---
name: "Laurent Zeitoun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laurent-zeitoun"
fi1m_id: "laurent-zeitoun"
imdb_id: "nm1552771"
tmdb_id: 142982
wikidata_id: "Q3219585"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 June 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T08:41:37.643776+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 Zeitoun

## Identity

Laurent Zeitoun

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laurent-zeitoun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laurent-zeitoun
- **IMDb ID:** nm1552771
- **TMDB ID:** 142982
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3219585
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3219585, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1552771/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142982

Producer. Born 16 June 1973 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 June 1973, Paris, France
- **Active:** 2011–2017
- **Frequently works with:** [Yann Zenou](https://film.one/person/yann-zenou.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3219585, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1552771/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142982

## Coming up

- *Wings of Freedom* (2027-04-07), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Death of Stalin*](https://film.one/film/the-death-of-stalin.md) (83)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Intouchables*](https://film.one/film/the-intouchables.md) (72)

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## Biography

Laurent Zeitoun is a French screenwriter, producer and director. He was born on 16 June 1973 in Paris.

Zeitoun has written or co-written several comedies and dramas, including *Heartbreaker* (2010), *A Perfect Plan* (2012), *The Volcano* (2013), *Santa Claus* (2014), *A Bag of Marbles* (2017) and *Fireheart* (2022). He produced *The Intouchables* (2011) and other films such as *Heartbreaker* (2010), *Leap!* (2016), *The Death of Stalin* (2017) and *A Bag of Marbles* (2017).

He directed *Fireheart* (2022) and created the television series *Peplum* (2015–2019). Zeitoun received the European Film Award for Best Comedy for *The Death of Stalin* in 2018 and was appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2023.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Death of Stalin* (2017), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-death-of-stalin.md)
- *The Intouchables* (2011), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-intouchables.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Wings of Freedom* (2027), Director, Writer
- *In fuga con Babbo Natale* (2023), Original Film Writer
- *Fireheart* (2022), Story, Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Aline* (2021), Associate Producer
- *Attention Menhir !* (2019), Producer
- *The Death of Stalin* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-death-of-stalin.md)
- *C'est la vie!* (2017), Producer
- *A Bag of Marbles* (2017), Writer, Producer
- *Ballerina* (2016), Story, Producer
- *One Man and his Cow* (2016), Producer
- *Peplum* (2015), series, Creator
- *Santa Claus* (2014), Screenplay, Producer
- *Samba* (2014), Producer
- *The Volcano* (2013), Writer, Producer
- *Homeland* (2013), Producer
- *A Perfect Plan* (2012), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Intouchables* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-intouchables.md)
- *Heartbreaker* (2010), Writer, Producer
- *I Do* (2006), Writer
- *Michaël Youn - Pluskapoil* (2005), Writer
- *The 11 Commandments* (2004), Writer
- *The Strategy of Failure* (2001), Writer
- *Ballerina 2*, Writer, Director, Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 2 nominated

- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 2023: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (won)
- European Film Award for Best Comedy 2018: European Film Award for Best Comedy (won), for *The Death of Stalin*
- European Film Award for Best Comedy 2016: European Film Award for Best Comedy (nominated), for *One Man and His Cow*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2012: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The Intouchables*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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