Denis Delestrac is a French director and producer who is best known for creating feature-length investigative documentaries.

His films focus on the ecological, social, and political impacts of natural resources.

[2] Denis Delestrac graduated from the Toulouse Law School and obtained a Master's degree in Journalism at the University of Dallas.

He began working as a photojournalist, and later as a writer in the United States, where he covered the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the Waco siege, and the 1992 presidential elections.

[citation needed] Denis Delestrac made his debut in non-fiction filmmaking in 2001.