Jacques Perrin, actor, producer, director, entered nature documentary filmmaking in the 1990s with Microcosmos (1996) and Himalaya (1999). His directorial debut film was Winged Migration (2001), collaborating with director Michel Debats on L’Ecolenomade, (2008) and Jacques Cluzaud on Océans (2009) and Les Saisons (2016).