Laurence Lascary began her career in the audiovisual sector in 2004. After studies in management and a Master's degree in marketing and distribution in the European Audiovisual Industry delivered by the Sorbonne and the INA, she worked with companies such as StudioCanal or Unifrance (New York office).

In 2008, she creates the production company DE L’AUTRE COTE DU PERIPH’ (DACP) to take the heat out of the debates about the working-class areas and remove inhibitions of their residents, showing them that it is possible to succeed. In 2011, she launches the Journée des Jeunes Producteurs Indépendants (Young Independent Producers’ Day), an innovative marketplace dedicated to the new actors of the audiovisual industry (the 7th edition took place in June, 2017).

Since 2015, she is a member of  the College of Diversity (Collège de la Diversité) of the French Ministry of Culture.

In 2016 began the production of her first feature film: L’Ascension (The Climb) directed by Ludovic Bernard. The film was released on January 25th, 2017 (Mars Distribution) and gathered more than a million two hundred thousand spectators.

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Since the fall of 2017, Laurence Lascary is the president of the association DANS MON HALL whose objective is the promotion and the development at the national level of an artistic project at the service of the living together in the districts notably through the realization of short films with the inhabitants.

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On february 2018, Laurence received the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite (Chevalier in the National Order of Merit) for her contribution to the French film industry.

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In order to change attitudes in French cinema, she committed herself with the 5050 Collective which she co-chaired since May 2018.

Laurence Lascary has developed various partnerships with organizations such as BNP Paribas, Women Initiative Foundation...
 

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