Cyril Christo

Cyril Christo (born 11 May 1960) is a writer, photographer, filmmaker and animal rights activist residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[1] He is the son of Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, who are known as the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

Cyril Christo
Born (1960-05-11) May 11, 1960
EducationColumbia University
Occupation(s)Writer, producer
Known forA Stitch for Time
ParentChristo and Jeanne-Claude

Early life and education

Born in France, he has lived in the United States since 1964.[2] Christo studied at Cornell University and graduated from Columbia University in 1982.[3][4]

Film work

Together with his wife Mary Wilkinson[5] he has been engaged since 1996 in wildlife documentary projects[6][7] and has published several photography books about Africa that call attention to endangered animals such as elephants, leopards, giraffes, and lions as well as appeals for more stricter measures to enforce the protection of whales and polar bears.

Their son Lysander (born 22 September 2005)[8][9] has participated in their projects in East Africa from an early age.[10][11] In 2007 they released a short documentary film titled "Lysander's Song" about the interactions between humans and elephants.[12][13]

Cyril Christo[14] is the co-producer of A Stitch for Time: The Boise Peace Quilt Project,[15] which was nominated in 1998 for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film documents activities of a group of quilt makers in Boise, Idaho, who received international attention for promoting peace by sending a quilt in 1981[16] to the Soviet Union as well as making the National Peace Quilt in 1986 for display in the United States Senate and later deposit at the Smithsonian Institution.[17] [18][19] [20]

The film Walking Thunder: Ode to the African Elephant about Lysander's encounter with elephants in East Africa[21] was screened at the 2019 Taos Environmental Film Festival.[22]

Publications
  • 1990: The dream of the Earth. E. Mellen Press, Lewiston. ISBN 088946846X
  • 1998: The whispering veils : Poems on Christo's art. Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, New York. ISBN 0883630230
  • 2004: Lost Africa: Eyes of Origin. Photographs and text by Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson. Assouline, New York City. ISBN 284323607X
  • 2004: Africa : la terre des origines (in French) ISBN 2843236436
  • 2009: Walking Thunder: In the Footsteps of the African Elephant. Merrell, London ISBN 1858945054
  • 2013: In Predatory Light: Lions and Tigers and Polar Bears. Merrell, London ISBN 1858946107
  • Forthcoming: Lords of the Earth: The entwined destiny  of  wildlife  and humanity, with a prologue by Jane Goodall[23]

References
  1. "Christo & Wilkinson Blog". Christo and Wilkinson Photography. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  2. "Life and work". christo jeanne claude. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  3. "Bookshelf | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. "Christo | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. Smith Brady, Lois (20 September 1998). "Cyril Christo, Marie Wilkinson". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. Namasha (26 May 2011). "Artist Spotlight: Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson". African Rain Forest. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. Urken, Ross Kenneth (28 January 2011). "Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson". Guest of a Guest. GofG Exclusive Interview. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  8. "Lysander Christo". voicesforbiodiversity.org. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  9. "[no title cited]". WhartonDC. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  10. "2019 Film Festival". taos environmental film festival. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  11. "Christo & Wilkinson". Christo and Wilkinson Photography (blog). Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  12. "Lysander's Song". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  13. "Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson's Lysander's Song: Documenting Kenya's disappearing elephants". Vanity Fair. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  14. "Cyril Christo". IMDB. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  15. O'Connor, John J. (14 December 1988). "Bridging 2 cultures via satellite". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  16. Bourhill, Colleen (1 December 1982). "Boise Freeze Movement" (PDF). The University News - Boise State University. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  17. "The National Peace Quilt". University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  18. "Peace and protest". World quilts: The American story. International Quilt Museum University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  19. Kolbert, Elizabeth (10 October 1985). "Quilters making an appeal for peace". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  20. "The Boise Peace Quilt Project". quilts. quilts, inc. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  21. Cannon, John C. (21 May 2018). "Documenting the African elefant's ..." Mongabay. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  22. "Taos Environmental Film Festival". Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  23. "Ghosts in the Grass". Christo and Wilkinson Photography. Retrieved 21 April 2019.


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