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Evrard Wendenbaum | |
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| Born | March 13, 1979 |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Occupation | Photographer Filmmaker Geologist Explorer |
Evrard Wendenbaum (born 13 March 1979) is a French outdoor photographer, filmmaker, geologist and explorer.
Since 2001, from his numerous expeditions, he brought a large number of publications in the French press (including Paris-Match, Sport, Vertical, Montagnes Magazine and Climbing) and International (including Aktuell, View, Pareti, Alpinist, Rock and Ice, Escalar, Muntana, Alp and Klatring). His photos have also regularly fuelled means of communication (catalogues, posters, press advertising and websites) of various companies (including Petzl, Beal, Expé, Vertical, Lafuma and Migoo) and institutions (City Grenoble).
In 2006, he directed his first film during a climbing expedition in Venezuela. Amazonian Vertigo won 11 awards in the greatest adventure and mountain film festival for best adventure film, best mountain film, best climbing film,... In 2007, Makay : le dernier Eden, a 26-minute documentary following the first exploration of the Makay massif in Madagascar, won the best biodiversity film award in Marseille. In 2008, he followed with two video clips for Nike ACG and two short documentary films about two expeditions in Alaska. In 2009, he directed Le méridien des Ecrins about a mountain self-supported high altitude adventure in the Ecrins massif in France. This film won two awards as best mountain film. In 2010 and 2011, he co-authored and played his own role as expedition leader of a great scientific expedition in the Makay massif. This film, the first adventure film shot in 3D will be released by the end of 2011 on Canal+ and Discovery channel.[ needs update ] He also directed and is currently editing two other scientific documentaries.
This nature-lovers and indefatigable adventurous travels the world in search of unexplored and inaccessible corners. Since 1999, he organized many expeditions, sporting first (climbing, trekking, mountaineering, canyoning, kayaking), and then recently, he went on scientific and exploration projects, the greatest of it being his last expedition conducted during three months in winter 2011 in Madagascar in the mountain of Makay.
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