Thierry Robert

Born on August 3, 1967, Thierry Robert is a French documentary filmmaker specializing in adventure expeditions around the world. He works with leading French documentary production companies. It all began at the Magnetic North Pole in 1997 with Arnaud Tortel; together, they created *La Grande Traversée* (Gédéon Programmes) in 2000, which won seven international awards. He directed *Voyage au Tibet Interdit* (Bonne Pioche), winner of the Grand Prix at the Montreal Festival in 2004. This was followed by *L'Odyssée Climatique du Southern Star*—a multi-award-winning field investigation comprising four 52-minute films made with sailor Olivier Pitras. He has also directed socially conscious films, such as *Tibet, le mensonge chinois?* (Cinétévé), featuring the Dalai Lama, as well as works like *Cayar*, a film about sustainable development in West Africa. In a different vein, Thierry Robert directed *K.O. Debout* with the band Têtes Raides, and *Quitter la route* (Universal), a feature-length film about the rock band Matmatah’s tour in India and the culture shock the musicians experienced. In 2009, he directed *Ouaga Paradiso*, a documentary about the film industry in Burkina Faso—a fil…

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