Jules and Gedeon Naudet

❌ Jules Clément Naudet (born Paris, France, April 26, 1973) and Thomas Gédéon Naudet (born Paris, France, March 27, 1970) are French filmmakers. The brothers, residents of the United States since 1989, were in New York City at the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Jules captured footage of American Airlines Flight 11 hitting the North tower of the World Trade Center. Jules is married to Jacqueline Longa, with two children.

The brothers graduated from Tisch School of the Arts in 1995. Their first film, Hope, Gloves and Redemption (2000) centered on young boxers in training in the Bronx and Spanish Harlem, and included coverage of the 1998 New York Daily News Golden Gloves tournament.

9/11
The Naudet brothers were in the process of making a documentary on New York firefighters, following Antonio "Tony" Benetatos, a rookie firefighter or "probie", through his experiences in Fire Department of New York (FDNY) academy training and into a firehouse.

On the morning of 9/11, Jules was taping as firefighters examined a reported gas leak when American Airlines Flight 11 flew right over him and slammed head-on into the North Tower. Although in the footage, the plane is not seen until the impact is about to happen, the sound of the jet's engines can be heard clearly beforehand as well as the firefighter's reaction to it. The Naudet video footage thus became some of the most comprehensive on-site coverage of the 9/11 attacks in New York.

There are two points of view from two cameras shot by both brothers of events occurring at the same time.

Jules went with the FDNY into the North Tower upon them seeing the impact of Flight 11 and responding. He was inside the lobby of the North Tower with the FDNY during most of the event while Gideon was either in the firehouse with Benetatos (the sole firefighter there for some time) or just below the WTC area among the crowds.

Gideon's footage captures the impact of United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower while Jules's footage shows the effects of the collapse of the South Tower from inside the lobby of the North Tower.

Along with the video tape of Pavel Hlava, the Naudets' film is the only known footage of Flight 11 striking the World Trade Center. (A series of web camera images from Wolfgang Staehle show the approach of Flight 11 and the after-impact.)

Post-9/11 projects
In 2004 came news of a new film project, Seamus, a "coming-of-age" story, with screenplay by the brothers and their 9/11 partner, James Hanlon.

The brothers' latest film project was a documentary entitled In God's Name, exploring current events through the thoughts of 12 spiritual leaders, including Rowan Williams, Pope Benedict XVI, Mata Amritanandamayi, Yona Metzger, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, The Dalai Lama and Kitashirakawa Michihisa. It was first broadcast in the United States on December 23, 2007.

A companion book to the film, called In God's Name: Wisdom from the World's Great Spiritual Leaders, was published by National Geographic Books in March 2008.

Playlist links
http://www.youtube.com/user/logprof#g/c/2C8FDA44592E5595 http://www.youtube.com/user/HMMcHarp#grid/user/65423BA16F0E2F6B