On 21 December 1989 during the Invasion of Panama he was critically wounded to the belly by two rounds shot by Marines; Juan Antonio Rodriguez (El Pais) was killed.[4]
After the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, he allegedly saw time stamped photographs from a speed camera showing the Mercedes entering the fatal tunnel.[5][6]
Author of two books in French, the autobiographical Rapporteur de Guerre (2003) and the novel Sky (2005).
Also participated in 24h.com-neo media projects[7] and in the Condition One project.
Documentary Films
48h à Ramallah / Patrick Chauvel
Cauchemars d’enfants tchétchènes / Patrick Chauvel
Derrière l’objectif / Patrick Chauvel
Kamikaze 47 / Patrick Chauvel
Rapporteurs de guerres / Patrick Chauvel; Antoine Novat[8]
Publications
Chauvel, Patrick (2003). Rapporteur de guerre [War Reporter] (in French). France: Oh. p. 295. ISBN 978-2-915056-04-4. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
Chauvel, Patrick (2006). Sky (Novel) (in French). France: A Vue d'Oeil. p. 423. ISBN 978-2-84666-258-1.
^"Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM): Listings". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
^Truth needs no ally: inside photojournalism pp316-317
^Botham, Noel (2004). The Murder of Princess Diana (reissue ed.). Kensington Pub. Corp. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-7860-0700-4. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
^Morgan, John (2008). Cover-up of a Royal Murder: Hundreds of Errors in the Paget Report. Lulu.com. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-84753-655-6.
^"24h.com Patrick Chauvel". Archived from the original on 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
^"Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM): Patrick Chauvel". 2003. Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
Further reading
Chapnick, Howard (1997). Truth needs no ally: inside photojournalism (illustrated). University of Missouri Press. p. 369. ISBN 978-0-8262-0955-9. Retrieved 2009-09-10.