Martin Boudot


Martin Boudot is a French investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Paris, France. He is the host and producer of , a series of scientific investigations on environmental issues, broadcast on France 5, Al-Jazeera, Amazon Prime etc. He is part of the 2018 Top 5 nominations for the Prix Europa of the Outstanding Achievement Award European Journalist of the Year. He has won the 2019 "Rory Peck Award" in the Impact Category, the 2017 Best European Current Affairs Program at the Prix Europa for his documentary "Church : Code of Silence"; the 2015 DIG Award, the European investigative documentary of the year, for The Real Price of your Mobile Phone. He was among the 2015 and 2017 finalists of the Albert Londres Prize, the highest French journalistic distinction.

Biography

Martin Boudot, born in 1985, graduated at the École publique de journalisme de Tours and specialized in broadcast media at Northern Colorado University.

Filmography

"Green Warriors : Paraguay, Poisoned Fields", 52 minutes, 2019, broadcast on France 5, Al-Jazeera and Amazon Prime. A scientific investigation about the impacts of the soy industry in Paraguay. The Green Warriors team to investigate about the potential DNA damages of children living next to the soy fields, exposed to pesticides sprayings. Their findings of the Paraguayan media and was discussed For this documentary, Martin Boudot and his cameraman Mathias Denizo won the "Rory Peck Awards" in the impact category; the , The "Green Horizon Award" at the Braunschweig International Film Festival, the "Green Image" at the Green Image Film Festival of Japan, the "Trophée d'Or" at the
"Green Warriors : South Africa, Toxic Townships", 52 minutes, 2018, broadcast on France 5. A scientific investigation about the gold mining waste in Johannesburg, South Africa. Confronted to the soil, water, animal hair and human hair samples made by the Green Warriors team, the National Institute For Occupational Health of South Africa called the results "unbelievable" and promised to intervene. The documentary was nominated at the
• "Green Warriors : Indonesia, The World's Most Polluted River", 52 minutes, 2017, broadcast on France 5, Al-Jazeera, Amazon Prime. A scientific investigation about the pollution of the Citarum river by the textile industry. Confronted to the water, rice and hair samples made by the Green Warriors team, the Indonesian authorities declared that they were to change the controls of the textile waste industry. The documentary has won the Green Image Award ath the in Japan, the "Prix du Jury" at the Green Film Festival in Switzerland, The AgriSciences award in Czech Republic. It has been nominated to in Germany, in Hungary, in Estonia, in Slovakia, , Montenegro.
"Church : Code of Silence", 120 minutes, 2017. A documentary for Cash Investigation about covered-up of pedophilia abusers within the Catholic Church, with 2,2 million viewers. The day after the broadcasting, the French Catholic Church expressed its "profound shame". The investigation also showed the role of Pope Francis in the Julio Grassi case, an Argentinian priest who was sentenced to 15 years prison for sexual abuses on minors. For the first time, Pope Francis was directly asked to answer on the alleged accusations regarding its role in the defense of Julio Grassi. The documentary won the 2017 best European Current Affair Program at the Prix Europa. Thanks to this documentary, Martin Boudot was among the 2017 finalists of the Albert Londres Prize.
"Toxic Chemicals, Kids in Danger", 120 minutes, 2016. An investigation on the pesticides effects on children's health broadcast on France 2 in the investigative magazine Cash Investigation. 3,1 millions people watched it. The documentary was selected and screened at the One Earth Festival, the We Love Green festival and received an award at the Deauville Green Awards.
The Real Price of your Mobile Phone, 120 minutes, 2014. Broadcast on French public national TV France 2, in the investigative magazine Cash Investigation, on November 4 with 3.6 million viewers. The documentary was the European investigative documentary of the year at the 2015 . Thanks to this documentary, Martin Boudot was among the 2015 finalists of the Albert Londres Prize. The documentary also won "Le Grand Prix Gilles Jacquier" at the Press'tival de Château Gontier.
• Martin Boudot also directed ", a 90 minutes documentary about the power of humor, broadcast on Canal+; China: the New Dissidents a 52 minutes documentary about chinese artists censored by the authorities; "Football business", a 90 minutes documentary about the football industry ; "Green is the new black", a 70 minutes documentary about greenwashing.
• As a cameraman, he also was part of the cast of the 2014 movie The Yes Men Are Revolting.