Call of the Wild

At the 78th Academy Awards in 2006, French filmmaker Luc Jacquet’s March of the Penguins won the best documentary gong. The film was an unlikely critical and commercial success, earning US$127 million at box offices worldwide. It also thrust Jacquet—previously a little-known director and screenwriter—into the spotlight.

In an interview following the Shanghai premiere of his latest film—a project with luxury cashmere and wool label Loro Piana—Jacquet describes himself as “nature’s child.” He spent his childhood living in the French countryside