2005Nominee
Best Director
March of the Penguins
Laurent Chalet
Director
Limoges, France
September 12, 1969
Biography
Laurent Chalet (12 December 1969 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne) is a French Director of Photography who has made his career in both the fiction and documentary realms. Chalet filmed the 2006 Academy Award winning documentary March of the Penguins, which was also nominated for the BAFTA Best Photography award. In 2006, Chalet initiated legal action against the producers of the film, alleging that his royalty contract had been renegotiated under duress, and that he had not been credited for authorship. Source: Article "Laurent Chalet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2011Nominee
Best Director
Lads & Jockeys
2024Winner
Career Highlight
Liban, les secrets du royaume de Byblos
Career Highlights
2013Highlight
Best Director
Love Battles
2022Highlight
Career Highlight
Searching for Planet 9
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March of the Penguins