Jean-Pierre Dutilleux

Jean-Pierre Dutilleux (born 13 October 1949) is a Belgian author, activist and filmmaker, known for his work documenting environmental issues and indigenous cultures, most notably in the Amazon rainforest.

Over the last forty years, Dutilleux has produced thirty films, including a dozen in the Amazon rainforest, taken thousands of photographs, and published six books.

He received an Academy Award nomination for his documentary Raoni, which examines issues surrounding the survival of indigenous Amazonian communities and the rainforest. Raoni investigates the complex issues surrounding the survival of the remaining indigenous natives of the Amazon rainforest and the rainforest itself.

A citizen of Belgium, Dutilleux earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Literature from Saint Hadelin College in Liege and later studied law, languages, and economics at the University of Louvain. During his college years, Dutilleux traveled throughout North and South America and developed an interest in local tribes. In 1972, he served as an assistant to Costa-Gavras on the production State of Siege in Chile. Two years later, at the age of 23, Dutilleux completed his first film, a study of natives of the Amazon.

Since then, he has filmed and photographed over 50 tribes worldwide, produced multiple films in the Amazon, and undertaken various projects documenting indigenous communities. Additionally, his work as a photojournalist has appeared in more than 100 magazines in various countries.