
Person
Laurent Chalet
Camera · Born 1969-09-12 · Limoges, France
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.
Known for
Die neuen Paradiese
Director

Liban, les secrets du royaume de Byblos
Camera Operator

March of the Penguins
Director of Photography

Lads & Jockeys
Director of Photography

Léon Trotsky - Un homme à abattre
Director of Photography

Les Scandales de « La Religieuse »
Director of Photography

Très chère électricité
Camera Operator

Abbas by Abbas
Director of Photography
L'homme des bois
Director
Do You Still?
Camera Operator
Filmography
- 2025Très chère électricitéCamera Operator
- 2024Liban, les secrets du royaume de ByblosCamera Operator
- 2024Mothers Who Kill their ChildrenCamera Technician
- 2023Les Scandales de « La Religieuse »Director of Photography
- 2022Léon Trotsky - Un homme à abattreDirector of Photography
- 2022Searching for Planet 9Camera Operator
- 2020Auguste Escoffier: The Birth of Haute CuisineDirector of Photography
- 2019Abbas by AbbasDirector of Photography
- 2018L'homme des boisDirector
- 2016The Smuggler and Her ChargesDirector of Photography
- 2014Ellis Island, une histoire du rêve américainDirector of Photography
- 2013Love BattlesDirector of Photography
- 2012You, Me and UsDirector of Photography
- 2012Les aventures d'un gentleman-voyageurDirector
- 2011Lads & JockeysDirector of Photography
- 2011The Trial of Adolf EichmannCamera Operator
- 2008Die neuen ParadieseDirector
- 2008Do You Still?Camera Operator
- 2005March of the PenguinsDirector of Photography
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