Jacques Malaterre is a French filmmaker and film director, born in Avignon, Vaucluse.
Teacher for children with disabilities, and host of radio stations before 1989, he made documentaries and the docufiction aired on television. Among the latter, A Species Odyssey, Homo sapiens and The Rise of Man, dedicated to prehistory and human evolution with scientist Yves Coppens as a consultant, had a wide audience with the general public.
On 29 September 2010, he released the film , an adaptation of the novel by Marc Klapczynski, Ao l'homme ancien.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | L'amour dans l'âme | Director & Writer | Short |
| Mazeppa | Technical advisor | Directed by Bartabas | |
| 1996 | Un siècle d'écrivains | Director | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1997 | Le cri du silence | TV Movie | |
| La colère d'une mère | TV Movie | ||
| Juge et partie | TV Movie | ||
| 1998 | Le choix d'une mère | TV Movie | |
| Un siècle d'écrivains | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| 1999-2000 | Boulevard du Palais | TV Series (4 Episodes) | |
| 2000 | L'arlésien | TV Movie | |
| Sauvetage | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| Vérité oblige | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| 2001 | Commissariat Bastille | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2002 | L'amour interdit | Director & Writer | TV Movie |
| 2002-04 | S.O.S. 18 | Director | TV Series (3 Episodes) |
| 2003 | A Species Odyssey | Director, Writer & Editor | Documentary 7 d'Or - Professionals Vote : Best Documentary Nominated - European Film Award for European Documentary |
| 2005 | Homo sapiens | Director | Documentary |
| 2007 | Le sacre de l'homme | Director & Writer | Documentary |
| 2009 | Ce jour là, tout a changé | Director | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 2010 | Director & Writer | ||
| 2011 | Carmen | TV Movie | |
| Calanques, les-secrets, légendes et merveilles | Director | Documentary | |
| 2013 | Le plus beau pays du monde | Writer | Documentary directed by Fred Fougea |
| 2014 | Monsieur Max et la Rumeur | Director | TV Movie |
| 2016 | The law of Christophe | TV Movie | |
| L'affaire de Maître Lefort | Director & Writer | TV Movie | |
| 2017 | Les oubliés de l'histoire | TV Series (12 Episodes) | |