Laurent Petitgand
Laurent Petitgand (born September 28, 1959 in Laxou , France ) is a French composer, film composer, singer, actor and instrumentalist. He plays guitar, piano and saxophone.
Petitgand composed a. a. Ballet music for Angelin Preljocaj and wrote and arranged the music for over 30 films. In 1985 he worked for a film with Wim Wenders for the first time . Since then, he has been involved in Wenders' films as a composer, the last time in 2017 in the documentary Pope Francis - A Man of His Word . In 2006 he wrote the music for The Inner Life of Martin Frost , Paul Auster's debut film director.
Laurent Petitgand is the brother of the composer and installation artist Dominique Petitgand.
Filmography (selection)
- 1985: Tokyo-Ga , directed by Wim Wenders
- 1986: Les Ailes du désir, directed by Wim Wenders
- 1988: Copie Film, directed by Pascal Rémy
- 1989: Yamamoto. Notes on clothes and cities, directed by Wim Wenders
- 1991: Arisha, the bear and the stone ring , director: Wim Wenders
- 1993: Far away, so close! , Director: Wim Wenders
- 1995: Beyond the Clouds , directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders
- 1995: À Cran, directed by Solange Martin
- 1995: A court in Provence ( Le mas Théotime ), directed by Philomène Esposito
- 1996: The sky over Berlin , director: Wim Wenders
- 1998: Fette Welt, director: Jan Schütte
- 1998: Il suffirait d'un pont, directed by Solveig Dommartin
- 2006: Cowboy Angels, directed by Kim Massee
- 2006: The Inner Life of Martin Frost, directed by Paul Auster
- 2007: Ice People, directed by Anne Aghion
- 2008: Age and Beauty , directed by Michael Klier
- 2009: Gamines. Director: Éléonore Faucher
- 2010: Les Amants naufragés, directed by Jean-Christophe Delpias
- 2013: Stranded ( Les Déferlantes ), directed by Éléonore Faucher
- 2014: The Salt of the Earth , directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders
- 2015: Martin Buber, religious philosopher and humanist, documentary film, director: Pierre-Henry Salfati
- 2017: Pope Franziskus - A man of his word , director: Wim Wenders
Web links
- Laurent Petitgand in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laurent Pettigand on Last.fm, accessed July 16, 2018
- ↑ Angelin Preljocaj, Ballet Productions , accessed on July 16, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petitgand, Laurent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer, film composer, singer, actor and instrumentalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laxou , France |