Robert Nicod

Robert Nicod, born in 1954 in Toulon, is a director, author, photographer, and cinematographer primarily recognized for his documentaries about free climbing, the mountains, and exploring the great outdoors. Robert Nicod has been mountaineering since the age of 10 and began photography at the age of 12. He later abandoned architecture studies to devote himself fully to his passions: the mountains and images. Passionate about reportage in general, he worked for various magazines, both sports and otherwise. In 1983, he published the book Opéra Vertical with Patrick Edlinger, the result of three years of filming on the rock faces of the Verdon. That same year, he was the cinematographer and cameraman for Jean-Paul Janssen's "Verdon - Saussois 1983," which documented the FFM climbing gathering in Saussois and the Verdon, then at the forefront of high-difficulty climbing worldwide. This event, which brought together generations of the greatest climbers of the era, including Patrick Edling...