Biography
Cédric Tourbe (born March 19, 1972) is a French documentary director and screenwriter specializing in 20th-century political and contemporary history. After working as a teacher and graduating from Sciences Po Paris, he transitioned into filmmaking. He directed his first major documentary in 2010, "Foccart, l'homme qui dirigeait l'Afrique". Since then, he has directed over a dozen historical documentaries and multi-part television series primarily for networks like Arte and France Télévisions. His filmography focuses heavily on the mechanics of political power, geopolitics, and Soviet history.
Directed 11
2020s
- 2026
USA - The Conservative Revolution
Director
- 2025
Staline, Roosevelt, Churchill : Yalta, la paix impossible
Director
- 2023
Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth
Director
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
The Hitler–Stalin Pact
Director
- 2017
Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution
Director
- 2016
Juppé et les grandes grèves de 1995
Director
- 2011
Devenir président et le rester: les secrets des gourous de l'Elysée
Director
- 2010
Foccart, l'homme qui dirigeait l'Afrique
Director
Wrote 7
2020s
- 2026
USA - The Conservative Revolution
Writer
- 2023
Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth
Writer
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
The Hitler–Stalin Pact
Writer
- 2017
Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution
Writer
- 2016
Juppé et les grandes grèves de 1995
Writer
- 2010
Foccart, l'homme qui dirigeait l'Afrique
Writer
Created 2
2020s
- 2026
USA - The Conservative Revolution
Creator
- 2023
Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth
Creator
Acted in 1
2010s
- 2017
Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution
Nikolai Sukhanov (voice)
Appearances3
2020s
- 2026
USA - The Conservative Revolution
Narrator (voice over) · 3 episodes
- 2023
Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 episodes
- 2020