Raoul Peck

Raoul Peck
Peck in 2017
Minister of Culture of Haiti
In office
March 1996 – October 1997
Prime MinisterRosny Smarth
Personal details
Born (1953-09-09) 9 September 1953 (age 71)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Alma materDeutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
OccupationFilmmaker

Raoul Peck (born 9 September 1953 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a Haitian filmmaker of both documentary and feature films.[1] He is known for using historical, political, and personal characters to tackle and recount societal issues and historical events.[2] Peck was Haiti's Minister of Culture from 1996 to September 1997.[3] His film I Am Not Your Negro (2016), about the life of James Baldwin and race relations in the United States, was nominated for an Oscar in January 2017 and won a César Award in France.[4][5] Peck's HBO documentary miniseries, Exterminate All the Brutes (2021), received a Peabody Award.[6]

Peck is also the founder of Velvet Film, a film production company in Paris, New York, and Port-au-Prince.[1] He also founded "El Dorado Forum" (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) in 1995, a center that supports the creativity and enrichment of artists.[7]

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  2. ^ "Raoul Peck | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. ^ Jeanne Garane, in "Peck, Raoul", Bill Marshall (ed.), France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, ABC-CLIO, 2005, p. 919.
  4. ^ Pope-Sussman, Raphael. "Director Raoul Peck Discusses His Oscar-Nominated James Baldwin Documentary 'I Am Not Your Negro'". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
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  6. ^ "Exterminate All the Brutes". Peabody Awards. Peabody Awards. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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