Биография
Frédéric Dieudonné, born in France on September 21, 1969, is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, producer, environmentalist, and co-creator of the Jules Verne Festival.
Since 1999, Dieudonné has co-produced numerous acclaimed and award-winning documentaries narrated by notable figures such as Christopher Lee, Ernest Borgnine, Charlotte Rampling, and Zachary Quinto. His works include Passage to Mars, Devil's Islands, Red and White, Whales of Atlantis, Amazon Trek, 100 Years Under the Sea, and Devil's Island.
In 2014, he was honored as a Fellow of the prestigious Explorers Club in New York City.
In 2006, Dieudonné wrote, directed, and co-produced the TV documentary Jules Verne Adventures: Explorers: From the Titanic to the Moon, featuring producer/director James Cameron and Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
Between 2012 and 2015, he produced Passage to Mars, directed by Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and narrated by Zachary Quinto, in collaboration with NASA.
In 1992, Dieudonné and Jean-Christophe Jeauffre established the nonprofit Jules Verne Adventures organization, the Jules Verne Festival, and The Jules Verne Awards, operating out of Paris and Los Angeles.
The Jules Verne Festival traditionally hosts an awards ceremony honoring explorers, environmentalists, filmmakers, and actors with the Jules Verne Award. Recipients have included Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Charlotte Rampling, Claude Lelouch, Johnny Depp, Christopher Lee, Patrick Stewart, Mark Hamill, Buzz Aldrin, William Shatner, Tippi Hedren, Stan Lee, Ray Bradbury, Ted Turner, Richard Dean Anderson, Larry Hagman, Christopher Reeve, Roy E. Disney, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Steve McQueen, as well as the cast and crew of TV series such as Heroes, Lost, Stargate SG-1, and Battlestar Galactica. The festival has also celebrated iconic films like Blade Runner, Forbidden Planet, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Some Like It Hot, and The Wild Bunch.
