Jean-Christophe Jeauffre (born 26 April 1970) is a French

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, screenwriter and a producer, environmentalist and creator of the Jules Verne International Film Festival.

Education and early career

After graduating in French literature and Conservatoire of Cinema (Paris), he joined the

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in 1990 for two years on Aircraft-carrier Foch during the Lebanon war and was in charge of the ship’s Television production unit where he made his first reportages and documentaries for the Navy. In 1991 in Paris, Jeauffre founded the nonprofit Jules Verne Adventures along with

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. Dedicated to exploration, conservation, and education, the organization is now based both in Paris and in Los Angeles. In 1992, Jeauffre and Dieudonné launched the annual Paris Jules Verne Festival and the Jules Verne Awards, inaugurated by

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. This event, also based in Los Angeles, California, is dedicated to exploration, education and conservation. Jeauffre developed a film production unit to create new adventure & exploration programs for theatres and television. JEAUFFRE DIRECTOR

Career

Filmmaking

Jeauffre’s passion for exploration and for the sea led him to conceive scientific expeditions and to create a new concept of documentaries he called Action-documentaries, mixing real-life exploration with fictional content. From 1999 to 2016, Jeauffre wrote, directed and produced several films for TV which include Devil's Islands and Red and White. A five-month expedition on the Atlantic aboard the tall ship Belem led to his production of the highly acclaimed and award-winning documentaries: * Whales of Atlantis * Amazon Trek (2008 Best Feature Documentary Award, White Sands International Film Festival,

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) * 100 Years Under the Sea * Five Months On The Sea - the Jules Verne Expedition. Two fully illustrated books were also published after the expedition ( and ). In 2006, he co-wrote and produced the Jules Verne Adventures TV documentary Explorers: From the Titanic to the Moon, starring producer/director James Cameron and veteran

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. All of the aforementioned films are now being distributed in the US on DVD and Blu-ray with narrations by Christopher Lee and

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. ''Passage to Mars'', his latest film, opened in US theatres, September 30, 2016. Narrated by Zachary Quinto, Charlotte Rampling and

, the film was praised by critics (New York Times, The Village Voice, filmdoo, Space.com...) and received Best Picture Awards (REF). It tells the story of a

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Arctic expedition across the Northwest Passage: the first motorized crossing of the Arctic sea ice aboard prototype humvee Okarian. He co-wrote, produced, directed and edited this feature-length documentary which includes ground-breaking Martian imagery from ESA and NASA. In 2014, Jeauffre was elected a Fellow of the

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, based in New York City. DIEUDONNE JEAUFFRE

The Jules Verne Festival

In 2005 Dieudonné and Jean-Christophe Jeauffre founded the American version of the French 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.

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and James Cameron and attracted 6,300 attendees. The Jules Verne Festival traditionally includes an awards ceremony during which selected explorers, environmentalists, filmmakers and movie stars are presented with the Jules Verne Award. Among others, the Jules Verne Award was given to Gérard Depardieu,

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, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Charlotte Rampling,

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, Johnny Depp, Christopher Lee,

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, Mark Hamill,

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, Stan Lee,

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, Larry Hagman,

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'', '' Stargate SG1'' and '' Battlestar Galactica'' cast and crew, and has celebrated movie classics such as ''

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'', '' Star Trek'', '' Superman'', ''

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'', Alfred Hitchcock’s '' The Birds'', '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', ''

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'', '' Some Like It Hot'' and ''

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References

External links

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Jules Verne Adventures
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