Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (born 1 July 1963) is a French writer, director and producer of films and television series. He is especially known for his documentaries that have explored criminal cases in the United States, most notably in his 2004 miniseries The Staircase.
Lestrade was born in Mirande, Gers, in southwestern France. He studied law and journalism in Paris. He has drawn from these to in…
