Laurent Chevallier

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-06-06 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Grenoble, France

Laurent Chevallier

Biography

Laurent Chevallier was born on June 6, 1955. Originally from the Grenoble region, he is a very experienced skier and mountaineer. His film studies in Paris were oriented from the start towards documentaries, since he wrote a memoir on the "father" of documentary film, Robert Flaherty (1884-1951, author of "Nanouk L'Esquimau" in 1919-1922, and "L'Homme D'Aran" in 1932-34), and on Joris Ivens (1898-1989, who shot his last film, "Une Histoire De Vent", in China at the age of 90 with the presence by Laurent Chevallier on camera), both absolute models of all the great documentary filmmakers. After his studies, he was assistant cameraman or direct...

Production

1991

Djembefola

as Director

1979

Voie Express

as Delegated Producer

1979

Voie Express

as Writer

1979

Voie Express

as Cinematography

1983

1979

Voie Express

as Director

1983

1985

Little Karim

as Director

1985

Little Karim

as Writer

1997

Mister Karim

as Writer

1997

Mister Karim

as Director

1981

Dévers

as Writer

1981

Dévers

as Director

1981

Dévers

as Cinematography

1987

Trilogy for One Man

as Cinematography

1985

Christophe

as Cinematography

1995

1995

2023

1986

2001

Circus Baobab

as Writer

2001

Circus Baobab

as Director

2003

La Vie sans Brahim

as Cinematography

2003

2014

1992

Au Sud du Sud

as Cinematography

1992

Au Sud du Sud

as Writer

1997

1991

Djembefola

as Writer

1991

Djembefola

as Cinematography

1989

A Tale of the Wind

as Camera Operator

1992

Au Sud du Sud

as Director

2007

Momo le doyen

as Director

2009

2003

2014

1987

The Measure of the Feat

as Cinematography

1988

Baquet's Comeback

as Cinematography

1983

1983

Patagonie Force 10

as Cinematography

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