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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.




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's feature film directorial debut, Giorgino, was released in 1994. Although it was not a commercial success at the time, it has since gained a cult following.
Following a brief period of separation, Boutonnat and Farmer reunited and continued their creative partnership. They also collaborated with other artists, including Alizée, for whom Boutonnat directed music videos.
Boutonnat's work is characterized by its bold and often controversial style, blending cinematic elements with music to create visually stunning and thought-provoking 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. Characterizing the film as a "handsomely mounted, old-fashioned mini-epic", 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."
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


Ballade de la Féconductrice (1978)
Giorgino (1994)
Jacquou le Croquant (2007)




Live videos


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




Music videos


Mylène Farmer - Maman a tort (1984)
Mylène Farmer - Plus grandir (1985)
Mylène Farmer - Libertine (1986)
Mylène Farmer - Tristana (1987)
Mylène Farmer - Sans Contrefaçon (1987)
Mylène Farmer - Ainsi soit je... (1988)
Mylène Farmer - Pourvu qu'elles soient douces (1988)
Mylène Farmer - Sans Logique (1988)
Mylène Farmer - A quoi je sers... (1989)
Mylène Farmer - Allan (Live) (1989)
Mylène Farmer - Plus Grandir (Live) (1990)
Mylène Farmer - Désenchantée (1991)
Mylène Farmer - Regrets (Mylène Farmer and Jean-Louis Murat song) (1991)
Mylène Farmer - Je t'aime mélancolie (1991)
Mylène Farmer - Beyond My Control (1992)
Nathalie Cardone - Hasta Siempre (1997)
Nathalie Cardone - Populaire (1998)
Nathalie Cardone - ...Mon Ange (1999)
Nathalie Cardone - Baila Si (2000)
Alizée - Moi... Lolita (2000)
Alizée - Parler tout bas (2001)
Mylène Farmer - Les Mots (2001)
Mylène Farmer - Pardonne-moi (2002)
Alizée - J'ai pas vingt ans (2003)
Kamal Kacet - Ifkis (2004)
Mylène Farmer - Du temps (2011)
Mylène Farmer - A l'ombre (2012)
Mylène Farmer - N'oublie Pas (2018)
Julia - S.E.X.T.O (2018)
Julia - Passe... comme tu sais (2019)
Julia - Et toi mon amour (2020)




Albums


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

Mylène Farmer - Cendres de Lune (1986)
Mylène Farmer - Ainsi soit je... (1989)
Mylène Farmer - L'Autre_(Mylène_Farmer_album) (1991)
Mylène Farmer - Dance Remixes (1992)
Mylène Farmer - Anamorphosée (1995)
Nathalie Cardone - Album éponyme (1999)
Mylène Farmer - Innamoramento (1999)
Alizée - Gourmandises (2000)
Mylène Farmer - Les Mots (2001)
Alizée - Mes courants électriques... (2003)
Mylène Farmer - Avant que l'ombre... (2005)
Mylène Farmer - Point de Suture (2008)
Mylène Farmer - Monkey Me (2012)
Julia - Passe... comme tu sais (2020)




Movie soundtracks


Giorgino (1994)
Le Pèlerin (1995)
Jacquou le Croquant (2006)




References






External links


Official website Giorgino
Official website for Jacquou le croquant
French website about Laurent Boutonnat
German website about Giorgino
Laurent Boutonnat at IMDb

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mylène Farmer
• Tchéky Karyo
• Laurent Boutonnat
• Alizée
• Mylène Farmer
• Cendres de lune
• XXL (Mylène Farmer song)
• Ainsi soit je...
• Giorgino
• Anamorphosée
• Hasta Siempre, Comandante
• Gourmandises