1. Yann Arthus-Bertrand has directed films about the impact of humans on the planet.
16 Facts About Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand is especially well known for his book Earth from Above and his films Home and Human.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand was born in Paris on 13 March 1946 in a renowned jewellers' family founded in 1803 by Claude Arthus-Bertrand and Michel-Ange Marion.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand has been interested in nature and wildlife from an early age.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand played alongside famous actors such as Michele Morgan in Dis-moi qui tuer by Etienne Perier and in OSS 117 prend des vacances by Pierre Kalfon.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand gave up the movie industry in 1967 to run the Chateau de Saint Augustin wildlife park in Chateau-sur-Allier.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand then left the country with his wife Anne when he was 30 to live in Kenya in the Masai Mara National Reserve.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand lived amongst the Maasai tribe for 3 years to study the behaviour of a lions' family and took daily pictures of them during those years.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand thus discovered a new passion for photography and the beauty of landscapes when observed from above in hot air balloons and understood how to communicate using these means.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand came back to France in 1981, published a photograph book Lions in 1983, and became an international journalist, reporter and photographer who specialised in documentaries on sports, wildlife and aerial photography for French magazines such as Paris Match and GEO.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand took pictures every year at the Paris International Agricultural Show, and of ethologist Dian Fossey and gorillas in Rwanda.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand founded the Altitude Agency in 1991, which was the world's first press agency and images bank specialising in aerial photography.
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In 1994 Arthus-Bertrand started a thorough study on the state of the Earth sponsored by UNESCO.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand was made a Knight of the Legion d'honneur and a Knight of the Ordre du Merite Agricole.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand was made Officer of the Ordre National du Merite by President Nicolas Sarkozy in June 2008.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand stated that it was one of the greatest honours he could receive.