Anne Poiret

Anne Poiret (born December 6, 1976) is a French journalist and documentary filmmaker. She has won numerous prizes and awards, including the 2007 Albert Londres Prize, the 2022 International Emmy Awards for best documentary, and the 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary. She focuses on underreported conflicts, investigating a range of topics related to war and post-war situations.

Education Poiret completed a B.A. in history from the University of Paris X Nanterre, and then studied at the Paris Institute of Political Studies. She graduated in 1999 and the following year completed coursework toward a master's degree in journalism at New York University.

Career Poiret has worked for various editorial offices and news magazines, including C dans l’air on France 5, "Envoyé Spécial" on France 2, as well as "Arte reportage" on Arte.

Her first film, Muttur: Crime against Humanitarians, investigates the unsolved murder of 17 humanitarian workers in Sri Lanka. It earned the prestigious Albert Londres Prize. and the Republic of South Sudan. She has also investigated the genocide of the Herero and Namas in Namibia, as well as the situation in the regions of Donbass, Kashmir, and Syria , Welcome to Refugeestan or My country makes weapons ).Her documentaries are usually released first on French public television network; many are subsequently broadcast on European, Canadian, Australian, Japanese and the Middle Eastern TV channels.

One of her most recent documentaries, Iraq’s Lost Generation, won the 2022 International Emmy Awards for best documentary. Another one, Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus, won the 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary.

Documentaries 2007: Muttur: a Crime Against Humanitarians 2012: Namibia, the Genocide of the Second Reich 2014: Epidemics, the Invisible Threat 2016: Cachemire, au cœur d'une poudrière 2016: Welcome to Refugeestan 2021: Iraq's Lost Generation

Iraq's lost generation Her first Emmy-award winning documentary, Iraq's Lost Generation,

The film was sold on 20 networks including Al Jazeera English, BBC Arabic and NHK. It has already received multiple awards,

Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus Her first Emmy-award winning film, Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus, is a two-part documentary produced by PBS Frontline and Forbidden Films (a branch of Forbidden Stories). This series delves into the Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli NSO Group, which has been sold to multiple governments worldwide. The investigation, part of the broader Pegasus Project, reveals the use of the spyware against journalists, human rights activists, and individuals close to Jamal Khashoggi. The series premiered in early 2023, and it won the 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary. Mahar, le lionceau, ou l'enfance perdue des jeunes soldats de Daech, with Lars Horneman, Éditions Delcourt, 2024, 144 pages (ISBN 978-2413044109)

Awards 2007: Albert-Londres award for Muttur: A crime against Humanitarian 2017: Étoile de la Scam Prize 2017 for Welcome to Refugeestan 2020: Special Jury award FIGRA for Mosul after the war 2021: Special merit award UNICEF Innocenti Film Festival (UIFF) for Iraq's lost generation 2022: Best documentary shot abroad Enfance Majuscule award 2022: Audience Award at Figra 2022: International Emmy awards for Iraq's lost generation 2024: Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary.