Luc Jacquet
French film director · France · On the map · Directors · Born 1967 · age 58
Luc Jacquet is a French film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the film March of the Penguins, which won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2006 and received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay. He also directed The Fox and the Child.
Luc Jacquet is read about 38 times a day, in 14 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 4 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Antarctica CallingFilm, Director, Writer2017Knight of the National Order of MeritAwardPrix du Livre Science Pour TousAward
March of the Penguins 2: The Next StepFilm, 2017Director, Writer2015
Antarctica: Ice & SkyFilm, Director2013Botanist Francis Hallé Explains...Film, Director
Once Upon a ForestFilm, 2013Director, Writer2007
The Fox and the ChildFilm, Director, Writer2005
March of the PenguinsFilm, Director, Writer2004
Of Penguins and MenFilm, Director
Rush Hour in AntarcticaFilm, 2004Director, Writer1967Born5 December 1967Known for
View all 9 titles
March of the Penguins 2005
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step 2017
The Fox and the Child 2007
Filmography 9
19 credits on file
Media & music
Photos 3
Emperor penguins are prominent characters in several films in which Luc Jacquet participated as director or director of photography, including La Marche de l'empereur, which brought him international success and an Oscar.
Climate scientist Claude Lorius (here in 2008), subject of his fourth feature film, La Glace et le Ciel.
Plaque honoring Luc Jacquet on the "Wall of Filmmakers" at the Institut Lumière.Awards
About this person
It was 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.
