Jules and Gédéon Naudet
Jules Clément Naudet and brother Thomas Gédéon Naudet are French-American filmmakers. The brothers, residents of the United States since 1989 and citizens since 1999, were in New York City at the time of the September 11 attacks to film a documentary on members of the Engine 7, Ladder 1 firehouse in Lower Manhattan.
Jules and Gédéon Naudet | |
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Gédéon Naudet (left) and Jules Naudet (right), posing with their Peabody Award, May 2003 | |
| Born | Jules Clément Naudet April 1973 (age 50–51) Thomas Gédéon Naudet March 1970 (age 54) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Filmmakers |
| Known for | 9/11 documentary |
Jules captured the clearest footage of the first airplane, American Airlines Flight 11, hitting the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The footage shot in 2001 was made into the 2002 documentary 9/11. The video camera that Jules was using that captured Flight 11 crashing into the World Trade Center is now on display in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
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