Received death threats from the Iraqi government after making "Uncle
Saddam".
His film Uncle Saddam was announced for a US DVD release 1 week after
the second Gulf War began. Distributor Xenon Pictures claimed it was
mere coincidence.
Is a French freelance journalist.
Smuggled footage out of Iraq during a visit there on the pretext of
chronicling the nation's suffering under U.N. sanctions to make the
film Uncle Saddam (2000).