name, for which they recorded footage of 180 hours. In the film take twelve influential faith leaders from Egypt, England, India, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Russia, Vatican City and the United States to timely issues position, including the events of September 11, 2001. Documentary with such well-known interview partners such as Alexius II ( head of the Russian Orthodox Church ), Amritanandamayi (Indian Guru ), Pope Benedict XVI. and the Islamic Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi dignitaries aired on CBS in prime time in late December 2007. 2008 brought in God's name the brothers, among others, the American Wilbur Award that will be given for outstanding media work with religious questions, topics and values.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

• 2008 Wilbur Award: Best TV documentary for In God 's Name

• 2003 Satellite Award ( Emmy ): Special DVD Humanitarian Award for September 11 - The last hours of the World Trade Center

• 2002: Best Documentary, nominated in the category Best camera for a documentary for September 11 - The last hours of the World Trade Center

• 2002 German Television Award: Best International Programme for September 11 - The last hours of the World Trade Center

• 2000 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival: Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary for Hope, Gloves and Redemption

Book Release

• In God 's Name: Wisdom from the World 's Great Spiritual Leaders. National Geographic Books, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4262-0383-1.