I Want to Live
A young Colombian sicario seeks redemption in France, far from Medellín.
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Thierry Gaytán’s work reflects an unusual and wide-ranging field experience: an unflinching view of the world, carried by a deep sensitivity to human stories.
It speaks to viewers who are lucid, curious and demanding.
A young Colombian sicario seeks redemption in France, far from Medellín.
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Marise-Ladi and Rodolfo attempt to leave Cuba clandestinely in search of a better life in the United States.
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In Mexico, cartels threaten the state and corrupt municipal police forces from within.
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Emeralds have become an investment capable of outperforming gold and diamonds. An investigation inside Colombia’s emerald trade.
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Young French drug mules discover the hell of Peruvian prisons after chasing easy money.
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In Calcutta, Mother Teresa’s legacy also fuels a discreet, profitable and sometimes brutal charity industry.
View documentary →Thierry Gaytán is now an independent director-producer and a born traveller. First a photojournalist, driven by instinct for images, he became an investigative journalist by passion and an observer by curiosity. He often says he “was born a reporter”.
His path, shaped by major field experiences and investigations, has taken him across the world. From an early age, he made information and images his commitment, always defending a more human approach to reality.
After successful first steps in photography, he quickly became a permanent correspondent for major Colombian television channels (CARACOL and RCN). He covers major events on all continents, particularly in Latin America.
A man of the field, he directs and produces numerous documentaries and reports broadcast on major French channels (France 2, TF1, M6, Canal+) as well as abroad.
A true “hunter of destinies”, he follows with his camera, sometimes hidden, people who are humble or famous, dignified or disturbing, victims or executioners, all shaping or enduring today’s reality: ordinary lives in Havana or Calcutta, emerald miners in Colombia, clandestine migrants, drug traffickers and the underworld.
Thierry Gaytán has one objective: to inform the public about real lives and convince as many people as possible that we need to change the way we look at the world. What began as field experience became a life story: more than 20 years of unusual investigations.
Director-journalist for various television channels in France, Thierry Gaytán unveils in his book twenty years of investigations across Latin America: testifying, explaining violence, hitmen, despair in Cuba or Medellín, and narcoterrorist groups.
He infiltrated cartels, followed criminal minors and migrants on the road to exile. He found himself in the Colombian jungle at the mercy of hostage takers. The behind-the-scenes of his reports tell what cannot be seen, what you do not know.
Buy with PayPalThierry Gaytán started as a photographer at a very young age. His first solo exhibition was presented in Bogota. He has exhibited his photos in an art gallery on Rue de Rennes in Paris, in Madrid ("Casa de America"), and in the United States. He received the first prize in the black and white photo contest in the Paris region.
Producers, television programs, companies, associations, organizations or individuals with a project to develop, even an unusual one, can entrust Thierry Gaytán with their ideas and stories.
He will bring to each project the full weight of his field experience as a video journalist.
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