Boutonnat, Laurent

(June 14, 1961, Paris, France - )

   He dropped out of high school at age fifteen to at­tend drama courses for three years. He was only seventeen years old when he directed his first feature film. After briefly working as a cameraman for a sci­entific reports series, he wrote a first song for singer Mylène Farmer (b. 1961). He shot for her video clips that were really musical shorts.

 Filmography

1980 ◘ Ballade de la Féconductrice (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer, cinematographer, com­poser; shot in 1978)

        ◘ Plus grandir (musical short; also composer)

        ◘ Libertine (musical short; also producer, com­poser)

        ◘ Tristana (musical short; also producer, com­poser)

        ◘ Pourvu qu'elles soient douces (Libertine II) (musical short; also producer, composer)

        ◘ Mylène Farmer in Concert (musical video)

1994 ◘ Georgino (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer, composer; France / USA)

2007 ◘ Jacquou le Croquant (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, composer)

 Television Filmography

1997 ◘ Mylène Farmer: Live in Bercy (also producer)