Carcélès, Laurent

(January 17, 1957, Algiers, Algeria-)

   The son of a missionary, he settled in France after the Algerian War. After completing his studies at the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français, he rejoined his father in Gabon, where he restored and reedited movies and documentaries of the 1950s and 1960s. He shot several documentaries in Africa before returning in France and directing his first feature film. Other credit (as art director): 1986 Equinoxe (Arthur Lamothe).

 Filmography

1986 ◘ Murundi (documentary)

        ◘ La Piste Malibe (documentary)

1989 ◘ Mémoires d'en Brousse (documentary)

1987 ◘ La Légende de Julien le Chasseur (short)

1993 ◘ La Brune (also screenwriter; shot in 1991)

 Television Filmography

1993 ◘ Un Soleil pour l'Hiver

1995 ◘ Les Cordier, Juge et Flic (episodes "Un Alibi en Béton", "Une Associée en trop")

        ◘ Carreau d'As

        ◘ Le JAP, Juge d'Application des Peines (episode "Prison personnelle")

1997 ◘ Le Mensonge (shot in 1995)

        ◘ Le Grand Batre (9 x 90')

1999 ◘ Erreur médicale

        ◘ Vertiges (episode "De plein Fouet")

        ◘ Souviens-toi

        ◘ Vertiges (episode "Une Femme piégée")

        ◘ Lemmes de Loi (2 x 90')

        ◘ Nestor Burma (episode "Mignonne, allons voir si la Chose")

        ◘ Corps et Âmes

        ◘ Nestor Burma (episodes "La Marieuse était trop belle", "Machinations pour Machines à Sous")

        ◘ Lemmes de Loi (episode "Crime passionnel")

2004 ◘ Boulevard du Palais (episode "Rêve d'Afrique")

        ◘ Lamille je vous haime

        ◘ Le Fond de l'Air est frais

2005 ◘ Disparition / L'Affaire Sébastien (2 x 90')

        ◘ Elodie Bradford (episode "Un Ami pour Elodie")

        ◘ Profils criminels

        ◘ Ondes de Choc (6 x 52')

        ◘ Six Angles vifs (6 x 52'; shot in 2006)

        ◘ Les Tricheurs (episode "Case Départ")