Cyril Christo

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Cyril Christo
Born (1960-05-11) May 11, 1960 (age 63)
EducationColumbia University
Occupation(s)Writer, producer
Known forA Stitch for Time
ParentChristo and Jeanne-Claude

Cyril Christo (born 11 May 1960) is a writer, photographer, filmmaker and animal rights activist residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[1] He is the son of Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, who are known as the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

Early life and education[edit]

Born in France, he has lived in the United States since 1964.[2] Christo studied at Cornell University and graduated from Columbia University in 1982.[3][4]

Film work[edit]

Together with his wife Mary Wilkinson[5] he has been engaged since 1996 in wildlife documentary projects[6][7] and has published several photography books about Africa that call attention to endangered animals such as elephants, leopards, giraffes, and lions[citation needed] as well as appeals for more stricter measures to enforce the protection of whales and polar bears.[citation needed]

Their son Lysander (born 22 September 2005)[8][9] has participated in their projects in East Africa from an early age.[10][11] In 2007 they released a short documentary film titled "Lysander's Song" about the interactions between humans and elephants.[12][13]

Cyril Christo[14] is the co-producer of A Stitch for Time: The Boise Peace Quilt Project,[15] which was nominated in 1998 for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film documents activities of a group of quilt makers in Boise, Idaho, who received international attention for promoting peace by sending a quilt in 1981[16] to the Soviet Union as well as making the National Peace Quilt in 1986 for display in the United States Senate and later deposit at the Smithsonian Institution.[17] [18][19] [20]

The film Walking Thunder: Ode to the African Elephant about Lysander's encounter with elephants in East Africa[21] was screened at the 2019 Taos Environmental Film Festival.[22]

Publications[edit]

  • 1990: The dream of the Earth. E. Mellen Press, Lewiston. ISBN 088946846X
  • 1998: The whispering veils : Poems on Christo's art. Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, New York. ISBN 0883630230
  • 2004: Lost Africa: Eyes of Origin. Photographs and text by Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson. Assouline, New York City. ISBN 284323607X
  • 2004: Africa : la terre des origines (in French) ISBN 2843236436
  • 2009: Walking Thunder: In the Footsteps of the African Elephant. Merrell, London ISBN 1858945054
  • 2013: In Predatory Light: Lions and Tigers and Polar Bears. Merrell, London ISBN 1858946107
  • Forthcoming: Lords of the Earth: The entwined destiny  of  wildlife  and humanity, with a prologue by Jane Goodall[23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Christo & Wilkinson Blog". Christo and Wilkinson Photography. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Life and work". christo jeanne claude. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Bookshelf | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Christo | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. ^ Smith Brady, Lois (20 September 1998). "Cyril Christo, Marie Wilkinson". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. ^ Namasha (26 May 2011). "Artist Spotlight: Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson". African Rain Forest. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. ^ Urken, Ross Kenneth (28 January 2011). "Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson". Guest of a Guest. GofG Exclusive Interview. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Lysander Christo". voicesforbiodiversity.org. Retrieved 21 April 2019.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "[no title cited]". WhartonDC. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  10. ^ "2019 Film Festival". taos environmental film festival. 21 February 2019. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Christo & Wilkinson". Christo and Wilkinson Photography (blog). Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Lysander's Song". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson's Lysander's Song: Documenting Kenya's disappearing elephants". Vanity Fair. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Cyril Christo". IMDB. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  15. ^ O'Connor, John J. (14 December 1988). "Bridging 2 cultures via satellite". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  16. ^ Bourhill, Colleen (1 December 1982). "Boise Freeze Movement" (PDF). The University News – Boise State University. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  17. ^ "The National Peace Quilt". University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Peace and protest". World quilts: The American story. International Quilt Museum University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  19. ^ Kolbert, Elizabeth (10 October 1985). "Quilters making an appeal for peace". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  20. ^ "The Boise Peace Quilt Project". quilts. quilts, inc. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  21. ^ Cannon, John C. (21 May 2018). "Documenting the African elefant's ..." Mongabay. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  22. ^ "Taos Environmental Film Festival". Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  23. ^ "Ghosts in the Grass". Christo and Wilkinson Photography. Retrieved 21 April 2019.


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