Denis Poncet

Denis Poncet was a journalist for more than 20 years. After covering Watergate, he spent five years as bureau chief in Washington for Radio France. In the '80s, he became a war correspondent in the Middle East before being appointed executive chief editor of one of the networks. As an independent, Poncet has directed numerous documentaries, mostly in the United States. In 1995, he became co-producer for Bertrand Tavernier's company Little Bear, where he teamed up with director and friend Jean-Xavier de Lestrade to make such documentaries as Children Full of Hope and the award-winning A White and Pure Australia. In 1999, they created their own company, Maha Productions.