Raoul Peck

Raoul Peck
Raoul Peck
	Peck in 2017
Minister of Culture of Haiti
	In office; March 1996 – October 1997
Prime Minister	Rosny Smarth
Personal details
Born	9 September 1953; Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Alma mater	Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Occupation	Filmmaker

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Raoul Peck (born 9 September 1953) is a Haitian filmmaker and director. He is known for using historical, political, and personal characters to tackle and recount societal issues and historical events. Peck was Haiti's Minister of Culture from 1996 to September 1997. His film I Am Not Your Negro (2016), about the life of James Baldwin and race relations in the United States, was nominated for an Oscar in January 2017 and won a César Award in France. Peck's HBO documentary miniseries, Exterminate All the Brutes (2021), received a Peabody Award.

Peck is also the founder of Velvet Film, a film production company in Paris, New York, and Port-au-Prince. He also founded "El Dorado Forum" (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) in 1995, a center that supports the creativity and enrichment of artists.