Jacques-Olivier Trompas has been the author and director of documentaries (including Un lagon en héritage—awarded at the Antibes festival in 2007) and documentary fiction (L’archipel des forçats, hailed by national critics, and The Caledonian War) for more than fifteen years. His work has been produced on the west coast of the United States and the Pacific: from New Zealand to Japan, New Caledonia and Australia. The company Néo productions, which he created in 2001, is based in New Caledonia. With more than forty films in its catalogue, it collaborates with local channels (Canal+ Calédonie, New Caledonia la 1ère and Caledonia) as well as with national channels (France Télévisions, TV5 Monde, Histoire, Seasons...). His first novel, Au pays des borgnes (2018), is published by Regain de lecture.
