Merlin, Laurent

(October 9, 1971, Paris, France - )

   He directed his first 16-mm amateur short at age sixteen. Having settled in Paris at age eighteen, he wrote to about 600 cinema professionals to obtain help from them. He received forty answers and was notably advised by Roman Polanski, who hired him as a trainee on Lunes de Fiel / Bitter Moon (France / UK, 1992), and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro before making his real debut.

 Filmography

1989 ◘ Le Joujou du Pauvre (short; also screenwriter)

1992 ◘ Découverte (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Monologue dans le Noir (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

1993 ◘ Don't Ask Why? (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

1997 ◘ Papa (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

2002 ◘ Step by Step (also screenwriter, dialogist)

2006 ◘ Ashima (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer; France / South Korea)

 Television Filmography

1994 ◘ Paroles d'Enfants à l'Hôpital Necker (documentary)