Laurent Chevallier

Biography

Laurent Chevallier was born on June 6, 1955. Originally from the Grenoble region, he is a very experienced skier and mountaineer. His film studies in Paris were oriented from the start towards documentaries, since he wrote a memoir on the "father" of documentary film, Robert Flaherty (1884-1951, author of "Nanouk L'Esquimau" in 1919-1922, and "L'Homme D'Aran" in 1932-34), and on Joris Ivens (1898-1989, who shot his last film, "Une Histoire De Vent", in China at the age of 90 with the presence by Laurent Chevallier on camera), both absolute models of all the great documentary filmmakers. After his studies, he was assistant cameraman or director of photography for many films (with Jean-Jacques Beineix, Jacques Rouffio, René Allio, Gérard Mordillat, Patrice Leconte, Ilmaz G'fcney, Gérard Oury). from 1979, he made numerous documentaries (26 and 52 minutes) for television in France, Cape Horn, the Himalayas, the North Pole, Patagonia, Thailand, Italy, Ireland, Pakistan, in China, Canada, USA, Australia, Uganda, Guinea. To his credit in particular "La Voie Express" one of the first films on free climbing featuring the climber Patrick Berhault, and the trilogy on "Little Karim" the Pakis…

Directed

1. Djembefola (1991) — Director
2. The African Child (1995) — Director
3. Circus Baobab (2001) — Director
4. Au Sud du Sud (1992) — Director
5. La Vie sans Brahim (2003) — Director
6. The Backstage Wall (1983) — Director
7. Voie Express (1979) — Director
8. Little Karim (1985) — Director
9. Apö Karim, Ambassadeur de l'Himalaya (2012) — Director
10. Mister Karim (1997) — Director
11. Fin de vie : pour que tu aies le choix (2023) — Director
12. Nanga Parbat 80, La revanche de futur (1980) — Director
13. Dévers (1981) — Director
14. La Lumière du Rocher (1986) — Director
15. Aimé Césaire, un Nègre fondamental (2007) — Director
16. Le Cri du Caméléon (1997) — Director
17. Mögöbalu, Les Maîtres des Tambours d'Afrique (1998) — Director
18. Pour de vrai, pour de faux (2015) — Director
19. La Trace de Kandia (2014) — Director
20. Faut-il avoir peur d'Amazon ? (2018) — Director
21. Patagonie Force 10 (1983) — Director
22. Les Amants du Grès — Director
23. Grimpeur Étoile (1989) — Director
24. More Courage than Ever (2023) — Director
25. Momo le doyen (2007) — Director
26. Expérience africaine (2009) — Director
27. La pépinière du désert (2009) — Director

Also appeared in

1. La Vie sans Brahim (2003) — (Narrator)
2. When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema (2000) — Self
3. Berhault (2008) — Self
4. Les Conquérants de l'Impossible: Portrait de Groupe (1986) — Self
5. The Backstage Wall (1983) — Self
6. Mister Karim (1997) — Self
7. Patagonie Force 10 (1983) — Self - Filmaker
8. The Death Zone (1996) — Self