Biography
Named one of the top 50 leaders in the field of New Media by The Hollywood Reporter, filmmaker/author Laurent Bouzereau is one of the most sought-after talents in the industry.
Laurent Bouzereau is executive producing with Sherri Crichton for CrichtonSun LLC, an adaptation of Michael Crichton’s MICRO at DreamWorks Studios, with Frank Marshall as producer and the CBS television series GENES based on an unproduced screenplay by Michael Crichton.
Bouzereau is attached to direct BAD LITTLE KID, based on a short story by Stephen King and is the co-producer of the Feel Good Fiction / BBC Radio program THE BLIND MAN, based on an un-produced script by Ernest Lehman and Alfred Hitchcock.
Most recently, Bouzereau produced the behind-the-scenes on Steven Spielberg’s THE BFG and BRIDGE OF SPIES, JURASSIC WORLD, BEN-HUR and FIFTY SHADES OF GREY and directed for the Prada Foundation, ROMAN POLANSKI: MY INSPIRATIONS, a documentary on the iconic director’s favorite films.
Bouzereau wrote, directed and produced the TCM/Amblin Television series A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES. Episodes include GEORGE LUCAS AND THE WORLD OF FANTASY CINEMA, THE HORRORS OF STEPHEN KING, HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WASHINGTON, THE GIGANTIC WORLD OF EPICS, THE SUSPENSEFUL WORLD OF THRILLERS, MERRY CHRISTMAS and COPS & ROBBERS AND CRIME WRITERS.
Among other projects, Bouzereau wrote, directed and produced the feature-length documentary on producer Richard D. Zanuck entitled DON’T SAY NO UNTIL I FINISH TALKING, executive produced by Steven Spielberg for Amblin Television and TCM. He directed the feature-length documentary ROMAN POLANSKI: A FILM MEMOIR, which premiered at the 2011 Zurich Film Festival and was selected at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival (Out Of Competition.)
In the recent years, he produced documentaries on Steve McQueen’s acclaimed film 12 YEARS A SLAVE (for which he won a Silver Key Art Award), Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, LINCOLN, and many others.
Born and raised in France, Bouzereau moved to New York in the early 1980s and worked in several areas of the independent film industry. During this time he also wrote his first book, THE DE PALMA CUT, a study of the films of director Brian De Palma. Bouzereau moved to Hollywood, California in 1990 and worked in feature film development for Bette Midler at Disney Studios, while continuing his passion for writing books on cinema.
In 1994, Bouzereau wrote, directed and produced his first of many documentaries for Steven Spielberg, hence joining the home entertainment revolution. Bouzereau has directed, written and produced hundreds of documentaries on the “making of” the biggest films in the history of cinema, by some of the most acclaimed directors of all-time, including: Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, James Cameron, Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, William Friedkin, Robert Zemeckis, Warren Beatty, Roman Polanski, Michael Crichton, Brett Ratner, Peter Bogdanovich and others.
As an author, Bouzereau’s credits include HITCHCOCK: PIECE BY PIECE, THE ART OF BOND, STAR WARS: THE ANNOTATED SCREENPLAYS, THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR, ULTRA VIOLENT MOVIES and others. He also contributed to LINCOLN: A CINEMATIC AND HISTORICAL COMPANION.
Bouzereau currently resides in West Hollywood, CA.
