Born in 1966, Laurent Daniélou started as a Cultural Attaché to the French Embassy in Moscow (1988-1993) and in Los Angeles (1993-1998), where he founded the “French Hollywood Circle” chaired by Jean-Jacques Annaud. He also collaborated as a writer with newspapers such as Le Monde and Les Cahiers du Cinéma. Back in Paris, he co-founded two successful magazines, Synopsis and Zurban (100 000 copies per week). From 2003 till 2014, he was the Managing Director of Rezo Films International, a world sales company based in Paris. Filmography includes Courtney Hunt’s FROZEN RIVER, Julie Delpy’s 2 DAYS IN PARIS and 2 DAYS IN NEW YORK, Stephane Brize’s MADEMOISELLE, CHAMBON, Xavier Nolan’s I KILLED MY MOTHER, Pavel Lungin's THE ISLAND and TSAR, Catherine Breillat's ABUSE OF WEAKNESS. He also produced or co-produced Eric Rohmer’s TRIPLE AGENT, Philippe Leclerc’s PRINCESS OF THE SUN and Alexander Sokurov’s ALEXANDRA. From 2011 to 2016, Laurent DANIELOU was the Chairman of A.D.E.F., the French Film Export Association which represents all the French sales companies. In 2015, he created LOCO FILMS, a new production and world sales company, based in Paris. Films include LA CASA by Diego Lerman, BATTLE FOR SEVASTOPOL by Sergey Mokritskiy, DON’T CALL ME SON by Anna Muylaert , EVA NOVA by Marko Skop, LEAVING AFGHANISTAN by Pavel Lungin, CRYSTAL SWAN by Darya Zhuk, SERVANTS by Ivan Ostrochovski, BRIGHTON 4th by Levan Koguashvili.

LOCO-Films

We are a Paris-based world sales and production company created by Laurent Daniélou and Enrique Gonzalez Kuhn, cinema lovers and veterans in the European film industry who are joining forces in order to find and reveal the finest of independent filmmaking
https://www.loco-films.com/