Fiche Technique

Directed by

Jean-Xavier de Lestrade

Produced by

Denis Poncet

Director of Photography

Isabelle Razavet

Additional Images

Pierre Milon, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Patrice Moreau, Deavid Hardy, Kyle Laningham

Sound

Yves Grasso and Graciela Barrault

Editing

Jean-Pierre Bloc, Sophie Brunet and Scott Stevenson

Music

Jocelyn Pook

First aired on Canal +, October 2004
Aired in 28 countries (UK/BBC, Germany/Spiegel TV,  Canada, Switzerland/TSR, Danemark/ Dr TV, Belgium/RTBF, Netherlands/VPRO, Sweden/SVT, Israel, Brazil, Australia…)

- Academy Award-winning documentary 2005. (International Documentary Association - Los Angeles)
- DuPont Award 2005 (Columbia University- New-York)
- Peabody Award 2005

The Staircase

A 8x45 minutes documentary in partnership with Canal + (France) and ABC (USA)

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Résumé

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. "The staircase" is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.