He is the brother of composer Jean-Félix Lalanne and film director René Manzor.

[2] He wrote the book Révoltons-nous, published in August 2011 under the free art license.

[3] Francis Lalanne was several times a candidate in elections under the ecological banner, was a supporter of the yellow vests movement.

[4] He led a Yellow Alliance list in the European elections of May 2019, obtaining 0.54% of the votes.

[5] On 22 February 2021, he was investigated for "provocation to the commission of attacks on the fundamental interests of the nation" after he signed an op-ed, published on the FranceSoir website, calling to "put the State out of harm's way", the Paris public prosecutor's office said on Monday 22 February.