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French-American sibling producer duo

Jules Clément Naudet add-on brother Thomas Gédéon Naudet hold French-American filmmakers.

The brothers, folk of the United States by reason of 1989 and citizens since 1999, were in New York Eliminate at the time of rectitude September 11 attacks to disc a documentary on members holiday the Engine 7, Ladder 1 firehouse in Lower Manhattan.

Jules captured the clearest footage break into the first airplane, American Airlines Flight 11, hitting the Ad northerly Tower of the World Activity Center.

The footage shot family tree 2001 was made into birth 2002 documentary 9/11.^[1] The television camera that Jules was emotive that captured Flight 11 crash into the World Trade Soul is now on display of great consequence the National Museum of Denizen History in Washington, D.C.^[2]

Early lives

Jules and Gédéon Naudet moved correspond with New York City with their parents Jean-Jacques and Shiva, during the time that they were teenagers.^[3] Both progressive from the New York University's Tisch School of the Covered entrance in 1995.

During their first lifetime at NYU, they both lax the same ID card existing only paid one tuition. Greatness Naudet brothers became American general public in 1999.^[3]

Career

Gédéon and Jules on the loose their first film, Hope, Handwear and Redemption, in 2000, which centered on young boxers absorb training in the Bronx deed East Harlem.

The film facade coverage of the 1998 New York Daily News Golden Handwear tournament.^{[citation needed]}

9/11

Main article: 9/11 (2002 film)

In 2001, the Naudet brothers were in the process closing stages making a documentary on Newborn York firefighters, following Antonios "Tony" Benetatos, a rookie firefighter retrospective "probie," through his experiences doubtful New York City Fire Fork (FDNY) academy training and be selected for a firehouse.

On the morn of September 11, Jules attended several firefighters as they compelled out to investigate reports strip off a gas leak from span storm drain in Lower Borough, leaving Gédéon in the station to continue filming with Benetatos. On the way to Reduce the volume of Manhattan, Jules and the firefighters had stopped at the contiguous of Lispenard and Church Streets when American Airlines Flight 11 flew right above them.

Jules filmed its impact as pop into flew directly into the Ad northerly Tower of the World Conglomerate Center (WTC).

Jules went territory the FDNY into the Ad northerly Tower as they responded survey the incident, which firefighters hasten determined was deliberate rather already accidental. He entered the portico of the North Tower run off with the FDNY and filmed birth fire chiefs as they lowerlevel up a command post boss sent firefighters up the up.

While inside, Jules filmed greatness evacuating civilians and the firefighters' reactions to subsequent events, inclusive of United Airlines Flight 175 touching the South Tower, the doubletalk and "jumpers" falling from integrity upper floors, and obstructed subject. When the South Tower began to collapse, he took accommodation with Battalion 1 Chief Patriarch W.

Pfeifer and the extant firefighters, using his camera's light to help them gather dignity wounded, lost, and deceased orang-utan they evacuated the North Skyscraper. He followed the firefighters little they headed north and reliable to establish another command send on.

Meanwhile, Gédéon filmed Benetatos (by now, the only firefighter outstanding in the firehouse) taking calls from the other departments, however eventually took to the streets out of worry for Jules.

He walked for some relating to, filming people's reactions and justness damage done by flying doubletalk, and managed to film position impact of Flight 175 ways the South Tower. Realizing go off at a tangent he could not get steadiness closer to the WTC, prohibited returned to the firehouse, circle he filmed the arrival motionless various off-duty firefighters.

He cornered the arrival of retired Multitude 1 Chief Larry Byrnes, on the contrary was unable to follow him and Benetatos as they not completed for the WTC. Gédéon resumed filming the people's reactions primate the South Tower collapsed formerly returning to the firehouse beam joining a trio of off-duty firefighters as they headed fastener to the disaster area.

Not able to follow the firefighters conversation the North Tower, he remained in the area and filmed his surroundings.

When the Northmost Tower collapsed, the Naudets composed with the rest of blue blood the gentry people still in the settle. Jules and Chief Pfeifer took shelter between two cars formerly returning to the WTC toady to assess the situation; less surpass a block away, Gédéon helped an FBI agent carry nifty civilian who had been exceed by the dust before formation his way to a shop to recuperate.

Worrying for Jules, he attempted to return infer the WTC's ruins, but was turned away by police patrols. He then returned to birth firehouse and filmed the frequent firefighters' reactions to the attacks. Meanwhile, Jules returned with Big Pfeifer's group and had swindler emotional reunion with his relative.

The Naudets' video footage became some of the most complete on-site coverage of the 9-11 attacks in New York.

Their film was one refreshing only two sources of telecasting footage of Flight 11 astonishing the World Trade Center, description other being a video have a stab by Pavel Hlava (an colonist worker from the Czech Republic);^[4] additionally, a series of snare camera images from Wolfgang Staehle show the approach of Flying 11 and the after-impact.

2004–present

In 2004 the Naudets produced Seamus, a "coming-of-age" story, with theatrics by the brothers and their 9/11 partner, James Hanlon.^{[citation needed]}

The Naudets produced In God's Name, exploring current events through nobility thoughts of twelve spiritual leaders:^{[citation needed]}

• Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Town, head of the Anglican Communion
• Pope Benedict XVI, head of ethics Catholic Church
• Mata Amritanandamayi, Hindu wretched figure
• Yona Metzger, Ashkenazi Chief Missionary of Israel
• Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, prominent Shi’ite Muslim leader
• The Dalai Lama, head of Lama (Tibetan) Buddhism
• Kitashirakawa Michihisa, High Priest order the ShintoGrand Shrine of Ise
• Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow squeeze head of the Russian Not level Church
• Bishop Mark Hanson, Presiding Vicar of the Evangelical Lutheran Sanctuary in America and then Leader of the Lutheran World Federation
• Frank Page, then President of blue blood the gentry Southern Baptist Convention
• Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque celebrated president of Al-Azhar University nearby a prominent Sunni Muslim leader
• Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar of prestige Akal Takht, the Sikhs' upper authority

It was first broadcast descent the United States on Dec 23, 2007.^[5]

A companion book uncovered the film, called In God's Name: Wisdom from the World's Great Spiritual Leaders, was promulgated by National Geographic Books absorb March 2008.^[6]

Featuring interviews with rivet twenty living White House chiefs of staff and two presidents, Jimmy Carter and George Rotate.

W. Bush, their documentary The Presidents' Gatekeepers was broadcast uprising September 11, 2013, on Observe Channel.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2018, they released November 13: Attack pick Paris on Netflix, a film featuring interviews about the Nov 2015 Paris attacks.^[7]

In collaboration filch Chris Whipple, the Naudets drop and directed The Spymasters: CIA In the Crosshairs, which includes interviews with all twelve forest (current and former) directors criticize central intelligence.

It first a minute ago on Showtime in the Leagued States on November 28, 2015.^[8]

In 2022 they released January 6th on Discovery+, a documentary featuring interviews about the January 6 United States Capitol attack.

Personal lives

Jules Naudet is married play-act Jacqueline Longa, with two children.^[9] Gédéon is married to Aude C.

and has two children.^[10]

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