Where is Christo And Jeanne-Claude now? Salary, Ethnicity

Known for movies

Short Info

Fact	He and his wife Jeanne-Claude were both born on the same day - June 13, 1935.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude were a married couple who worked together on large-scale public art projects. Christo was born on June 13, 1935, in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. His parents were engineers and he had two sisters. Christo studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, before moving to Paris in 1958. Jeanne-Claude was born on June 13, 1935, in Casablanca, Morocco. Her father was a French diplomat and her mother was a Moroccan-born Frenchwoman. Jeanne-Claude studied at the Sorbonne in Paris before meeting Christo.

The couple first met in October 1961 at the opening of an exhibition of Christo’s work in Paris. They began working together on large-scale public art projects, such as “Wrapped Reichstag” in Berlin and “The Gates” in New York City. Christo and Jeanne-Claude were known for their use of fabric and other materials to create temporary works of art.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude were married for 41 years, until Jeanne-Claude’s death in 2009. They had no children.

Christo’s net worth is estimated to be $50 million. Jeanne-Claude’s net worth was not publicly known, but was likely similar to Christo’s.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude were known for their use of fabric and other materials to create temporary works of art.

General Info

Full Name	Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Nationality	Bulgarian

Accomplishments

Movies

Christo's Valley Curtain, The Gates, Florent: Queen of the Meat Market, Umbrellas, Running Fence

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0160462

Facts

#	Fact
1	He and his wife Jeanne-Claude were both born on the same day - June 13, 1935.
2	Has lived in the United States since 1964.
3	Disaster befell the 1991 "Umbrellas" project, which opened simultaneously in Japan and California and consisted of thousands of large umbrellas (yellow in California and blue in Japan) dotting the landscape. In California, a spectator was crushed to death when a freak windstorm uprooted an umbrella. While the project was being taken down in Japan, a worker was electrocuted when his crane touched a power line.
4	Escaped from his native Bulgaria in the mid-'50s when the uprising in Hungary sent tremors through the Soviet Eastern Bloc.
5	Grand-scale, avante-garde artist whose trademark is "wrapping" buildings and landmarks in fabric.

Pictures

Movies

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
Herb & Dorothy	2008	Documentary additional archival source

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Herb & Dorothy	2008	Documentary special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Interview whit Christo	2016	Video documentary short	Himself
Harry's Gift	2016	Documentary short	Himself
Florent: Queen of the Meat Market	2010	Documentary	Himself
The Gates	2007	Documentary	Himself
60 Minutes	2005	TV Series documentary	Himself - Artist (segment "The Gates")
Sunshine Airlines	2004	TV Series documentary	Himself
How to Draw a Bunny	2002	Documentary	Himself
American Masters	1997	TV Series documentary	Himself
Dem deutschen Volke	1996	Documentary	Himself
Granitza na mechtite	1996	Documentary	Himself
Christo and Jeanne-Claude	1995	Documentary	Himself
Umbrellas	1994	Documentary	Himself
Christo in Paris	1990	Documentary	Himself
Islands	1987	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Mensch Meier	1986	TV Series	Himself
From Chris to Christo	1985	Short documentary
C'est encore mieux l'après-midi	1985	TV Series	Himself
La edad de oro	1983	TV Series	Himself
New York, New York	1983	TV Series	Himself
Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways	1978	Documentary short	Himself
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World	1978	Documentary	Himself
Running Fence	1977	Documentary	Himself
Treffpunkte	1976	TV Series documentary	Himself
Christo's Valley Curtain	1974	Documentary short	Himself
Christo: Wrapped Coast	1969	Documentary short	Himself