Laurent Baujard

After studying economics, Laurent Baujard starts his carreer in audiovisual by a study on DTTV and media streaming. Eager to approach the content, he works at a DVD publisher before joining AGAT Films / Ex Nihilo where he trains to audiovisual production profession for a year and a half.
In 2005, he joined Gedeon Programmes as executive producer before becoming associate and line producer. He has produced many films about science, history, discovery and adventure. He was in charge of the production of the first French documentary film in 3D, Madagascar, le Makay perdu for Canal +. In 2013, he produced a 3D feature film with a budget of 15 million dollars Amazonia, released in more than 70 countries.
In 2014, he became executive producer of Rendez-vous en terre inconnue, France Télévisions’ flagship program.
At the same time, he developed Paprika Films with Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin, where he produced in 2016 an expedition to Antarctica with Luc Jacquet. From this expedition is born a 360° audiovisual project including a feature film (The Emperor), television documentaries, a virtual reality experience and an immersive exhibition that has collected more than one million admissions.
He also produced Two of Us by Filippo Meneghetti (César for Best First Film 2021 in Cannes, French Oscar nominee, Golden Globe nominee), Just the Wind by Bence Fliegauf (Silver Bear Berlin), Abluka by Emin Alper (Silver Lion Venice), The Emperor by Luc Jacquet, The Velvet Queen by Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier with Sylvain Tesson (César for the Best Documentary 2022 in Cannes), and Last Words by Jonathan Nossiter (Official selection at Cannes).