Jean Dubrel

Jean Dubrel was born in 1972. After studying philosophy and journalism, Jean Dubrel made his debut on the radio, on France Culture before working for a few years for television reporting magazines. In 2003, he made his first documentary film, “On Earth as in Heaven”, as part of a documentary filmmaking course at Ateliers Varan. This film, which describes the life of a place of prayer in an international airport, was selected in several French and foreign festivals, and won an award in Buenos Aires. The following year, with photographer Tiane Doan na Champassak, he began making his second film, “Natpwe, the Feast of the Spirits”, dedicated to possession rituals in Burma. The film was awarded the Scribe Prize for Cinema in 2012 and selected in several festivals on the American continent and in Europe. This collaboration with Tiane Doan na Champassak continues with the production of “Jharia, a life in hell” in 2014. This film, which tells the story of a mining region in northeast India, received in 2016 the Olivier Quemener / RSF prize at the International Festival of Major Current Affairs Reporting.