Gilles De Maistre
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Gilles de Maistre (born 8 May 1960) is a French filmmaker, journalist, and actor who was nominated for a
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Career

Gilles de Maistre graduated with a degree in philosophy from the University of Paris X Nanterre in 1983, and further graduated from the Journalist Training Center in 1985, where he trained as a journalist and image reporter. He began by producing reports and documentaries for television, notably for Sygma Télévision and the CAPA agency. He travels around the world to denounce, alert and inform regarding wars, famines, guerrillas, homelessness, violence or natural disasters. In order to manage his own films, in 1990 he founded his first production house, Tetra Media, and became director-producer.


Personal life

He is married to screenwriter Prune de Maistre and has six children. He is a half-brother of Patrice de Maistre and is a grand-nephew of the director
René Clément René Clément (; 18 March 1913 – 17 March 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films ''The Battle of the Rails'' (1946), ''Forbidden Games'' (1952), ''Gervaise (film), Gervaise'' (1956), ''Purple No ...
. He is a descendant of the philosopher
Joseph de Maistre Joseph Marie, comte de Maistre (1 April 1753 – 26 February 1821) was a Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, diplomat, and magistrate. One of the forefathers of conservatism, Maistre advocated social hierarchy and monarchy in the period immedi ...
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* 1960 births Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French producers French cinematographers French-language film directors Journalists from Boulogne-Billancourt {{France-film-director-stub