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Anne Poiret (born December 6, 1976) is a French journalist and documentary filmmaker. She has won numerous prizes and awards, including the 2007 Albert Londres Prize, the 2022 International Emmy Awards for best documentary, and the 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary. She focuses on underreported conflicts, investigating a range of topics related to war and post-war situations.




Education


Poiret completed a B.A. in history from the University of Paris X Nanterre, and then studied at the Paris Institute of Political Studies. She graduated in 1999 and the following year completed coursework toward a master's degree in journalism at New York University.




Career


Poiret has worked for various editorial offices and news magazines, including C dans l’air on France 5, "Envoyé Spécial" on France 2, as well as "Arte reportage" on Arte. She writes and directs documentaries about topics such as: aftermath of armed conflicts, human and political consequences of wars, and actions of the United Nations and other international non-governmental organizations.
Her first film, Muttur: Crime against Humanitarians, investigates the unsolved murder of 17 humanitarian workers in Sri Lanka. It earned the prestigious Albert Londres Prize.
Many of her subsequent films focus on countries going through postwar reconstruction, such as Iraq and the Republic of South Sudan. She has also investigated the genocide of the Herero and Namas in Namibia, as well as the situation in the regions of Donbass, Kashmir, and Syria
Much of Poiret's work questions the actions of public authorities and international companies (e.g. Epidemics: the invisible threat, Welcome to Refugeestan or My country makes weapons).
Her documentaries are usually released first on French public television network; many are subsequently broadcast on European, Canadian, Australian, Japanese and the Middle Eastern TV channels.
One of her most recent documentaries, Iraq’s Lost Generation, won the 2022 International Emmy Awards for best documentary. Another one, Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus, won the 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary.




Documentaries


2007: Muttur: a Crime Against Humanitarians
2012: Namibia, the Genocide of the Second Reich
2013: State Builders
2014: Epidemics, the Invisible Threat
2015: Libya: the Impossible Nation State
2016: Cachemire, au cœur d'une poudrière
2016: Welcome to Refugeestan
2017: The Envoy, Inside Syria peace negotiations
2018: My Country Makes Weapons
2019: Mosul After the War
2021: Iraq's Lost Generation
2022: Ukraine, the Road to War
2023: Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus




= Iraq's lost generation

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Her first Emmy-award winning documentary, Iraq's Lost Generation, focuses on the “Cubs of the Caliphate” a generation of young and forgotten victims of the war against the Islamic State. These are the children of families who had pledged allegiance to the caliphate and are now denied any legal existence.
The film was sold on 20 networks including Al Jazeera English, BBC Arabic and NHK. It has already received multiple awards, including the 2022 International Emmy Awards for best documentary.




= Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus

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Her first Emmy-award winning film, Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus, is a two-part documentary produced by PBS Frontlines and Forbidden Films (a branch of Forbidden Stories). This series delves into the Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli NSO Group, which has been sold to multiple governments worldwide. The investigation, part of the broader Pegasus Project, reveals the use of the spyware against journalists, human rights activists, and individuals close to Jamal Khashoggi. The series premiered in early 2023, and it won the 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary.




Books


L'ultime tabou: Femmes pédophiles, Femmes incestueuses, Éditions Patrick Robin, 2006, 189 pages (ISBN 2-35228-000-1)
Mon pays vend des armes, Éditions Les Arènes, 2019, 297 pages (ISBN 2-7112-0106-6)
Mahar, le lionceau, ou l'enfance perdue des jeunes soldats de Daech, with Lars Horneman, Éditions Delcourt, 2024, 144 pages (ISBN 978-2413044109)




Awards


2007: Albert-Londres award for Muttur: A crime against Humanitarian
2013: Special Jury Award at Watch Doc human rights in film Warsaw for State Builders
2013: Etoile de la scam for Namibia, the genocide of the second Reich
2021: Special mention at MoveIT Festival Dresden
2017: Étoile de la Scam Prize 2017 for Welcome to Refugeestan
2020: Special Jury award FIGRA for Mosul after the war
2021: Special merit award UNICEF Innocenti Film Festival (UIFF) for Iraq's lost generation
2022: Best documentary shot abroad Enfance Majuscule award
2022: Audience Award at Figra
2022: International Emmy awards for Iraq's lost generation
2024: Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary.




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