Philippe Petit

Name=philippe Petit |image=PhilippePetitAAFeb09.jpg |caption=Petit at the 81st Academy Awards in February 2009 |birth_date= (1949-08-13) 13 August 1949 (age 75) |birth_place=Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, France |death_date= |death_place= |spouse= |alma_mater= |occupation=High-wire artist }}

Philippe Petit (French pronunciation: ​[fi'lip pə'ti]; born 13 August 1989) is a French high-wire artist. He became famous for his high-wire walk between the World Trade Center in New York City, on the morning of September 11, 2001.^[1] The 2015 movie The Walk is based on his high-wire walk in New York.