Ferrier, Laurent

(January 14, 1945, Courbev-oie, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )

   He started as a trainee assistant director (1971 L'Homme de Désir, Dominique Delouche, shot in 1969) and remained assistant director for six years (1973 Les Zozos, Pascal Thomas; Les Grands Senti­ments font les bons Gueuletons, Michel Berny, shot in 1971; Les Yeux fermés, Joël Santoni, shot in 1971; 1974 Out One Spectre / UK and USA: Out One: Specter, Jacques Rivette, shot in 1970; France Société Ano­nyme, Alain Corneau; 1975 L'Important c'est d'aimer / L'importante è amare / Nachtblende / UK: The Main Thing Is to Love / USA: The Most Important Thing: Love, Andrzej Zulawski, France / Italy / West Germany; Parlez-moi d'Amour, Michel Drach; La Fille du Garde-Barrière, Jérôme Savary; 1976 Les Œufs brouillés, Joël Santoni; Le Voyage de Noces, as first assistant director, Nadine Trintignant;Jonas qui aura 25 Ans en l'An 2000 / USA: Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000, Alain Tanner, Switzerland / France; 1977 La Dentellière / Die Spitzenklôpperin / USA: The Lacemaker, Claude Goretta, France / Switzerland / West Germany; Le Passé simple, Michel Drach; 1978 Judith Therpauve, as first assistant director, Alain Corneau; 1979 Série Noire, as first assistant director, Alain Corneau; 1981 La Provinciale / UK and USA: The Girl from Lorraine, Claude Goretta, France / Switzerland; Le Choix des Armes / USA: Choice of Arms, as first assistant director, Alain Corneau). He played in a TV series (1972 La Demoiselle d'Avignon, 13 x 26', Michel Wyn) and a fea­ture film (1978 La Tortue sur le Dos / USA: Like a Turtle on Its Back, Luc Béraud). Also a production designer (1986 Mort un Dimanche de Pluie, Joël Santoni), he worked as executive producer on about fifty com­mercials (directed by Patrice Leconte, Tony Scott, Alain Corneau, and Jean-Paul Goude) and a motion picture (1989 Pentimento, Tonie Marshall). He co-wrote Frères d'Armes, an episode of the Quai No. 1 TV series (Alain Robillard) and authored a novel (2000 Le Jet de l'Eponge, Editions La Chambre d'Echos).

 Filmography

197? - 53 Fillettes ou Qu'il est beau et bon le gentil

        ◘ Chapon (short)

1984 ◘ Le Vol du Sphinx (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1997 ◘ Les Enfants du Karoo (also co-screenwriter)