Person

Laurent Bouzereau

Directing · Born 1961-11-30 · Paris, France

Biography

Laurent Bouzereau (born 30 November 1961; Paris) is a French-American award-winning documentary filmmaker, producer, and best-selling author. He is best-known for his home video/movie documentary work. His name has appeared in the closing credits for over 200 "making-of" documentaries and featurettes.

Known for

Filmography

2025Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside StoryDirector
2024Music by John WilliamsDirector
2024Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of BlackmailDirector
2024FayeDirector
2024The Bloody HundredthDirector
2023Ahsoka: Sabine's Loth-CatDirector
2023Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison FordDirector
2023The Fabelmans: A Family in FilmDirector
2022Mama's BoyDirector
2022The Stories of West Side StoryDirector
2020Tremors: Making PerfectionHimself
2020Allied Forces: Making 1917Director
2020The Making of ClemencyDirector
2020Doctor Sleep: Return To The OverlookDirector
2020Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindDirector
2019Reach for the StarsDirector
2018Learned Behavior: Special Features at WorkSelf
2018Steven Spielberg/John Williams: The Adventure ContinuesDirector
2018Schindler's List: 25 Years LaterProducer
2018Fallen Kingdom: The ConversationDirector
2017Three Kinds of Close EncountersDirector
2017The Making of 'Split'Director
2017Five Came BackDirector
2017Five Came BackDirector
2016Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic JourneyDirector
2016A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of SpiesProducer
2016The Making of 'The Visit'Director
2014A Night at the Movies: George Lucas & The World of Fantasy CinemaDirector
2014Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making GremlinsDirector
2014From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the CreaturesDirector
2013The Wolverine: Path of a RoninDirector
2013A Night at the Movies: Cops & Robbers and Crime WritersDirector
2013Beyond Comprehension: William Peter Blatty’s The ExorcistDirector
2013After Earth: The Nature of the FutureDirector
2013After Earth: 1,000 Years in 300 SecondsDirector
2013After Earth: A Father's LegacyDirector
2013Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. ZanuckWriter
2013Rescued from Tehran: We Were ThereDirector
2013Mega City Masters: 35 Years of Judge DreddDirector
2013Day of Chaos: The Visual Effects of 'Dredd'Director
2012Roman Polanski: A Film MemoirDirector
2012The 'E.T.' JournalsProducer
2012A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to WashingtonDirector
2012Reflections on TitanicProducer
2011A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!Writer
2011Exploring 'The Tree of Life'Producer
2011A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen KingDirector
2011The 'Scarface' PhenomenonDirector
2011Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal JourneyDirector
2011Return to Jurassic ParkDirector
2011The Ten Commandments: Making MiraclesDirector
2010Capturing AvatarDirector
2010Tales from the FutureDirector
2010Doctor Zhivago: A CelebrationDirector
2010The Physics of 'Back to the Future' with Dr. Michio KakuProducer
2009A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter BogdanovichProducer
2009A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of EpicsDirector
2009A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of ThrillersDirector
2009Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete OriginsDirector
2009The Shark Is Still WorkingSelf
2009Doubt: Stage to ScreenProducer
2008The Happening: Elements of a SceneDirector
2008The Happening: A Day for NightDirector
2008Visions of 'The Happening'Director
2008Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'Director
2007The Farrelly Bros.: In the French TraditionDirector
2007Making Rush Hour 3Director
2007Steven Spielberg 30 Years of CLOSE ENCOUNTERSDirector
2007They Are Here: The Real World of the PoltergeistsDirector
2007The History of 'Cruising'Director
2007Exorcising 'Cruising'Director
2007Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'Director
2007The Warriors: The BeginningDirector
2007The Warriors: BattlegroundDirector
2007The Warriors: The PhenomenonDirector
2007Sin and Salvation: The Comic Book Origin of Ghost RiderDirector
2007Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost RiderDirector
2007The Warriors: The Way HomeDirector
2007Prince of the City: The Real StoryDirector
2006Lady in the Water: A Bedtime StoryDirector
2006Witness to 'Reds'Director
2006Black Rain: Making The FilmDirector
2006The Politics of the Dead ZoneDirector
2006Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives OnDirector
2006Mommie Dearest: Life with JoanDirector
2006Mommie Dearest: The Revival of JoanDirector
2006Desire and CensorshipDirector
2006North and the Music of the SouthDirector
2006An Actor Named BrandoDirector
2006A Streetcar in HollywoodDirector
2006The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'Writer
2006The Making of 'Network'Director
2006The Best of Twist: Sets, Costumes & PhotographyDirector
2006Kidding with Oliver Twist: Barney Clark's DiaryDirector
2006Twist by PolanskiDirector
2006Still Dumb After All These YearsDirector
2006The Making of Ryan's DaughterDirector
2006A Streetcar on BroadwayDirector
2005Jonathan Demme & Jodie FosterDirector
2005The Silence of the Lambs: The BeginningDirector
2005The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the LambsDirector
2005The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the SilenceDirector
2005The Making of 'Psycho'Director
2005John Candy: Comic SpiritDirector
2005Raging Bull: Before the FightDirector
2005Raging Bull: Inside the RingDirector
2005Raging Bull: Outside the RingDirector
2005Raging Bull: After the FightDirector
2005Deconstructing 'The Village'Director
2004The Making of 'Seabiscuit'Producer
2004Hitchcock and Dial MDirector
2004The China Syndrome: A Fusion of TalentDirector
2004The China Syndrome: Creating a ControversyDirector
2004The Revamping of DraculaDirector
2004The Untouchables: The Script, the CastDirector
2004The Untouchables: The ClassicDirector
2004The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the GenreDirector
2004The Untouchables: Production StoriesDirector
2004Christine: IgnitionDirector
2004Christine: Fast and FuriousDirector
2004Christine: Finish LineDirector
2004Tess: From Novel to ScreenWriter
2004Tess: The ExperienceWriter
2004Filming 'Tess'Writer
2004Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock ClassicDirector
2004Personal History: Foreign HitchcockDirector
2004Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'Producer
2004Before the Fact: Suspicious HitchcockDirector
2004Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I ConfessDirector
20043D: A Brief HistoryDirector
2004Mr. Hitchcock Meets the SmithsDirector
2004Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright'Director
2004Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'Director
2004The Hitchcocks on HitchDirector
2004Strangers on a Train: The Victim's P.O.V.Director
2004Duel: A Conversation with Director Steven SpielbergDirector
2004Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the ScreenDirector
2004Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on YouDirector
2003Seabiscuit: Racing Through HistoryDirector
2003Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the LegendDirector
2003The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'Director
2003The Music of 'Indiana Jones'Director
2003Indiana Jones: Making the TrilogyDirector
2003The Making of 'Carlito's Way'Director
2003The Next Picture ShowDirector
2003Getting the MoonDirector
2003'Seabiscuit': The Making of a LegendExecutive Producer
2003Narc: The Friedkin ConnectionProducer
2003Catch Me If You Can: Behind the CameraDirector
2003The Andromeda Strain: Making the FilmProducer
2003A Portrait of Michael CrichtonDirector
2003Femme Fatale: Dream Within a DreamDirector
2003Day for Night: An AppreciationDirector
2003The Making of 'The Color Purple'Director
2003Making 'Signs'Director
2003The Making of 'Fahrenheit 451'Director
2003Day for Night: A Conversation with Jacqueline BissetDirector
2002Back to the Future: Making the TrilogyProducer
2002Inside 'Serpico'Director
2002Serpico: From Real to ReelDirector
2002The Making of 'The Producers'Director
2002Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An AppreciationDirector
2002Writing And Casting To Catch A ThiefDirector
2002The Making of 'To Catch a Thief'Director
2002'Silent Running': A Discussion With Bruce Dern 'Lowell Freeman'Director
2002Douglas Trumbull: Then and NowDirector
2002'Silent Running' By Director Douglas TrumbullDirector
2002Creating A.I.Director
2002E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary SpecialDirector
2002The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John WilliamsWriter
2002The E.T. ReunionDirector
2002E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary CelebrationDirector
2002E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: A Look BackDirector
2001Eriksson's War: A Talk with Actor Michael J. FoxDirector
2001The Making Of Jurassic Park IIIDirector
2001The Making of 'Casualties of War'Director
2001The Jurassic Park Phenomenon: A Discussion with Author Michael CrichtonDirector
2001The Making of MidwayDirector
2001Unmasking ZorroDirector
2001The Making of 'Cape Fear'Director
2001Play It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me'Director
2001Acting 'Carrie'Director
2001The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'Director
2001Visualizing 'Carrie'Writer
2001'Obsession' RevisitedProducer
2001The Making of Jaws 2Director
2001Jaws 2: A Portrait by Actor Keith GordonDirector
2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'Director
2001Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven SpielbergDirector
2001The Making of Lawrence of ArabiaWriter
2001The Story of 'Frenzy'Self - Presenter
2001'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock ClassicDirector
2001Rope UnleashedDirector
2001Plotting 'Family Plot'Director
2001'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't OverDirector
2001Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard MaltinDirector
2001Screenwriter John Michael Hayes on 'Rear Window'Director
2001The Beguiled, Misty, Don & ClintDirector
2001Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'Director
2001Dressed to Kill: An Appreciation by Keith GordonDirector
2001The Making of 'Cape Fear'Director
2001Beyond Jurassic ParkDirector
2000'Torn Curtain' RisingDirector
2000The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'Director
2000The Bridge on the River Kwai: An Appreciation by Filmmaker John MiliusWriter
2000Back To "Somewhere In Time"Director
2000The Trouble with 'Marnie'Producer
2000Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'Director
2000All About 'The Birds'Director
2000The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'Director
2000The Sixth Sense: The ActorsDirector
2000Music and Sound Design of 'The Sixth Sense'Director
2000The Sixth Sense: Rules and CluesDirector
2000The Sixth Sense: A Conversation with M. Night ShyamalanDirector
2000The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter BogdanovichWriter
2000Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite FilmDirector
2000Saboteur: A Closer LookDirector
1999The Making of SilveradoDirector
1999Making 'Taxi Driver'Director
1999The Last Picture Show: A Look BackDirector
1999The Big Chill: A ReunionDirector
1998The Making of 'American Graffiti'Director
1998The Making of ‘Tremors’Director
1998The Making of 'Scarface'Director
1997The Making of 'The Lost World'Producer
1997The Making of Se7enDirector
1997The Making of 'DragonHeart'Director
1996The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'Director
1996The Making of '1941'Producer
1995The Making of 'Jaws'Director
1995Spotlight on Location: The Making of JawsWriter
—Untitled Louvre Heist DocumentaryDirector
—Live at the Shrine! John Williams and the World Premiere of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th AnniversaryDirector

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