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name: "Jean François Heckel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-francois-heckel"
fi1m_id: "jean-francois-heckel"
imdb_id: "nm3072750"
tmdb_id: 81426
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:01:14.783436+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jean François Heckel

## Identity

Jean François Heckel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-francois-heckel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-francois-heckel
- **IMDb ID:** nm3072750
- **TMDB ID:** 81426
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3072750/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81426

Actor.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3072750/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81426

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Man on Wire*](https://film.one/film/man-on-wire.md) (90)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jean François Heckel is a participant in Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. He appears as himself in the 2008 documentary *Man on Wire*, which recounts the event, and is also credited with providing stills and special thanks for the film.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Man on Wire* (2008), Fi1m 90, as Himself — [page](https://film.one/film/man-on-wire.md)

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