Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (2019)

Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (born July 26, 1983 in Paris ) is a French actress , film director and screenwriter .

Life

Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre was born in Paris in 1983. Her ancestors include Jean-Baptiste Colbert , Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and his lover Christine Charlotte Desmares, an actress from a theater family. Philippe II was a nephew of Louis XIV and a descendant of James I , King of England, Scotland and Ireland.

After completing her Masters in History at the Sorbonne, she moved to New York. Here she shot two short films, Atlantic Avenue and Rabbit , which have been presented and awarded at several international festivals such as the Tribeca Film Festival. In The Mustang with Matthias Schoenaerts in the lead role, which she in January 2019 as part of the film festival Sundance imagined, is her directorial debut with a feature film. She developed the film project as part of the Sundance Institute's 2015 January Screenwriters Lab and revised her short film Rabbit from 2014, in which an imprisoned woman receives a rabbit as a therapy animal. De Clermont-Tonnerre expanded the basic story in The Mustang by choosing a horse, an animal that is firmly anchored in American mythology. The film received very good reviews.

Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre lives and works in Paris and New York.

Filmography (selection)

1994: Ma soeur chinoise
1999: Time found again (Le temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel Proust)
2010: Adèle and the Pharaoh's Secret (Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec)
2013: A wedding and other obstacles (Des gens qui s'embrassent)
2013: Atlantic Avenue (short film, director)
2019: The Mustang (Director and Screenplay)
2019: The Act (TV series, 3 episodes, director)

Awards (selection)

Gotham Award

2019: Award for the best young director ( The Mustang )

Sundance Film Festival

2015 : Received the NHK Award (The Mustang)

Web links

Commons : Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre in the German synchronous file

Individual evidence

↑ Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. In: cineserie.com. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
↑ Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre Bio, Movies, Net Worth, Siblings. In: allstarbio.com, April 22, 2020.
↑ MICHAEL ORDOÑA: Budding author Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre takes the reins of 'The Mustang'. In: Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2019.

↑ Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. In: notrecinema.com. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

↑ David Ehrlich: 'The Mustang' Review: 'The Shawshank Redemption' With Horses in Stirring Prison Drama. In: Variety, February 1, 2019.

^ John DeFore: 'The Mustang': Film Review. In: The Hollywood Reporter, February 1, 2019.

↑ The Mustang. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

↑ The Mustang. In: sundance.org. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

^ 'Marriage Story' Sweeps Gotham Awards; Full winners list. In: The Hollywood Reporter, December 2, 2019.

^ Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre Wins 2015 Sundance Institute / NHK Award. In: sundance.org, January 20, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Clermont-Tonnerre, Laure de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Clermont-Tonnerre, Laure Marsa Frédérique de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French actress, film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris , France

[1] Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. In: cineserie.com. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[2] Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre Bio, Movies, Net Worth, Siblings. In: allstarbio.com, April 22, 2020.

[3] MICHAEL ORDOÑA: Budding author Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre takes the reins of 'The Mustang'. In: Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2019.

[4] Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. In: notrecinema.com. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[5] David Ehrlich: 'The Mustang' Review: 'The Shawshank Redemption' With Horses in Stirring Prison Drama. In: Variety, February 1, 2019.

[6] John DeFore: 'The Mustang': Film Review. In: The Hollywood Reporter, February 1, 2019.

[7] The Mustang. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[8] The Mustang. In: sundance.org. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[9] 'Marriage Story' Sweeps Gotham Awards; Full winners list. In: The Hollywood Reporter, December 2, 2019.

[10] Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre Wins 2015 Sundance Institute / NHK Award. In: sundance.org, January 20, 2019.