Thierry Mauvignier

Thierry Mauvignier (; born 1965) is a French director and documentary filmmaker. He began his career as a projectionist for Futuroscope and made a few short films for France 3 before embarking on documentaries and fiction. He is the brother of writer Laurent Mauvignier.

Biography Thierry Mauvignier grew up near Tours, alongside his two brothers, the writer Laurent Mauvignier and the director Frédéric Mauvignier, as well as two sisters. Already very young, he was passionate about cinema.

He started directing and then obtained his BTS Audiovisuel. In 1997, he directed his very first short film L'heure c'est l'heure with his nephews and nieces as actors . He then went on to produce several short films as well as documentaries with sound engineer Michel Duponteil. At the same time, he writes books for young people and works as a videographer. In 2021, he directed a short film on a Poitevin legend which he revisits with the help of his brother Laurent Mauvignier, entitled the legend of the murderous lords and appears in the documentary feature film La légende de Thierry Mauvignier. directed by Dylan Besseau. He draws his inspiration from nature and the animal world, in particular that of wolves, long fascinated by the legends that surround him, he has devoted a major part of his work to this subject.

Director

1997 : It's time, short film France 3 1998 : Death at your fingertips, short film France 3 1999 : I would go to the seaside, short film 2003 : René Descartes, documentary 2006 : The Cinematograph, from shadow to light, documentary 2007 : Harvests of yesteryear, documentary 2007 : Stroll between Pinail and Moulière, documentary 2008 : The Forgotten of Laos or the Maquis of Indochina co-directed with Christophe Guyonnaud, documentary 2008 : Walk in the land of the monkeys, documentary 2021 : The legend of the murderous lords (short film) with Frans Boyer, Yannick Jaulin, Michel Cordeboeuf, Joël Pyrène, Franck Beckmann, co-written with Laurent Mauvignier.

Writer

2005 : Canaïs the cub and Little Red Riding Hood adaptation of Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

Participations

2021 : La légende de Thierry Mauvignier 2022 : Interview with Thierry Mauvignier

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