Benoît Bringer (born 1979) is a French investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Paris, France. He is part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning

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team and director of "Panama Papers : The hold-up of the century", a two-hour documentary aired on

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TV investigative series ''Cash Investigation''. He is also the director of "Obama's dirty war"" broadcast on

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, an investigation in Yemen and Pakistan on civilian casualties from US drone strikes. His film ''Primaire au PS : l'improbable scénario'', a 90-minute documentary about the first political primary race in France, which aired on Canal+, was selected for FIPA, the Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels, held in Biarritz, France. Bringer graduated from ESJ (École Supérieure de journalisme de Lille). He started his career as a reporter for the French public channel France 2. In 2007, Bringer left France 2 to cover

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and

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as a correspondent for the French public radios

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and

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, the French Sunday newspaper ''

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'' and the French-German public TV channel

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. Back in France, he became an independent filmmaker, directing documentaries on assignment for various French channels: Canal+,

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and M6. As of 2016, he is working with Premières Lignes.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bringer, Benoit French journalists Living people 1979 births French male non-fiction writers