Mathieu Le Lay

Documentary Filmmaker | Author, Director  

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Annecy - French Alps
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About

Documentary filmmaker (author, director, camera operator, scriptwriter), passionates by nature and wild environment.

My garden is the whole nature where I feel free to express my deep feelings.

All my film projects are focused and based on human interaction with wildlife and natural environment.

I love challenges and surpass myself when I explore the mountains through nature's harshness. Being completely alone in such wild places makes me more connected to the world, and to myself, than ever.

I am connected with the power of all these wild places where I am looking for special atmospheres I want to share. I would love that the public interprets my images according to his own sensibility and emotions. I do not want to tell everything in my productions. I prefer using a mysterious approach through my work.

Inspired by…

  • Mountain, ocean, wilderness.
  • Wolves and all kind of birds of prey : eagles, falcons, giant vultures.
  • Film directors such as Terrence Malick, Sean Penn, Clint Eastwood, Gus Van Sant, Wim Wenders, Darren Aronofsky, Sebastien Montaz-Rosset...
  • Other inspiring people including Paulo Coelho, Jack London, Kilian Jornet, Matthieu Ricard, Jack Kerouac, Christopher McCandless, Alexandre Deschaumes...
  • All music from Sigur Rós, Craig Armstrong, Ludovico Einaudi, Arvo Pärt, Gustavo Santaolalla, John Murphy, Clint Mansell...

Favorite Genres

  • Drama
  • Road Movie
  • Independent documentary

Favorite Films

  • Into the Wild, Gerry, Paris Texas, The Motorcycle Diaries, My Own private Idaho, Away We Go, A Perfect World, Rain Man, Sideways, Thelma & Louise...
  • The Tree of Life, Melancholia, Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby, Mar Adentro, The Truman Show, American Beauty, Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream, Midnight Express...