Laurent Boutonnat

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Laurent Boutonnat (born 14 June 1961) is a French film composer and music video director, best known as the songwriting partner of Mylène Farmer and the director of several music videos.[1]

Career

Early Career and Collaboration with Mylène Farmer Born in Paris, Boutonnat began his career at a young age: his directorial debut, Ballade de la Féconductrice, a controversial film featuring graphic content, was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1984, Boutonnat formed a creative partnership with singer Mylène Farmer. Together, they produced a string of successful albums with Boutonnat composing the music and Farmer writing the lyrics. Their collaboration extended beyond music, as Boutonnat also directed visually striking music videos for Farmer, often incorporating literary and artistic references. These videos, while praised for their innovative style, were sometimes criticized for their explicit content, leading to censorship by certain television networks. Feature Film and Later Career Boutonnat made his feature film directorial debut in 1994 with Giorgino. While the film was not a commercial success upon release, it has since achieved cult status among fans. After a brief separation, Boutonnat and Farmer resumed their creative collaboration, producing iconic works together. In addition to his projects with Farmer, Boutonnat worked with other artists, notably Alizée, for whom he directed several music videos. Boutonnat's artistic style is distinguished by its daring and often provocative nature, seamlessly integrating cinematic techniques with music to craft visually striking and intellectually engaging pieces. In 2007, Boutonnat directed Jacquou le Croquant, his first feature film since 1994. Variety gave the film a positive review, praising it as "feisty family fare" with "pleasingly Dickensian" themes.[2] Characterizing the film as a "handsomely mounted, old-fashioned mini-epic",[2] Variety singled out its cinematography for praise: "Painterly widescreen lensing wins the day. Shot in the burnished fields and rustic outcroppings of France and Romania, with a preference for classy amber and ochre tones, many scenes look like vintage etchings or oil paintings."[2] In December 2010, Farmer released her eighth album, Bleu Noir, without any collaboration with Boutonnat. The album marked the first time that Farmer and Boutonnat had not worked together in Farmer's music career. The duo reunited in 2012, composing all the songs for the album Monkey Me together; however, her albums after that were again done without Boutonnat. He was nonetheless part of the stage design team on her 2019 tour and they worked together on a project for Julia in 2020.

Theatrical movies

Live videos

  • Mylène Farmer - En concert (1990)
  • Mylène Farmer - Live à Bercy (1997)

Music videos

Albums

Laurent Boutonnat worked as composer and producer on all the albums listed.

Movie soundtracks

References

  1. ↑ "Mylène Farmer : les confessions inédites de Laurent Boutonnat, son compositeur historique".
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nesselson, Lisa (23 Mar 2007). "Jacquou le Croquant (France-Germany)". Variety. Retrieved 2008-06-30.

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