Chevallier, Laurent

(June 6, 1955, France - )

   Having trained at the Louis Lumière film school (1974-1976), he was an assistant cameraman (1983 Duvar / Le Mur / UK and USA: The Wall, Yilmaz Guney, Turkey / France; 1986 Mon Beau-Frère a tué ma Soeur, Jacques Rouffio), cameraman (1988 Une Histoire de Vent / Eine Geschichte uber der Wind / USA: A Tale of the Wind, Joris Ivens, France / UK / West Germany / Netherlands), cinematographer for cinema (1977 Nu­cléaire, Danger immédiat, documentary, Serge Poljinsky; 1985 L'Index, short, Marie-Hélène Quinton; 1993 The Tulkus, Pan Nalin, Canada / France / India; 1998 Le Poète que je préfère, short, Christel Delahaye) and television (1988 Un Médecin des Lumières / Ein Artzt der Hoffnung, René Allio, France / West Germany; 1995 Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound, documentary, Joshua Waletzky, USA / France / Japan), and editor (2002 Crash Test, short, Stéphan Archinard; 2005 Alex au Pays des Merveilles, short, Luis Inâcio). He appeared as himself in J'aime la Vie, je fais du Vélo, je vais au Cinéma (documentary, Francis Fourcou, 2005).

 Filmography

1976 ◘ Les Apprentis se réveillent (short)

        ◘ Une Souris et des Hommes (short)

        ◘ Voie Express (short)

        ◘ Rupal 80 (short)

        ◘ Dévers (short)

        ◘ Patagonie Force 10 (short)

        ◘ Paroi en Coulisse (short)

        ◘ Sérac (short)

        ◘ Corsicayak (short)

        ◘ L'Apocalypse 2 (short)

        ◘ L'Oiseau rare (short)

        ◘ Little Karim (short)

        ◘ La Lumière du Rocher (short)

        ◘ Lapy Pôle (short)

        ◘ Le Roi des Baleines (short)

        ◘ Solo Thaï (short)

        ◘ Grimpeur Etoile (short)

        ◘ Les Chiens du Pôle—L'Essai du Pôle—Les Voiles du Pôle (3 X 26' shorts)

        ◘ Transartatica 1 et 2 (2 X 52' shorts)

        ◘ La Planète du Pôle (short)

1992 ◘ Au Sud du Sud (shot in 1990)

        ◘ Djembefola (medium-length)

1993 ◘ Les Enfants du Voyage (3 X 26' shorts)

        ◘ Notes interdites (medium-length)

        ◘ Llorilegio (medium-length)

1995 ◘ L'Enfant noir

        ◘ Aoutara (short)

        ◘ Les Boxeurs du Désert (medium-length)

1997 ◘ Mister Karim (short)

        ◘ Les Caméléons (short)

1999 ◘ Du Plomb dans le Museau! (short; also screenwriter, cinematographer, delegate producer)

2000 ◘ Circus Baobab (short; also screenwriter)

2002 ◘ La Vie sans Brahim (short)

        ◘ Pas le Jour de mon mini-Golf, Connard! (also co-screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Voyage au Pays des Peaux blanches (documentary; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

2005 ◘ Le plus beau Jour de sa Vie (short; co-director with Stéphan Archinard; also co-screenwriter, cinematographer, editor)

2007 ◘ Momo le Doyen (documentary)