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.