Raoul Peck
- January 8, 2024
- Filmmaker
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Raoul Peck |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Date Of Birth | Jan 1, 1953(1953-01-01) |
| Age | 71 |
| Birthplace | Port-au-Prince |
| Country | Haiti |
| Birth City | Ouest Department |
| Horoscope | Capricorn |
Raoul Peck Biography
| Name | Raoul Peck |
| Birthday | Jan 1 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
| Place Of Birth | Port-au-Prince |
| Home Town | Ouest Department |
| Birth Country | Haiti |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Parents | H. B. Peck, Gisele Michel |
| Siblings | Hébert Peck |
Raoul Peck is one of the most popular and richest Filmmaker who was born on January 1, 1953 in Port-au-Prince, Ouest Department, Haiti. Raoul Peck, a Haitian filmmaker of feature and documentary films, was born in
- He is also a political activist. He was Haiti’s Minister for Culture from March 1996 to September 1997. His film I Am Not Your Negro (2016) about James Baldwin’s life and race relations in America was nominated in January
Lumumba was Peck’s 2000 fiction feature film about Prime Minster Patrice Lumumba. It focused on the period between June 1960 and independence of the Belgian Congo.
A book of screenplays and images from four of Peck’s major features and documentary films, called Stolen Images, was published in February 2012 by Seven Stories Press.
The Belgian segment of the shoot for his film Le Jeune Karl Marx (The Young Karl Marx) resumed in October 2015. The film is about the friendship between Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, authors of the Communist Manifesto, during their youth.
Peck was the Minister of Culture in the Haitian government under Prime Minister Rosny smarth (1996-1997). He resigned his position along with five other ministers to protest Presidents Preval & Aristide. He detailed his experiences in this position in a book, Monsieur le Ministre… jusqu’au bout de la patience. The book’s afterword was written by Prime Minister Smarth, while the preface was written by Russell Banks. Radio Metropole Haiti praised the book’s reissue in 2015 as a portrait “of a formidable democratic movement which profoundly changed the country”.
Raoul Peck Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Filmmaker |
| House | Living in own house. |
Raoul Peck is one of the richest Filmmaker from Haiti. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Raoul Peck 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Peck was educated in Kinshasa, the DRC (Kinshasa), Brooklyn (USA) and Orleans (France). He then studied industrial engineering and economics at Berlin’s Humboldt University. Peck worked as a taxi driver in New York City for a year before he earned a film degree (1988), from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin.
Peck founded Velvet Film, a German film production company, in 1986. Velvet Film produced all of his feature films and TV dramas.
He is president of La Fémis, the French state film school, since January 10,
- In 2012, he was named as a member of the Jury for the Main Competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. He won the Best Documentary prize at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival in 2013 for Fatal Assistance.
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Facts & Trivia
Raoul Ranked on the list of most popular Filmmaker. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Haiti. Raoul Peck celebrates birthday on January 1 of every year.
Is Raoul Peck black?
Raoul Peck would go abroad a lot. He said that when he goes abroad he can find a sort of peace. It was hard being a black writer in America. In other parts of the world he was way more accepted.
Who is Raoul Peck?
Raoul Peck is a Haitian filmmaker, of both documentary and feature films, and a political activist. Peck is the president of La Fémis, the French state film school, and the former Minister of Culture for Haiti. His films have been met with critical acclaim.
How do I contact Raoul Peck?
Hi, Raoul Peck, director of I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, wishes to contact you. You can email me at: [email protected] Thank you.
How old is Raoul Peck?
68 years (September 9, 1953)
Where was Raoul Peck born?
Port-au-Prince, Haiti