"I don't like things that are immobile. They have to move." This declaration is a good summary of Laetitia Gonzalez's temperament and her early career in the world of cinema. With her Bac diploma in hand, she studied for a bachelor’s-level degree in cinema at Paris VIII. From writing to post-production, she dabbled in everything with one clear goal: the film had to succeed! In 1994, she met Yaël Fogiel, whom she worked with to create Films du Poisson. In 1995, the first short film produced with Yaël, Mme Jacques sur la Croisette (directed by Emmanuel Finkiel), received wide acclaim from professionals and the general public in both France and abroad. Other films followed – Les Lucioles, Joséphine et Joanna, Ali et Aylin – as did several documentaries: Tous Différents, Tous Égaux and Droit de l’Enfant. Thanks to a grant from the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation, Laetitia and Yaël were able to create a production company for feature-length films and produce Voyages by Emmanuel Finkiel, "a director who has the talent to take us inside a very unique community – that of elderly Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi Jews – with sensitivity and decency. It is the story of three old women." Laetitia fits perfectly into the skin of a producer: "It's amazing to meet a text, and then its author, and to give shape to the dream that you share."


Achievements since winning the grant
In 1997, Laetitia Gonzalez won the César for Best Short Film for Madame Jacques sur la Croisette, directed by Emmanuel Finkiel.
In 1999, she produced the project subsidized by the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation, Tracks, which received the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight, as well as two César awards, for Best First Film and Best Editing, in 2000.
In 2001, she worked with Arte to produce Casting, a documentary by Emmanuel Finkiel, and Motus, a television film by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa.
In 2002, she produced Œil Pour Œil by Sylvie Caillabet and Premier Janvier by Julien Cunillera.
In 2003, she won a César for Since Otar Left by Julie Bertuccelli (Best First Film). She also produced Public Affairs, a television film by Mathieu Amalric, for Arte, which was selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2005, she produced two documentaries: Un juif à la Mer by Yolande Zaubermann and Les Deux Vies d’Eva by Ester Hoffenberg, for Arte’s Grand Format.
In 2006, she produced Les Talents Cannes 2006 as well as two documentaries: Le Mékong et le Photographe by Hien Lam Duc (1996 Photographer grant-winner) for France 5 and L’Homme Sans Douleur by Muriel Coulin and Ruth Zylberman for Arte.
In 2007, she developed four television films for Arte: Les Contes de l’Endroit by Emmanuel Finkiel; L’Arbre du Père, a feature-length film by Julie Bertuccelli; Tournée, a feature-length film by Mathieu Amalric; and Les Zones Turquoises, a feature-length film by Jean-Christophe Klotz.

Her current plans including producing La Terre Outragée, a feature-length film by Michale Boganim, Friends From France, a feature-length film by Anne Weil and Philippe Kotlarski, and Désirs d’Exil, a documentary by Hien Lam Duc.
She is also working on producing a series of short films against conjugal violence with 10 well-known directors (including Patrice Leconte, Bruno Podalydès, Michel Boujenah and Coline Serreau, among others).