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.