Laura Baker Ménard

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About

Laura Baker Ménard is a Franco American screenwriter and director. Her work is imbued with a poetic and existential sensibility. Drawing inspiration from the films of Terrence Malick and Michelangelo Antonioni, she develops emotionally driven narratives that explore the human condition. With a background in philosophy and subsequent education in photography, she approaches filmmaking with a strong belief in the power of images and symbols to reflect on our presence in the world. 

WORK

Screenwriting

NADIR 2026

an epic family drama centered on the coming-of-age of a biracial teenager, inspired by the life and work of French poet Arthur Rimbaud, written in collaboration with Philippe Guérinot

SOCCER GIRLS 2022

a comedy TV series about a non-professional soccer team of growing young women (10x26min), written in collaboration with Julie Pintos

HIM 2019

a medium-length film about a summertime friendship between two boys seeking for a mysterious man in the streets of Paris, written in collaboration with Bertrand Duma

THE SUBSTITUTE 2019

a short film about the ambiguous relationship between a French literature teacher and a student slam poet, written in collaboration with Sophie Pairault

Directing

YES FUTURE 2020

a documentary project about the future and meaning of work in our lives, directed during a filmmaking workshop, at the French Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers

FAÏZA GUÈNE 2019

a video presentation of the French Algerian writer, commissioned by the European research project 'Memoirs'

OUVRIER.E.S AU MUSÉE 2019

the official teaser of the exhibition "Factory Workers - Men and Women" commissioned by the Musée de l'Histoire Vivante in Montreuil, France

SMILE! 2017

a docudrama short film about a young woman striving to become an actress, written, directed and edited by Laura Baker Ménard

Podcasts

POSSESSED 2021

a talk on our relationship with objects in our daily lives, created in collaboration with Fernanda Vilar for the Deezer Podcast Contest 

MEHDI CHAREF 2019

a discussion with the Algerian novelist and director on cultural integration, commissioned by the European research project 'Memoirs'

Photography

LIVE AND PRAY 2014

a series of black and white portraits of the Mennonite community of Colonia Verde, Paraguay

BLACK LIT 2013

a documentary photo project about the Afro-Caribbean youth of Isla Grande, Panama

EL INFIERNO 2012

a dystopian account of the relationship between man and nature on a working site in rural Paraguay

Theater

THE ENGLISH LOVER 2010

a play about the investigation of a mysterious true crime, written by Marguerite Duras, staged by Laura Baker Ménard