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"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
- Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents 2000 for a story on the war in Sierra Leone.
- Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents 2012, Ouest-France/Jean-Marin Prize for a story on the Mexican drug war in Ciudad Juarez.
- Gold FIPA for Best Documentary 2016 for The Siege.