Laurent Heynemann

Laurent Heyneman (born 9 November 1948) is a French film director and screenwriter for film and television. Many of his films cover political subjects.^[1]

Laurent Heynemann
Laurent Heynemann, 2022
Born	Laurent Louis Heynemann (1948-11-09) 9 November 1948 (age 77) Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Spouse(s)	Caroline Huppert (divorced), Marion Monestier
Children	2
Awards	Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2010) Knight of the Legion of Honour (2011)

Life and career

Laurent Heynemann was born on 9 November 1948, in Paris, into a Jewish family.^[2][3][4][5] He was an assistant in his early career to film directors Bertrand Tavernier, Yves Boisset, and Michel Mitrani.^[1][6]

He was married to film director Caroline Huppert, and they have two children.^[7]

Heynemann directed René Bousquet, or The Grand Arrangement [fr] (2007), a made for television film about the French police chief Rene Bousquet.^[8] He also directed A Man of Honor, a film about politician Pierre Bérégovoy.^[1] His film Un aller simple (One Way Ticket; 2001) was adapted from the novel of the same name by Didier Van Cauwelaert, and addresses integration, immigration, and racism.^[9] The 2019 film An Irrepressible Woman [fr] was about a woman who leaves her husband to marry a man at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.^[10][11]

Heynemann was awarded title of Commander (Commandeur) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2010 and, a year later in 2011, that of Knight (Chevalier) of the Legion of Honour.^[7][12]

Filmography

Film

• The Question (1977); an adaptation of the book La Question (1958) by Henri Alleg^[6][13]
• Le Mors aux Dents [fr] (The Bit Between the Teeth; 1979)^[2]
• Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed (1981)^[14][15]
• Stella (1983 film) [fr] (1983)^[2][16]
• Les Mois d'Avril sont meurtriers [fr] (1987)^[2]
• Faux et Usage de Faux [fr] (1990)^[2]
• The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1991)^{[2][17][18][19]}
• Un aller simple (One Way Ticket; 2001)^[2]
• An Irrepressible Woman [fr] (2019)^{[4][12][20][21]}

Television

• Le Dernier Civil (1984), television series based on the Ernst Glaeser book, The Last Civilian
• René Bousquet, or The Grand Arrangement [fr] (2007); made for television film^[8]
• La Rupture (2013 film) [fr] (2013); made for television film^[22]
• Laval, Le Collaborateur [fr] (or Pierre Laval, The Collaborator; 2022); made for television film^[23]