Carte Blanche - Laurent Perez del Mar

GUEST OF HONOUR

Compositeur

Laurent Perez del Mar is critically acclaimed for his work on the score for the Academy nominated feature film The Red Turtle, produced by the famous studios Ghibli. His score is awarded numerous times, including at the prestigious International Films Critics Association in 2017 and he is also nominated for an Annie Award and for the Prix Lumières in the best music category. He becomes a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science in 2017.

He is as comfortable composing for animated films (he wrote scores for Zarafa, nominated for the César in 2012, for Wolfy the incredible secret which won the César in 2014), as he is for feature films ( My son by Christian Carion, featuring Guillaume Canet and Melanie Laurent, Antigang featuring Jean Reno, Carole Matthieu featuring Isabelle Adjani…).

Born in Nice, Laurent Perez Del Mar started playing the piano at a very early age. He studied music at the Conservatoire and majored in music composition. Nowadays, Laurent Perez Del Mar resides in Paris.

SCREEN & MEET

LA TORTUE ROUGE by Michael Dudok De Wit