Galatee Productions, the company of French producer-director-actor Jacques Perrin, the genius of Winged Migations, Oceans, Microcosmos, The Seasons, and other films, has advanced toward making a film about the American West, The Photographer. Producer Antoine de Cazotte (Oscar for The Artist) is leading the project development. The concept of the film is described in a 13 December 2018 article in France-Amerique. Jesse Ausubel as well as environmental scientist Mark Schaefer have been assisting the effort.