Biografia
Frederic Lumiere is an award-winning producer, director, editor, published author, and President of Lumiere Media, Inc., a film and television production company located in Doylestown, PA.
His debut feature film as director, the independent drama Tomorrow is Today (2006), starred Scout Taylor-Compton and won 13 awards, including the Director's Discovery Award at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. The film was acquired by Cinemax and broadcast to a global audience.
Frederic subsequently directed and edited four documentaries for various television networks: The Knights of Columbus (2008 - PBS), about the Catholic fraternal organization founded in America; Father McGivney (2008 - PBS), a biography of the Knights of Columbus founder; 70's Fever: "The Me Generation" (2009 - History Channel), a two-hour special on the 1970s narrated by David Cassidy; and The Secrets of Fatima (2009 - History International), which traced the 1917 apparitions of the Virgin Mary to three young shepherds in Portugal and the miracles that followed.
He was later commissioned by History Channel to develop a new concept on World War II. He produced, directed, and edited the Emmy Award-winning series WWII in HD (2009), narrated by Gary Sinise. The series earned worldwide critical acclaim, with the LA Times calling it "Masterful" and Monsters & Critics describing it as "Astounding!" The series featured voice performances by Justin Bartha, Ron Livingston, Rob Lowe, Amy Smart, Steve Zahn, Josh Lucas, and LL Cool J.
In 2011, Frederic executive produced and edited The Wereth Eleven, which recounts the story of eleven African-American GIs murdered by the SS during the Battle of the Bulge, an atrocity that was never prosecuted. For this work, he received a nomination from the Hollywood Post Alliance for Outstanding Editing for Television. The Emmy-nominated film, which won at the GI Film Festival, helped initiate legislation passed by the United States Congress officially recognizing the massacre.
He then directed and edited Normandy's 100 Days (2013), a unique film experience projected on nine screens within a 360-degree theater, shown to visitors sixteen times daily. He also created Raw War: The Lost Film of Dak To (2014 - Discovery/AHC), a Vietnam War special that achieved the highest-rated original premiere in the network's history (Military Channel/AHC).
In June 2014, Frederic's film Sacrifice (TF1, National Geographic), a retelling of D-Day through personal stories with archival footage restored to color, premiered globally in 171 countries and 45 languages to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the event. Sacrifice became the #1 primetime television show on French TV during the anniversary and ranked as the #3 documentary worldwide in 2014, according to a study by The Wit.
Frederic also co-authored the bestselling book Sacrifice, based on the film, published by Acropole.
He is a member of the Directors Guild of America.
