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. Under the pseudonym Abel Lanzac, he used his diplomatic experience to help him write the comic book Quai d'Orsay (2010-2011), in collaboration with Christophe Blain. After the second comic book in this series won the prix du meilleur album at the festival d'Angoulême 2013, he revealed his true identity. In 2014, he founded Albertine, the only French-language bookstore in New York. Named for the mysterious beloved in Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time, the bookstore shares the Payne Whitney House with the Cultural Services arm of the French embassy. On January 28, 2015, Baudry was appointed as Ambassador for French Culture at the Institut français. He resigned after a few months to work on personal projects. He was president of the jury for the 43rd festival international de la bande dessinée in January 2016. In 2019, he directed his first film, Le Chant du loup, a submarine thriller. Source: Article "Antonin Baudry" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 6, 1975 (51)
- Paris, France
- Writer and director
- 4 on MovieCove
What are Antonin Baudry's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Antonin Baudry's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Antonin Baudry's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
4 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
De Gaulle: Liberté(2026)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
De Gaulle: Résistance(2026)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Wolf's Call(2019)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The French Minister(2013)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 4 titles from 2013 to 2026.
How do Antonin Baudry's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 91st percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 91st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 4 titles divides audiences: 2 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 69/100 and the plot and story 61/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Antonin Baudry work with?
People who share at least 2 of Antonin Baudry's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Pierre Cottereau shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Anamaria VartolomeiShared titles: De Gaulle: Liberté (2026), De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)See all 2 shared titles with Anamaria Vartolomei
- Karim LeklouShared titles: De Gaulle: Liberté (2026), De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)See all 2 shared titles with Karim Leklou
- Loïc CorberyShared titles: De Gaulle: Liberté (2026), De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)See all 2 shared titles with Loïc Corbery
- Mathieu KassovitzShared titles: De Gaulle: Résistance (2026), The Wolf's Call (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Mathieu Kassovitz
Cinematographers
- Pierre CottereauShared titles: De Gaulle: Liberté (2026), De Gaulle: Résistance (2026), The Wolf's Call (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Pierre Cottereau
Producers
- Jérôme SeydouxShared titles: De Gaulle: Liberté (2026), The Wolf's Call (2019), The French Minister (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Jérôme Seydoux
- Ardavan SafaeeShared titles: De Gaulle: Liberté (2026), The Wolf's Call (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Ardavan Safaee
- Axelle BoucaïShared titles: De Gaulle: Liberté (2026), De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)See all 2 shared titles with Axelle Boucaï