Jules 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. The brothers, residents of the United States since 1989, 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. Jules is married, with two children. ^[1]

The brothers graduated from Tisch School of the Arts in 1995. 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.

1 9/11
2 Post 9/11 projects
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] 9/11

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] Post 9/11 projects

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 June 2008 the film has not yet appeared.

The brothers' latest film project was a documentary entitled "In God's Name," exploring current events through the thoughts of 12 spiritual leaders, including Rowan Williams, Pope Benedict XVI, Mata Amritanandamayi, Yona Metzger, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah and The Dalai Lama.^[2] It was first broadcast in the United States on December 23, 2007.

A companion book to the film, called In God's Name: Wisdom from the World's Great Spiritual Leaders, was published by National Geographic Books in March 2008.^[3]