Suzanne Durand

Biography

Suzanne Durand is a sound engineer and filmmaker. Born in 1961 in Paris, she studied science and music. At 20, she was a violinist in a chamber orchestra. She then turned to filmmaking, graduating from the École Louis Lumière in 1986. From fiction to documentary, she has worked with Véronique Aubouy, André S. Labarthe, Estelle Fredet, Marcel Trillat, Philippe Faucon, François Daireaux, and others. In the 2000s, she met Antoine Bonfanti, the master of direct sound, and directed a documentary with him as her subject. Since 2015, she has been based near Montpellier, specializing in post-production soundwork and supporting directors "sur les petits chemins de traverses" of documentary cinema.