Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

2004 Au Bout du Quai (also co-screenwriter)
Fabien Cosma (episode “Droit de Regard”)
LASFARGUES, ALAIN (1953, France–)
Mostly a cinematographer (1985 La Nuit Porte-Jarretelles,
Virginie Thévenet; 1986 High Speed, Monique Dartonne,
Michel Kaptur; Noir et Blanc, Claire Devers), he co-directed
with editor Luc Barnier (b. 1954) a documentary
on the “Mirabelles,” a theatrical group of transvestites.
Filmography
1978 Les Oiseaux de Nuit (documentary; co-director
with Luc Barnier)
Television Filmography
1982 Il vaut (toujours) mieux être riche (documentary;
co-director with Gilles du Jonchay)
1998 Geneviève de Gaulle Anthonioz ou l’Engagement
(documentary)
1999 L’Argent ne dort jamais (documentary; also
screenwriter)
2008 Une Planète sans Frontières (documentary)
LATOUR, BERNARD DE (March 19, 1905, Bordeaux,
Gironde, France–November 21, 2001, Cannes,
Alpes-Maritimes, France)
A former race car driver, he made his fi lm debut at
the Paramount as an assistant to directors Jacques
Deval, Harry Lachman, and Louis Mercanton. His only
directing effort was a memorable epic on Bertrand
du Guesclin, a French constable of the fourteenth
century who bravely fought the English. He fi nished
his professional career as a movie theater owner.
Filmography
1949 Du Guesclin (also co-screenwriter)
LATOUR, ELIANE DE
Having trained as an anthropologist, she directed mostly
documentaries. In 1995, she played in Le Fils de Gascogne
/ US DVD: The Son of Gascogne (Pascal Aubier).
Filmography
1993 Contes et Comptes de la Cour (documentary)
1998 Si bleu, si calme (short; documentary; also cinematographer)
2000 Bronx Barbès (also co-screenwriter)
2005 Les Oiseaux du Ciel / Birds from Heaven (also
screenwriter, dialogist; France / UK; shot in
2004)
LAUGIER, PASCAL • 599
LAUBIER, MARIE DE (November 2, 1960, Bamako,
Mali–)
She only spent two months studying cinema at the
Faculty of Censier. While earning her living as a switchboard
operator, waitress, and cleaning lady, she learned
her craft working as an assistant on shorts. A fi lm
directress since 1987, she is also an assistant director
(1990 Le Petit Criminel, Jacques Doillon; 1996 Ponette,
Jacques Doillon) and casting director (1993 Le Jeune
Werther, also actor, Jacques Doillon; 1996 Sale Gosse,
extras casting only, Claude Mouriéras, shot in 1994;
1998 Gadjo dilo / Strainul nebun, Tony Gatlif, France / Romania;
1999 Le Bleu des Villes, Stéphane Brizé; Extension
du Domaine de la Lutte / UK: Whatever, Philippe Harel;
2000 Bronx Barbès, Eliane de Latour; Les Filles ne savent
pas nager, Anne-Sophie Birot; 2004 Wild Side, Sébastien
Lifshitz; Le Cou de la Giraffe, Safy Nebbou).
Filmography
1987 Outremer (short)
Navirotel (short)
1993 Léon (Portrait) (short; also screenwriter)
1991 Passage Cargo (documentary)
1993 Léon (Portrait) (documentary; short)
1999 Maisons d’Enfants (documentary; also screenwriter)
2001 Avant de partir / US festival: Before Leaving
(documentary)
2002 Veloma (also co-screenwriter; shot in 2000)
2006 Camion Coiffure (documentary)
LAUGIER, PASCAL
He spent two months studying cinema at the university
level before enrolling in a private fi lm school.
After directing his fi rst short, he was hired by Christophe
Gans to shoot the making of Le Pacte des Loups
/ USA: Brotherhood of the Wolf in 2001 (he also played
in the fi lm). He appeared as himself in various documentaries
(2004 Un Monde de Mort au Fond de leurs
Regards de Pierre, video documentary, Daniel Gouyette;
J’étais . . . , video documentary, Daniel Gouyette;
2006 Les Nouveaux Visages de la Peur, documentary,
short, Didier Allouch).
Filmography
1993 Tête de Citrouille (short; also screenwriter)
2001 4ème Sous-Sol (short; also screenwriter)
2004 Saint-Ange (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2008 Martyrs (also screenwriter, dialogist; France /
Canada)