Véronique Lagoarde-Ségot graduated in 1994 from the Film School of Biarritz with a major in editing. She specializes in historical and political documentary, and has edited over sixty films. In 2012 she edited Five Broken Cameras, nominated for an Academy Award and winner of the International Emmy Award. She followed with Braddock America, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2013, she co-directed the docudrama The Curse of Edgar, about John Edgar Hoover. In 2014, she directed her first documentary, Shoah, the Forgotten Souls of History, which won the award for Best Film in Toronto.