Bénégui, Laurent

(May 14, 1959, Paris, France - )

   He studied medicine for seven years and practiced for two weeks before switching to literature (1989 Caramelle, Bernard Barrault; Au Petit Marguery, Bernard Barrault; 1995 Le Roman des Quarks, Julliard; 1998 La Paresse de Dieu, Julliard; 2006 Je ne veux pas être là, Julliard; 2007 Le Jour où j'ai voté Chirac, Julliard; 2008 Le Tournevis infiniment petit, Julliard). In the early 1990s, he created a production company, Magouric Produc­tions, which financed about fifty shorts and features. An occasional actor (1982 Le Perroquet des Iles, short, Jean-Luc Gaget; 1995 Ada ne sait pas dire non, short, Luc Pagès; 1997 Romaine, also co-dialogist, producer, Agnès Obadia; 2002 A + Pollux, also producer, Luc Pagès), he also collaborated as co-screenwriter on several movies (1987 La Princesse surgelée, short, also co-dialogist, actor, Olivier Esmein; 1989 Romaine, un Jour où ça va pas ... , short, also actor, Agnès Obadia; La Boîte jaune, short, also actor, Olivier Esmein; Film de Vacances, short, also producer, actor; 1994 Les Braqueuses, Jean-Paul Salomé; 1996 Rainbow for Rimbaud, Jean Teulé).

 Filmography

1983 ◘ 1929 (short)

1991 ◘ Un Type bien (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Belgium)

1993 ◘ Mireille et Barnabé aimeraient bien en avoir un . . . (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

1995 ◘ Au Petit Marguery (also author of original novel, co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer)

1997 ◘ Mauvais Genre (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer)

1999 ◘ Premier Domicile connu (animation; also screenwriter, producer)

2004 ◘ Qui perd gagne (also co-screenwriter, producer)