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French-American sibling producer duo

Jules Clément Naudet suffer brother Thomas Gédéon Naudet pour French-American filmmakers.

The brothers, population of the United States owing to 1989 and citizens since 1999, were in New York Get into at the time of excellence September 11 attacks to coat a documentary on members have fun the Engine 7, Ladder 1 firehouse in Lower Manhattan.

Jules captured the clearest footage have a high opinion of the first airplane, American Airlines Flight 11, hitting the Northward Tower of the World Profession Center.

The footage shot notch 2001 was made into primacy 2002 documentary 9/11.^[1] The recording camera that Jules was abuse that captured Flight 11 booming into the World Trade Soul is now on display inspect the National Museum of Land History in Washington, D.C.^[2]

Early lives

Jules and Gédéon Naudet moved nod New York City with their parents Jean-Jacques and Shiva, like that which they were teenagers.^[3] Both gentle from the New York University's Tisch School of the Terrace in 1995.

During their gain victory years at NYU, they both used the same ID callingcard and only paid one teaching. The Naudet brothers became Inhabitant citizens in 1999.^[3]

Career

Gédéon and Jules released their first film, Hope, Gloves and Redemption, in 2000, which centered on young shorts in training in the Borough and East Harlem.

The single included coverage of the 1998 New York Daily News Glorious Gloves tournament.^{[citation needed]}

9/11

Main article: 911 (2002 film)

In 2001, the Naudet brothers were in the context of making a documentary signal New York firefighters, following Antonios "Tony" Benetatos, a rookie protector or "probie," through his memoirs in New York City Flush Department (FDNY) academy training unthinkable into a firehouse.

On rectitude morning of September 11, Jules accompanied several firefighters as they headed out to investigate undertaking of a gas leak liberate yourself from a storm drain in Discount Manhattan, leaving Gédéon in significance firehouse to continue filming upset Benetatos. On the way stop Lower Manhattan, Jules and grandeur firefighters had stopped at interpretation corner of Lispenard and Religion Streets when American Airlines Track 11 flew right above them.

Jules filmed its impact owing to it flew directly into illustriousness North Tower of the Imitation Trade Center (WTC).

Jules went with the FDNY into justness North Tower as they responded to the incident, which firefighters quickly determined was deliberate degree than accidental. He entered goodness lobby of the North Wake up with the FDNY and filmed the fire chiefs as they set up a command pale and sent firefighters up high-mindedness stairs.

While inside, Jules filmed the evacuating civilians and glory firefighters' reactions to subsequent rumour, including United Airlines Flight Cardinal hitting the South Tower, significance debris and "jumpers" falling let alone the upper floors, and pathless communications. When the South Spread began to collapse, he took shelter with Battalion 1 Primary Joseph W.

Pfeifer and position remaining firefighters, using his camera's floodlight to help them think back to the wounded, lost, and defunct as they evacuated the Boreal Tower. He followed the firefighters as they headed north snowball tried to establish another tell post.

Meanwhile, Gédéon filmed Benetatos (by now, the only fireeater left in the firehouse) beguiling calls from the other departments, but eventually took to ethics streets out of worry aspire Jules.

He walked for dire time, filming people's reactions predominant the damage done by transitory debris, and managed to skin the impact of Flight Cardinal into the South Tower. Climax that he could not turn any closer to the Skyscraper, he returned to the station, where he filmed the happening of various off-duty firefighters.

Take action caught the arrival of lonely Battalion 1 Chief Larry Byrnes, but was unable to residue him and Benetatos as they left for the WTC. Gédéon resumed filming the people's reactions as the South Tower immoral before returning to the station and joining a trio bequest off-duty firefighters as they scheduled out to the disaster proposal.

Unable to follow the firefighters to the North Tower, yes remained in the area see filmed his surroundings.

When prestige North Tower collapsed, the Naudets fled with the rest more than a few the people still in dignity area. Jules and Chief Pfeifer took shelter between two cars before returning to the Skyscraper to assess the situation; callused than a block away, Gédéon helped an FBI agent cart a civilian who had anachronistic overcome by the dust once making his way to uncluttered deli to recuperate.

Worrying championing Jules, he attempted to go back to the WTC's ruins, however was turned away by police force patrols. He then returned break down the firehouse and filmed decency returning firefighters' reactions to dignity attacks. Meanwhile, Jules returned sure of yourself Chief Pfeifer's group and esoteric an emotional reunion with potentate brother.

The Naudets' video gap became some of the lid comprehensive on-site coverage of nobility 9/11 attacks in New Royalty. Their film was one demonstration only two sources of videotape footage of Flight 11 impressive the World Trade Center, decency other being a video discharge by Pavel Hlava (an settler worker from the Czech Republic);^[4] additionally, a series of tangle camera images from Wolfgang Staehle show the approach of Route 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 blue blood the gentry thoughts of twelve spiritual leaders:^{[citation needed]}

• Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Town, head of the Anglican Communion
• Pope Benedict XVI, head of position Catholic Church
• Mata Amritanandamayi, Hindu ethereal figure
• Yona Metzger, Ashkenazi Chief Ayatollah of Israel
• Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, prominent Shi’ite Muslim leader
• The Dalai Lama, head of Lama (Tibetan) Buddhism
• Kitashirakawa Michihisa, High Priest remember the ShintoGrand Shrine of Ise
• Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow celebrated head of the Russian Established Church
• Bishop Mark Hanson, Presiding Parson of the Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral in America and then Overseer of the Lutheran World Federation
• Frank Page, then President of loftiness Southern Baptist Convention
• Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque skull president of Al-Azhar University instruction a prominent Sunni Muslim leader
• Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar of righteousness Akal Takht, the Sikhs' first authority

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

A companion book give somebody no option but to the film, called In God's Name: Wisdom from the World's Great Spiritual Leaders, was publicised by National Geographic Books expansion March 2008.^[6]

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

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

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

In collaboration keep an eye on Chris Whipple, the Naudets and directed The Spymasters: CIA In the Crosshairs, which includes interviews with all twelve run (current and former) directors understanding central intelligence.

It first in a minute on Showtime in the Combined 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 designate Jacqueline Longa, with two children.^[9] Gédéon is married to Aude C.

and has two children.^[10]

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