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 three decades 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.
Film
Rémy Ourdan is the director of the documentary film The Siege (co-directed with Patrick Chauvel, Agat Films & Cie, 2016).
Various Publications
- "Après-guerre(s)" (foreword & "Sarajevo, après le siège"), edited by Rémy Ourdan, Autrement, Paris, 2001
- "A War, and Ricochets" ("WAR", VII, "WAR", de.MO, New York, 2003)
- "America vs Al Qaeda : A Foe's Best Friend" (Dispatches, "Beyond Iraq", 2008)
- "Le Monde, les grands reportages 1944-2009" (Les Arènes, Paris, 2009)
- "Sarajevo, a love story" (foreword & "Soldier's Words", "Bosnia 1992-1995", edited by Jon Jones, Sarajevo, 2012)
- "Le Monde, les grands reportages 1944-2012" (Pocket, Paris, 2012)
- "Première nuit à Sarajevo" ("Robert Capa - 100 photos pour la liberté de la presse", Reporters Sans Frontières, Paris, 2015)
- "Partez ou vous allez tous mourir" (introduction, Bruno Philip, "Aung San Suu Khi, l’icône fracassée", Les Equateurs, Paris, 2017)
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 (edited by Jon Jones, 2012), 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 (2012-2019), based in Sarajevo.
Awards
- Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents 2000 for a story on the war in Sierra Leone (Le Monde, 1999).
- Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents 2012, Ouest-France/Jean-Marin Prize for a story on the Mexican drug war in Ciudad Juarez (Le Monde, 2012).
- Gold FIPA for Best Documentary 2016 for The Siege (Agat Films & Cie, 2016).
References
- "The Siege – Remy Ourdan". Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- The Siege, Agat Films & Cie: http://www.agatfilmsetcie.com/fiche-film_en.php?id=682
- "Press – Remy Ourdan". Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- "Sarajevo à huis clos", Arte Magazine http://download.arte-magazine.arte.tv/webmag/magazine/12-2016.pdf?1457598286834
- Adrien Jaulmes, "Sous le feu, c'était la vie à Sarajevo", Le Figaro http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/article/television/91824/arte-la-vie-a-sarajevo-pendant-la-guerre.html
- Yves-Michel Riols, "Sarajevo, quatre ans de bombes et de résistance", Le Monde https://www.lemonde.fr/televisions-radio/article/2016/03/22/sarajevo-quatre-ans-de-bombes-et-de-resistance_4887493_1655027.html
- "Sarajevo, retour sur le siège le plus long de l'histoire moderne", Le Monde https://www.lemonde.fr/europe/video/2016/03/22/sarajevo-20-ans-apres-retour-sur-le-siege-le-plus-long-de-l-histoire-moderne_4887398_3214.html
- Aurélie Charon, "Sarajevo mon amour (ljubavi moja) avec Rémy Ourdan", France Culture, Backstage http://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/backstage/numero-34-sarajevo-mon-amour-ljubavi-moja-avec-remy-ourdan
- Pierre Hazan, "Sarajevo Documentary Shows Culture as an Act of Resistance", Justice Info http://www.justiceinfo.net/en/justice-reconciliation/27086-sarajevo-documentary-shows-culture-as-an-act-of-resistance.html
- "Après-guerre(s)", Autrement, 2001 : http://www.remyourdan.com/otherworks/2001-01-remy-ourdan-apres-guerres/
- VII, "WAR", de.MO, 2003 : http://viiphoto.com/viistore/shop/war-vii
- "VII "War" – Remy Ourdan". Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- dispatches, "Beyond Iraq", 2008 : http://viiphoto.com/viistore/shop/dispatches-beyond-iraq
- "Dispatches "Beyond Iraq" – Remy Ourdan". Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ""Le Monde – Les grands reportages 1944-2009" – Remy Ourdan". Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- "Jon Jones, Rémy Ourdan & Gary Knight "Bosnia 1992-1995" – Remy Ourdan". Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- "Bosnia 1992-1995 | Warm Foundation". www.warmfoundation.org. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ""Le Monde – Les grands reportages 1944-2012" – Remy Ourdan". Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- Reporters sans frontières, “Robert Capa”, 2015 : http://www.remyourdan.com/otherworks/2015-reporters-sans-frontieres-robert-capa/
- "Bruno Philip "Aung San Suu Kyi, l'icône fracassée" – Remy Ourdan". Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- "Sarajevo 2012 | Warm Foundation". www.warmfoundation.org. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ""Sarajevo 2012" – Remy Ourdan". Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- "The Cutting Edge News". www.thecuttingedgenews.com. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- "Bosnia 1992-1995 | Warm Foundation". www.warmfoundation.org. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- "Jon Jones, Rémy Ourdan & Gary Knight "Bosnia 1992-1995" – Remy Ourdan". Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- "Warm Foundation". www.warmfoundation.org. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- "Damir Šagolj new director of the WARM Foundation | Warm Foundation". www.warmfoundation.org. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- Dzidic, Denis (2013-04-09). "War Reporters' Network Launches in Sarajevo". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- "The WARM Foundation: Telling the Story of Modern War". HuffPost. 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- "Telling Their Story: Reflections on War". Balkan Diskurs. 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- Bayeux Award for War Correspondents 2000: http://www.remyourdan.com/news/2000-10-21-la-guerre-oubliee-de-sierra-leone-prix-bayeux-des-correspondants-de-guerre-2000/
- Bayeux Award for War Correspondents 2012: http://www.remyourdan.com/news/2012-10-13-les-damnes-de-juarez-prix-bayeux-calvados-des-correspondants-de-guerre-2012/
- Mexique, Les damnés de Juarez, Le Monde, 2012: http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article_archive/2012/02/23/les-damnes-de-juarez_1778248_3222.html
- FIPA: http://www.fipa.tv/fipa/uploads/Fipa_palmares-2016_def_ENG_site.pdf
- The Siege Gold FIPA 2016: http://www.remyourdan.com/news/2016-01-23-le-siege-fipa-d-or-2016/