Vincent Gérard

Vincent Gérard is a filmmaker. After studying literature and art, he has been directing and producing films, videos and installations for over twenty years, in the fields of fiction, documentary, essay and art, in short, medium and feature-length formats. He has regularly collaborated with filmmaker Cédric Laty, with whom he was associate producer and distributor of Lamplighter Films from 2002 to 2020. He is supported on several of his projects by La Maison Des Productions (MDP). Since 2015, he has been represented by producer Gaëlle Jones (Perspective Films). Since 2024, with filmmaker Baptiste Jopeck, he has been associate producer of Sondor Films. He is also an independent curator. He also teaches at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts de Paris/Cergy. 

FILMOGRAPHY (selective) 
2027 - ANTOINE D'AGATA, L'ŒUVRE AU NOIR - LM - MDP, Sondor Films / In writing

2026 - LA MAISON DE VERRE REDUX - LM DOC - Production, Sondor Films - support, Robert Rubin and Stéphane Samuel / In development
LET THERE BE COLORS! - LM - MDP, Sondor Films - support, Drac Normandie - In development

2025 - LE DERNIER CRI MOVIE - LM - co-writer, Cédric Laty - MDP, Sondor Films - support, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Écran Documents / In post-production
MESCLANHA - LM - co-writer, Bernard Marcadé - MDP, Sondor Films / In post-production

2024 - PHILIPPE FANGEAUX, 68 RUE D'ARGENTINE - CM DOC - 2024 - Production and distribution, ADAGP, Sondor Films

2023 - TELL ME ALL. TELL ME NOW - HÉLÈNE CIXOUS, MARIA CHEVSKA - DOC - co-writers, Cédric Laty, Catherine Lobstein - MDP, Sondor Films - support, Théâtre du Soleil, Fondation Luigi Nono
SHOOT-OUT - CM - Perspective Films - partnership, MDP - support, CNAP (Image/Mouvement), Procirep, Angoa / Selections, screening: Festival Côté Court (2024), Pavane Exhibition (Saint Barthélémy, 2024)

2022 - FREE CONTACTS - CM (slide show / installation) - co-author, Mark Lyon - music, Frédéric Pattar - Production, exhibition, distribution, Galerie La Mauvaise Réputation (LMR / Bordeaux) / Support, CNAP (Aide à la photographie documentaire et Aide à l'exposition) - partner, MDP

2021 - LESBOS EUROPA - CM DOC - MDP 

2020 - AN GHRIAN - CM - co-director, Moira Tierney / Distribution: Anthology Film Archives (2020/2021)
LES TERRITOIRES ILLUMINÉS - CM - Production and distribution, Perspective Films - support, Procirep, Angoa
GRANDE EUROPA - CM - Production and distribution, Perspective Films - partnership, MDP
BARTHES* - DOC - co-writers, Cédric Laty, Bernard Marcadé, Camille Zéhenne Production, MDP, Lamplighter Films - support, La Petite Escalère, Dominique Haïm, agnès b., La Machine à Lire (Bordeaux) / Distribution, Perspective films / Festival selection : World Premiere, Visions du Réel, Nyon 2017 - Feÿ Arts Festival 2018 (1st edition) - Le tour du jour 2019 (Gaité Lyrique) Theatrical release, 2020, re-release 2021 / DVD MDP, 2021 Distribution: Tënk (2020/2021) / Acquisition, CNAP

2019 - LE CIEL D'OR - CM - co-author, Laura Brunellière - MDP / Released by Grands Voisins (2019, Paris) - Dôme Festival (2019, Montbazon) - L'ambassade des Républiques Nomades (Été Culturel Bordeaux, 2019) - Pavane exhibition (St Barthélemy, 2024)

2018 - CAMPAGNE CAMPAGNE - CM - Perspective Films - support, Région Bourgogne CNC, Procirep, Angoa / Festival : Rencontres Cinématographiques de Dijon (2018)

2016 - PARIS SUMMER - CM - Perspective Films - support, Procirep, Angoa / Festival Off Court de Trouville (2016)
L'HOMME-FUMÉE, UNE AVENTURE DÉMOCRATIQUE - LM - co-writer, Cédric Laty - Lamplighter Films, MDP - support, Région Bourgogne-CNC / Audience Award, Festival de la Roche S/Yon / Theatrical release, 2016/2017

2015 - BY THE WAYS - installation - co-author, Cédric Laty / Production and distribution, Élysée
Museum (Lausanne) : exhibition, William Eggleston - From B&W to Color
2015-2025 - WILLIAM EGGLESTON - SHOOTING DUNKERQUE - CM - unpublished / Platform broadcast: Dark Rumour (2025)

2013 - LE PLAN SOCIAL (Ep. 9/12 in the series: Le travail ne rend pas libre) - CM / Exhibition: Voir l'espace public, Le Bal (Paris)

2012 - CATASTROPHE EN MÉDITERRANÉE - CM - Lamplighter Films / Diffusion, Lamplighter Program#2
THE FISHERMAN'S WHISPERS - LM - Lamplighter Films, MDP, Sondor Films / In production

2011 - JEUX DOCUMENTAIRES - DOC - production and distribution, Le Bal (Paris)

2010 - LES DOUBLONS D'OR (Pilot) - 2010 - co-directed with Cédric Laty - script, V. Gérard - Lamplighter Films / Unpublished

2009 - FUSILLADE - essay - MM - 2009 - co-writer, Cédric Laty - Lamplighter Films / Unpublished
L'AFFAIRE DU FAUX POISSON - DOC - co-production, Lamplighter Films, Seppia - support, CNC, Mécènes du Sud / Festival selection: Festival Européen de Strasbourg (2009) - Biennale Internationale du Verre, Mécènes du Sud Biennale Internationale du Verre, MAMCS (Strasbourg, 2010) - TNB (Dijon, 2010) / TV broadcast: Alsatic TV, Strasbourg (2010)
TV broadcast: Alsatic TV, Seppia / Theatrical and broadcast releases, 2009/2010 / Ed°. DVD Lamplighter Films (2009)

2007 - BY THE WAYS, A JOURNEY WITH WILLIAM EGGLESTON - LM - co-writer, Cédric Laty - Coproduction, Lamplighter Films, Love Streams agnès b. Productions - Support, CNAP (Image/Mouvement), Kodak France, Fondation Cartier, Galerie Cheim & Read (NYC), CNC 
Ed° DVD, Potemkine-agnès b. 
2009 / Distribution platforms: MUBI (2013), Tënk (2018), Dark Rumour (2025) / Festival selections and awards: Jury Prize, FIFA Montréal
2008 - World Competition, Sundance 
2006 - Vita Brevis selection, IFFR 2006 - IPJ Award
Docs Lisboa 2005 - Georges de Beauregard Prize, FID Marseille 2005 / Distributions and acquisitions: Élysée Museum de Lausanne - Whitney Museum, NYC - Getty Museum, Los Angeles - Académie des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles - Cinémathèque de Bologne - MEP (Paris) - CNAP