Laurence Périgaud(I)
- Editor
- Director
- Cinematographer
Laurence Périgaud left the Paris region at 19 to study anthropology and
sociology at Neuchatel University (Switzerland). During her studies,
she specialized in Visual Anthropology and learned how to film and edit
by working at Rec Productions (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Canal Onex
(Onex, Switzerland). In 2006, she traveled for two months in India as a
director's assistant on the film La Danse des Dieux by Paul Rognoni,
produced by Mareterraniu Productions (Ajaccio, France) and France O.
From November 2008 to December 2009, she filmed Christophe / Christa
Muth's gender transition for her documentary Between Two-Spirit, her
final project for the completion of her Master's, which she continued
editing independently for two years. In March 2010, Laurence Périgaud
started working at Radio Television Suisse (RTS), where she directs
news reports and live shows. In March 2012, she received her diploma
from the Centre Romand de Formation des Journalistes and won 3rd place
of the Chuard Prize, an award for French-speaking Swiss journalism.