Philippe petit biography

French highwire artist (born )

Philippe Petit (French pronunciation:[filippəti]; born 13 August ) is a French highwire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized highwire walks between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in , as well as between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City in August

Since then, Petit has lived in New York, where he has been artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St.

John the Divine, also a location of other aerial performances.

Philippe petit biography

He has done wire walking as part of official celebrations in New York, across the United States, and in France and other countries, as well as teaching workshops on the art. In , Man on Wire, a documentary directed by James Marsh about Petit's walk between the towers, won numerous awards including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

He was also the subject of a children's book and an animated adaptation of it, released in The