Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a French photographer, journalist, reporter and environmentalist, best known for his book Earth from Above (1999) and his film Home (2009).

At age 17 he became an assistant director, then an actor in movies. He gave up the movie industry, left the country with his wife and lived amongst the Maasai tribe for 3 years to study the behaviour of a lions’ family.

He started a thorough study on the state of the Earth sponsored by UNESCO. As part of the study, he made a picture inventory of the world’s most beautiful landscapes.

The book ‘Earth from Above’ sold over 3 million copies and was translated into 24 languages. He travelled worldwide to 110 cities and was visited by 120 million people.

In July 2005, he founded the international environmental organisation GoodPlanet and set up the programme Action Carbone to offset his own greenhouse gas emissions.

Since then this program has evolved to help people and companies to reduce and offset their climate impact by funding projects on renewable energies, energy efficiency and reforestation.

The movie Human was produced over a period of three years, with director Yann Arthus-Bertrand and a team of 20 persons interviewing more than 2000 people in 60 countries.

The movie Human was the first movie to premiere in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations, to an audience of 1,000 viewers, including the UN Secretary General.