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