Antonin Baudry — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

Antonin Baudry, born May 6, 1975, also known by the writing pseudonym Abel Lanzac, is a French diplomat specializing in cultural affairs, comic book author, screenwriter, and film director.

After finishing his studies at lycée Louis-le-Grand, Antonin Baudry began at the École polytechnique in 1994, graduating as an engineer of bridges, water and forest. He graduated second in literature from École normale supérieure in Paris in 1998. and obtained a Diplôme d'études approfondies (DEA) en cinematography.

In April 2004, he became a conseiller of Minister Dominique de Villepin at the Ministry of the Interior.

From 2010 to 2014, he was the cultural counsellor at the French Embassy in Washington D.C., United States and counsellor for cooperation and cultural action at the French Embassy in Madrid, Spain.

Filmography

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2026 De Gaulle: Résistance Screenwriter · Director

Interesting facts

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Abel Lanzac is the pen name of Antonin Baudry, a former diplomat, adviser to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and speechwriter for French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. He described his work in public service in the comic book "Quai d'Orsay," on which Bertrand Tavernier based the film of the same name.
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Literary pseudonym — Abel Lanzac.