Rémy Ourdan


Rémy Ourdan is a French journalist, war correspondent for the newspaper Le Monde, and documentary filmmaker.

Biography

Journalism

Rémy Ourdan began as a reporter in 1992 in besieged Sarajevo. He covers for more than three decades for Le Monde the main conflicts in the world, as well as post-war, human rights and international justice issues. He also continues his long-term work on Sarajevo.

Various Publications

"Après-guerre", edited by Rémy Ourdan, Autrement, Paris, 2001"A War, and Ricochets" "America vs Al Qaeda : A Foe's Best Friend" "Le Monde, les grands reportages 1944-2009"
  • "Sarajevo, a love story" "Le Monde, les grands reportages 1944-2012" "Première nuit à Sarajevo" "Marcher dans les ruines" "Partez ou vous allez tous mourir" "643 enfants" "Patrick Chauvel, tant qu'il y aura des guerres"''

Film

Rémy Ourdan is the director of the documentary film The Siege.

Exhibitions

"The world of 9/11" "Traces of Humanity"
  • ''"Tragovi humanosti"''

Other

Rémy Ourdan organized on April 6, 2012, for the 20th anniversary of the war in Bosnia, a reunion called "Sarajevo 2012", for which hundreds of war reporters came back to Sarajevo. He published, with Jon Jones and Gary Knight, the photo book Bosnia 1992-1995, for which he wrote the foreword Sarajevo, a love story.
Rémy Ourdan is a co-founder and was the first director of the WARM Foundation on contemporary conflicts, based in Sarajevo.

Awards