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Biography of Alexis DUCLOS, Photographer/Video Cameraman and Filmmaker
He recently filmed and produced a half hour documentary entitled, “The Chained” for France Television who was broadcasted in April 2012 on its magazine show, “Investigation”. The film profiles an extraordinary man in West Africa who makes it his mission to liberate the mentally in ill that have been chained by their own families for fear of their mental sickness. Alexis Duclos initiated the one-hour documentary, “The Man Who Would Be King” For the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 2002. The film traces the odyssey of a Sudanese refugee living in Canada who suddenly discovers he has been chosen to inherit the Kingship of the Anyuak tribe in Southern Sudan. Alexis was the principle cameraman on the film, which subsequently was nominated for two Gemini documentary awards in 2004: Best script and Best Social Political documentary. The film was later turned into a 90-minute documentary for International National Geographic and broadcasted in 2007. Today, he freelances regularly for television networks filming breaking news, magazine reports and documentaries. His clients include: NBC NEWS, CNBC, CBS Entertainment, Australian TV and Associated Press TV. For nineteen years from 1985-2004, Alexis Duclos belonged to the staff of the prestigious press agency Gamma. His tenure with Gamma enabled him to travel extensively around the world covering a variety of topics, and he soon became one of the most versatile photographers of the agency. He has reported on such varied subjects such as the famine in Africa, social unrest in Europe, economic crisis in South America, deforestation but also the Olympic games in Seoul, Barcelona and Sydney, the Cannes Film Festival and fashion. He produced several exclusive magazine reports for Gamma that were difficult to obtain such as the mummies of Ibalois in the Philippines, child marriage in India and the conditions of the mentally ill in the Ivory Coast that won three photographic awards in 2002 Alexis has also invested his skills and time in producing subjects that feature the sea and the environment. He was recipient of EDF-GDF Environmental award in 1992 for deforestation. Today, agents who collaborate with the largest international publications distribute his photographic reports in over forty countries. Many of his award-winning photographs have been chosen for exhibition in Photo Festivals around the world. > Visit also Alexis Duclos' Marine Visions website <
2012 – Producer, Cameraman and writer of “The Chained”, a half hour documentary on the mentally ill in West Africa to be aired on France Television 0. The original photo magazine report was produced in 2002 and received three awards: Fuji Film press awards, Golden Eye and Anger photo festival awards.
Producer and Filmmaker for a 26 minutes TV documentary « The Chained» for France Télévision. The film profiles an extraordinary man in West Africa who makes it his mission to liberate the mentally in ill that have been chained by their own families for fear of their mental sickness. |
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