--- name: "Laurent Tirard" canonical: "https://film.one/person/laurent-tirard" roles: ["Director"] born: "18 February 1967" died: "5 September 2024" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "director" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T14:15:46.348225+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Laurent Tirard Director. Born 18 February 1967 in Roubaix, France. Died 5 September 2024. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 18 February 1967, Roubaix, France - **Died:** 5 September 2024 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Tirard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3219542, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1016687/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64575 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Call My Agent!*](https://film.one/tv/call-my-agent.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Laurent Tirard was a French film director and screenwriter. Born on 18 February 1967 in Roubaix, he studied filmmaking at New York University and worked as a script reader for Warner Bros before returning to France as a journalist for Studio magazine, where he interviewed directors including Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese. His interviews were published as books. Tirard made his feature debut with *The Story of My Life* (2004). He went on to direct and often write films including *Molière* (2007), *Little Nicholas* (2009), *Nicholas on Holiday* (2014), *Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia* (2012), *Up for Love* (2016), *Return of the Hero* (2018) and *The Speech* (2020). He also directed two episodes of the series *Call My Agent!* (2015). Tirard died in Paris on 5 September 2024, aged 57, after a long illness. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, web.archive.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Call My Agent!* (2015), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-my-agent.md) ## Complete filmography (18) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Wanted Santa* (2025), Screenplay - *Goodbye, My Friend* (2025), Screenplay - *Oh My Goodness!* (2023), Director, Writer - *The Speech* (2020), Director, Screenplay - *Return of the Hero* (2018), Director, Writer - *Up for Love* (2016), Director, Writer - *Call My Agent!* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-my-agent.md) - *Nicholas on Holiday* (2014), Writer, Director - *Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia* (2012), Director, Writer - *Mike* (2011), Writer - *Traceless* (2010), Writer - *Little Nicholas* (2009), Director, Screenplay, Dialogue - *Moliere* (2007), Director, Writer - *I Do* (2006), Writer - *The Best Day of My Life* (2005), Screenplay - *Jeff et Léo, flics et jumeaux* (2004), series, Creator - *The Story Of My Life* (2004), Director, Author - *Mère, fille: mode d'emploi* (2002), Writer ## Gallery - ![Laurent Tirard](https://film.one/media/person/898076/gallery-588529901e99.jpg) Laurent Tirard — nicolas genin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/LTirard-Le_Petit_Nicolas-Avant_Premi%C3%A8re.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Avant-première du film Le petit Nicolas au Grand Rex, à Paris, le 20 Septembre 2009, en présence de toute l'équipe de film. De gauche à droite : Michel Duchauss](https://film.one/media/person/898076/gallery-1743e601eb79.jpg) Avant-première du film Le petit Nicolas au Grand Rex, à Paris, le 20 Septembre 2009, en présence de toute l'équipe de film. De gauche à droite : Michel Duchauss — nicolas genin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Crew-Le_Petit_Nicolas-Avant_Premi%C3%A8re.jpg/1280px-Crew-Le_Petit_Nicolas-Avant_Premi%C3%A8re.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Avant-première du film Le Petit Nicolas au Grand Rex, à Paris, le 20 Septembre 2009, en présence de toute l'équipe de film. De gauche à droite : Daniel Prévost,](https://film.one/media/person/898076/gallery-9d21af428fcb.jpg) Avant-première du film Le Petit Nicolas au Grand Rex, à Paris, le 20 Septembre 2009, en présence de toute l'équipe de film. De gauche à droite : Daniel Prévost, — nicolas genin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Crew3-Le_Petit_Nicolas-Avant_Premi%C3%A8re.jpg/1280px-Crew3-Le_Petit_Nicolas-Avant_Premi%C3%A8re.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Avant-première du film Le Petit Nicolas au Grand Rex, à Paris, le 20 Septembre 2009, en présence de toute l'équipe de film : Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad, Sandr](https://film.one/media/person/898076/gallery-9fc3ea05d71e.jpg) Avant-première du film Le Petit Nicolas au Grand Rex, à Paris, le 20 Septembre 2009, en présence de toute l'équipe de film : Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad, Sandr — nicolas genin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Crew4-Le_Petit_Nicolas-Avant_Premi%C3%A8re.jpg/1280px-Crew4-Le_Petit_Nicolas-Avant_Premi%C3%A8re.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Laurent Tirard](https://film.one/media/person/898076/gallery-83d22c6e3ddb.jpg) Laurent Tirard — Image via TMDB - ![Expo Petit Nicolas - Mairie du IVe, Paris (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/898076/gallery-080be0043fce.jpg) Expo Petit Nicolas - Mairie du IVe, Paris (2014) — ActuaLitté, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Kad_Merad%2C_Laurent_Tirard%2C_Christophe_Girard_-_Expo_Petit_Nicolas_-_Mairie_du_IVe%2C_Paris_%2814267688878%29.jpg/1280px-Kad_Merad%2C_Laurent_Tirard%2C_Christophe_Girard_-_Expo_Petit_Nicolas_-_Mairie_du_IVe%2C_Paris_%2814267688878%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Obsèques de Laurent Tirard à l'église de Saint-Germain-des-Prés. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/898076/gallery-bc4b7dcb22e8.jpg) Obsèques de Laurent Tirard à l'église de Saint-Germain-des-Prés. (2024) — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Laurent_Tirard_obs%C3%A8ques.jpg/1280px-Laurent_Tirard_obs%C3%A8ques.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2010: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Le Petit Nicolas* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/laurent-tirard