Cantet, Laurent

(June 15, 1961, Melle, Deux-Sèvres, France - )

   Having graduated with a master's degree in science and technics in the audiovisual department in Mar­seille, he went to Paris and entered in 1984 the ID-HEC, where he shot Nif, Robinson fait du Cinéma, and Dans la Maison hantée. He got his diploma in 1986 and began working as a cinematographer (1985 Les Nuits de Sisyphe, short, Jacqueline Chervin; 1987 L'Etendu, short, Gilles Marchand; Horizons artificiels (Trois Rêves d'Architecture), documentary, medium-length, Alain Bourges; 1993 Joyeux Noël, short, Gilles Marchand; 1994 Cette Nuit, medium-length, Vincent Dietschy) and assistant director (1994 Veillées d'Armes: Histoire du Journalisme en Temps de Guerre / Veillées d'Armes / The Troubles We've Seen—Die Geschichte der Kriegs-berichterstattung, documentary; Marcel Ophuls, France / Germany). His film Entre les Murs / USA: The Class won the Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm in 2008.

 Filmography

1986 ◘ Les Chercheurs d'Or (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Tous à la Manif (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Jeux de Plage (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Corps et ses Atteintes (short)

        ◘ Les Sanguinaires (short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Ressources humaines / USA: Human Resources (TV movie theatrically released; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / UK)

        ◘ L'Emploi du Temps / UK: Time Out (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2005 ◘ Vers le Sud / USA: Heading South (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2008 ◘ Entre les Murs / USA: The Class (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Canada)

 Television Filmography

1990 ◘ Un Eté à Beyrouth (documentary)