Laurent Chalet
Date of Birth:
Sep 12, 1969
Place of Birth:
Limoges, France
Date of Birth:
Sep 12, 1969
Place of Birth:
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.