Director

Luc Jacquet

December 5, 1967 · Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France

Luc Jacquet (5 December 1967 in Bourg-en-Bresse) is a French film director from Paris. He wrote and directed the movie March of the Penguins, which won an Oscar for best documentary feature in 2005. His current film is called The Fox And the Child. It has been released in Britain and Ireland in slightly re-edited dubbed English-language version with narration by Kate Winslet, and was released in the United States on 29 February 2008.

Before his film directing career, Jacquet was a biologist.

Notable work

7.1
March of the Penguins (2005)
Director
6.5
The Fox and the Child (2007)
Director

Often works with

Morgan Freeman
2 titles together
March of the Penguins, March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
Michel Papineschi
2 titles together
Once Upon a Forest, Antarctica: Ice & Sky

Full filmography · 7

Antarctica Calling
as Narrator (voice) and Director and Writer
2023
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
Director and Writer
20176.9
Antarctica: Ice & Sky
Director
20156.2
Once Upon a Forest
Director and Writer
20136.7
The Fox and the Child
Director
20076.5
March of the Penguins
Director
20057.1
Rush Hour in Antarctica
Director and Writer
2004