Jules Naudet and Gedeon Naudet

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Jules Clément Naudet (born Paris, France, April 26, 1973) and Thomas Gédéon Naudet (born Paris, France, March 27, 1970) are French filmmakers, resident in the USA since 1989, who were in New York City at the time of the September 11 attacks. Jules captured footage of the first plane flying into the North tower of the World Trade Center.

Their first film, "Hope, Gloves and Redemption," (2000) on boxers in the Bronx, included coverage of the 1998 New York Daily News Golden Gloves tournament. In 2004 came news of a new film project, "Seamus," a "coming-of-age" story, with screenplay by the brothers and their 9/11 partner, James Hanlon, but as of April 2007 the film has not yet appeared. Jules is married, with two children. [1] The Naudet brothers were in the process of making a documentary on New York firefighters, following Antonios "Tony" Benetatos, a rookie officer or "probie", through his experiences in Fire Department of New York (FDNY) academy training and into a firehouse. On the morning of 9/11, Jules was taping as firefighters examined a reported gas leak when the North Tower was attacked, which Jules captured on tape. They immediately raced to the World Trade Center (WTC). The Naudet video footage thus became some of the most comprehensive on-site coverage of the 9/11 attacks in New York.

Along with the film of Pavel Hlava and a series of webcamera shots from Wolfgang Staehle, the Naudets' film has the only known footage of Flight 11 striking the World Trade Center.

[edit] Conspiracy Theorist Speculation

Some 9/11 conspiracy theorists suggest that the Naudet brothers had foreknowledge of the attacks, and the way Jules captured American Airlines Flight 11 crashing into the building is allegedly suspicious. [2] They are a common element of several conspiracy theories regarding the attacks.

The Naudet brothers have filed a copyright complaint with Louder than Words for the inclusion of the Naudet brothers' footage of 9/11 in their 9/11 conspiracy film Loose Change.