David Dufresne

David Dufresne is a French journalist, documentary filmmaker and novelist born on April 2, 1968. He has written a dozen investigative works including On ne vit qu'une heure, une virée avec Jacques Brel (Le Seuil, 2018) and Tarnac, magasin général (Calmann Lévy, Prix des Assises du Journalisme 2012). He is the creator of the collection PhoneStories, stories of reality in mobile. He is the author-director of Hors Jeu (2016, Arte/Upian), Dada-Data (2016, Arte/SSR SRG), Fort McMoney (2013, Toxa/Arte/ONF), he won the World Press Photo 2011 category non-linear work for Prison Valley (2010, Upian/Arte). He was a long-time reporter for Libération and a member of the founding team of the investigative website Mediapart. David Dufresne also teaches new writing and emerging media at the Academy of Journalism and Media, University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and at the Department of Cinema and Audiovisual of Paris Sorbonne 3. He is also a member of the Audiovisual Repertoire Commission of the Scam since September 2018.