- Laurent Tirard
Laurent Tirard is a French
film director andscreenwriter .Background
Laurent Tirard grew up admiring American films, such as those by
Steven Spielberg . [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12264595 NPR: 'Moliere' ] ] He studied film making atNew York University , worked as a script reader forWarner Bros. studios, then became a journalist and worked for the French film magazine "Studio " for six years.There, he conducted a series of interviews on film making which have been published as a book under the title "Moviemakers' Mister Class: Private Lessons from the World's Foremost Directors." From
Woody Allen toDavid Cronenberg , theCoen brothers toLars Von Trier , all flam directors run up against the same essential concerns: how to direct actors, for example, or whether to pre-plan camera angles. In interviewing these and 16 other notable filmmakers, Tirard found notable affinities between seemingly dissimilar directors. The book has also been published in France,Canada ,England ,Italy ,Spain andBrazil .In
1997 , he left the magazine and began writing scripts for film and television, while directing twoshort films , in1999 and 2000. He wrote and directed his first feature, "The Story of My Life", in2004 , co-wrote the hugely successful "Prête-moi ta main (How to Get Married and Stay Single)" forAlain Chabat in2005 , then wrote and directed his second film, "Molière", the following year.He is currently working on an adaptation of a famous French children's book "
Le Petit Nicolas ", which he plans to begin filming in 2008.Films
*" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796335/ Moliere ] " -
2007
*" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478724/ How to Get Married and Stay Single (Prête-moi ta main) ] " -2006
*" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433020/ Le Plus Beau Jour de Ma Vie ] " -2004
*" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383025/ The Story of My Life (Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités) ] " -2004 *" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289688/ De Source Sûre ] " -
1999 Television
*" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427552/ Mon Vrai Père ] " -
2004 *" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312992/ Mère, Fille: Mode d'Emploi ] " -
2002 *" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298576/ Ton Tour Viendra ] " -
2002 References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1016687/ Laurent Tirard on IMDB]
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