Cyril Christo (born 11 May 1960, Paris, France) is a writer, poet, photographer, filmmaker and animal rights activist residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
[1] He has created or co-created a number of poetry and photography books that include Lost Africa: The Eyes of Origin, Walking Thunder: In the Footsteps of the African Elephant, and In Predatory Light: In Search of Lions, Tigers and Polar Bears.
[7][8] Together with his wife Mary Wilkinson[9] he has been engaged since 1996 in wildlife documentary projects[10][11] and has published several photography books about Africa that call attention to endangered animals such as elephants, leopards, giraffes, and lions.
Their son Lysander (born 22 September 2005)[13][14] has participated in their projects in East Africa from an early age.
[17][18] Cyril Christo[19] is the co-producer of A Stitch for Time: The Boise Peace Quilt Project,[20] which was nominated in 1998 for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.