From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Laurent Touil-Tartour
Laurent Touil-Tartour
Laurent Touil-Tartour Filmography
Web
• Urban Wolf (2010) – creator, producer, writer,
director
Feature films
• San-Antonio (2004) – writer, co-producer, uncredited
director[9]
Awards and nominations
Awards
• 2011 Webby Award – Best Drama Award Winner of
the 15th Annual Webby People’s Voice Awards.[10]
• 2009 Independent Television Festival – Best Drama
Award Winner.[11]
• 2009 Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival – Staff
Touil-Tartour in 1999 Picks Award Winner.[12]
Born November 23, 1971 (1971-11-23) [1] Nominations
Paris, France
• 2009 American Film Institute DigiFest – Nominated
Occupation Film director, producer, screenwriter as "Most Innovative Digital Media Production".[13]
Years active 1991–present • 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International Official
Selection.[14]
Influenced by Sergio Leone, Orson Welles, Federico
Fellini, Stanley Kubrick, Sergei Eisenstein,
• 2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT
Media Lab - Center for Future Storytelling - Official
Laurent Touil-Tartour (born November 23, 1971)[2] is an Selection.[15]
award-winning French film director, screenwriter, pro- • 2011 Webby Award – Nominated for "Best Drama"
ducer. He is known for writing, directing and producing for both Webby Award and People’s Voice Award.[16]
the critically acclaimed webseries Urban Wolf (2010). His
works have been described by the American Film Insti- Appearances in media
tute,[3] Wired Magazine,[4] The Wall Street Journal[5] and
• Eguiders – Touil-Tartour interview by Marc Ostrick.
others as "original and visionary".[6] In 2010 Touil-Tar-
May 5, 2010[17]
tour licensed the worldwide distribution rights of Urban
• The Web Files’ - Touil-Tartour interview with Kristyn
Wolf to Sony Pictures Entertainment.[7] In 2011 Touil-
Burtt. May 12, 2010[18]
Tartour has signed with blockbuster film director/pro-
• Paris Premiere – First TV appearance of the young
ducer Michael Bay’s multi platform Emmy Award-win-
French movie director Touil-Tartour in the hit TV
ning production company "The Institute".
series documentary Paris Derniere’ ’Season 8, Episode 21:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay#The_Institute. ,
Original Air Date—26 April 2002[19]
aka The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Per-
ceptual Awareness, to direct feature films, commercials,
video games, web content and/or TV shows.[8] References
[1] Internet Movie Database. "IMDB LTT". imdb.com.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1417216/.
Retrieved 2011-01-31.
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[2] Internet Movie Database. "IMDB LTT". imdb.com. [17] http://eguiders.com/studio/eg-live-urban-wolf-in-
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1417216/. the-studio/
Retrieved 2011-01-31. [18] Web.Files #38 Urban Wolf Video on YouTube
[3] "AFI DigiFest Most Compelling Films of 2009". [19] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346366/
http://blog.afi.com/main/index.php/2009/10/28/ episodes#year-2002
afi-fest-2009-presented-by-audi-presents-third-afi-
[4]
digifest-showcase-november-4-and-5//.
Wired Magazine. "Spy Thriller Urban Wolf Crackles
External links
With Tension (But Without Words)". wired.com. • Laurent Touil-Tartour at the Internet Movie
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/03/ Database
urban-wolf/. Retrieved 2010-03-31. • [1] The Institute, aka The Institute for the
[5] The Wall Street Journal. "Web Series Tap Prime Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness
Time". wsj.com. http://online.wsj.com/article/ Official Laurent Touil-Tartour page
SB10001424052748704749904575293140111348612.html. • Urban Wolf’s Homepage
Retrieved 2010-07-29. • [2] Laurent Touil-Tartour lecture at the American
[6] Jessica Kantor. "FNB Innovators: Laurent Touil Film Institute
Tartour". filmnewsbriefs.com. Further Reading
http://filmnewsbriefs.com/2009/12/fnb- • Mbariket, Rich (April 22, 2010). "Laurent Touil-Tartour’s
innovators-laurent-tartour//. Retrieved ’Urban Wolf’ Could Change Web Series Forever". The Web
2009-12-09. Series Network. http://www.webseriesnetwork.com/
[7] "Crackle.com Launches Acclaimed International profiles/blogs/laurent-touiltartours-urban.
Suspense Web Series ’Urban Wolf’". PR Newswire. • Amante, Feo (April 28, 2010). "URBAN WOLF could very
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ well define the future of online cinema. I’m not kidding!
cracklecom-launches-acclaimed-international- URBAN WOLF is a Turbo Thrust Cat and Mouse Thriller
suspense-web-series-urban-wolf-89626007.html. with a V8 engine!". Feo Amante.
[8] http://www.theinstitute.tv/directors.php?id=19 http://www.feoamante.com/Movies/STU/
[9] San-Antonio at the Internet Movie Database urban_wolf.html.
[10] "Urban Wolf winner of the Best Drama Webby • Roth, Melissa (August 6, 2009). "Urban Wolf may become
Awards 2011". http://www.webbyawards.com/ the first successful international thriller web series".
webbys/ Eguiders. http://www.eguiders.com/video/urban-wolf.
current.php?media_id=97&season=15#film_drama. • Amante, Feo (July 25, 2009). "I’m putting my money on a
[11] "The 2009 ITVFest winners are...". new webseries called URBAN WOLF". Feo Amante.
http://itvfest.org/. http://www.feoamante.com/Cons/ComicCon_2009/
[12] "2009 Dragon*Con Awards Winners". index.html.
http://filmfest.dragoncon.org/ • Hustvedt, Marc (May 13, 2010). "‘Urban Wolf’: Web’s
filmfest09awards.htm. ‘French Connection’ Chase Begins". Tubefilter.
[13] "AFI DigiFest Most Compelling Films of 2009". http://news.tubefilter.tv/2010/05/13/urban-wolf-webs-
http://www.afi.com/Education/dcl/. french-connection-chase-begins/.
[14] "THIS is one of the reasons we come to Comic-Con, • Miller, Liz Shannon (May 13, 2010). "Urban Wolf a Near-
to discover awesome work like URBAN WOLF! I got Perfect 21st Century Thriller". GigaOM.
home and I wrote about the 2009 San Diego Comic- http://gigaom.com/video/urban-wolf-a-near-perfect-21st-
Con saying, "Every ComicCon has its one dark century-thriller/
horse, some indie, just below the radar, that makes ?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+n
a splash. Usually it is a comic title, but this year I’m • Fleischer, Jack (March 31, 2010). "Urban Wolf is watching
putting my money on a new webseries called you". Sony Pictures Entertainment.
URBAN WOLF. A Science Fiction Mystery Thriller http://www.crackle.com/blog/urban-wolf-is-watching-
written, directed, and produced by Laurent Touil you/.
Tartour..."". http://www.feoamante.com/Movies/ • Fleischer, Jack (May 5, 2010). "The Story Behind Urban
STU/urban_wolf.html. Wolf Begins...". Sony Pictures Entertainment.
[15] "Urban Wolf at the MIT Media Lab". http://www.crackle.com/blog/the-story-behind-urban-
http://www.media.mit.edu/research/center- wolf-begins/.
future-storytelling. • Fleischer, Jack (May 7, 2010). "The Story Behind Urban
[16] "Urban Wolf nominated for Best Drama at The Wolf Continues...". Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Webby Awards 2011". http://blog.crackle.com/2010/05/10/the-story-behind-
http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/ urban-wolf-continues/.
current.php?media_id=97&season=15#film_drama.
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• Fleischer, Jack (May 17, 2010). "Getting to the bottom of Name Touil-Tartour, Laurent
Urban Wolf". Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Alternative names
http://blog.crackle.com/2010/05/17/getting-to-the-
bottom-of-urban-wolf/. Short description
• Miller, Liz Shannon (December 31, 2010). "Urban Wolf is Date of birth November 23, 1971
fresh, unique and impressive.". GigaOM. Place of birth Paris, France
http://gigaom.com/video/top-10-serialized-favorites-
Date of death
from-2010/.
Place of death
Persondata
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