My month of January = Paris > LA for a Skunk shoot, then LA > Bucarest for a German job with the Stink Berliners, then Bucarest > Berlin for an editing fiesta.

(Dec 2011)

Thanks to the Attitude crew for giving my site a facelift !!

Just shot a new film for Wrangler out in Wilmington, North Carolina, which is the home of Iron Man 3, Dawson’s Creek, a snake infested river, a couple haunted bed & breakfasts, some tiny poneys, and some more unforgettable stuff.

Won’t be out till July (sad face), but the one i shot for Wrangler 6 months ago is out next month (relieved face).

In other news, my brother’s been killing it on his tour (innit) and making people jump …

(Nov 2011)

Just back from Buenos Aires where I shot a really fun US spot for Honey Bunches of Oats.The meat was tender, the malbec was hardcore, the cast and crew were top notch, and we shot on the set of Amas de Casa Desperadas, aka the latino Desperate Housewives…

So overall, an awesome experience.

Quizz question – in the pic below taken from the spot, what is the woman so excited about?

Heres a link to my new video for General Elektriks. Really happy with how this one turned out. Labour of love.

Summer aint here no more, but, emmm, its a metaphor, dude.

(August 2011)

Made a new General Elektriks video ! Coming soon …

(July 2011)

Heres my spot for EBAY.

Produced by Swantje @ Stink Berlin, art directed by Mahi Grand, shot by Olivier Cariou, cut by Dom Leung @ Trim, Vfxd by Leo Wilk @ Swiss, graded by Paul Harrisson @ MPC, agencied by Tribal DDB Dsldrf, CDd by Dennis May, and last but not least steadicamed by Marcus Pohlus.

(June 2011)

Busy couple of months. I shot a new spot for Ebay in April, with the Stinky Berlin office & DDB Dusseldorf – picture below. Huge set build, with a complicated camera move. Didnt sleep much that month, but the spot is quite fun. Will post the anglo version in a couple of days.

Also, check out this MAKING OF if you wanna see me acting like I know whats up.

Then flew to Portland, Oregon a couple weeks ago to shoot a film for Wrangler via Stink Digital. Portland is exactly like its portrayed in Portlandia.

I usually try not to generalise, but if someone held a gun to my head and asked me to summarize Portland in 5 themes, I would probably go for these = tattoos, rain, good food, flannel, gus van sant. (and the strange concept of « hipster strip clubs » as a wild card)

(May 2011)

This is what im up to over the next 3 weeks :

London, then Berlin, then Dusseldorf, then Paris, then Prague, then London, then Paris.

Not a very planet friendly job. (sad face)

(March 2011)

Heres the directors cut from a campaign i just did for Axa France.

Important facts:

a) rigging actors upside down is not a good idea
b) rigging stuntmen upside down is not really a good idea either
c) Hotel Josef in Prague has a nice breakfast fresh fruit bar.

And heres a spot i did for Nescafe via Publcis Paris in the fall.

Important facts:

a) the spaceman was Daniel Craigs stunt double in Casino Royale
b) shooting helicopter shots is really fun but also makes you vomit
c) the guy in the opening shot looks black but hes actually from Mongolia (what the hell was he doing in Prague?)

(Dec/Jan 2011)

I just signed with United Talent Agency in LA for feature representation. David Flynn & Jenny Maryasis are taking care of my dossier. Mucho mucho proud & excitado …

So i shot 5 spots for PS3 in Tokyo in August, with WK. Heres a directors cut that combines 3 of the spots.

Also shot this spot for Canon over the summer, with Skunk & Dentsu New York.

Heading back eastward next week, for my 3rd Prague shoot this fall. This one is for Axa France with Publicis Paris.

(Nov 2010)

Just posted my version of AXA « Treadmill », which is different from the broadcast version in ways that probably only me, Anna Smith (my producer) and Paul Hardcastle (my editor) will ever notice. Still working on a slightly longer cut too.

The beautiful set is by Marketa Korinkova, and the beautiful light is by Will Bex.

Plenty more to post very bientot.

(Oct 2010)

I have about 30 seconds of time off per day at the moment.

After Tokyo, I went to Prague to shoot a new spot (that I love) for Axa UK, then over to Paris to cut it, and now back in Prague to prep a campaign for Nescafé Dolce Gusto with Publicis.

Will post Canon and the first of the PS3 spots soon.

(Aug/Sept 2010)

Just shot another spot for Kiabi with Publicis Paris.

Now Im off to Toronto to shoot a Canon spot for the US market. My first job with Skunk !

Oh and my Diesel film got shortlisted in Cannes. I am told that deserves a pat on the back.

(June 2010)

Busy summer. Im heading to Tokyo to shoot a PS3 campaign with WK Tokyo, then plenty more to come in september.

Never been to Japan but growing up in France, kid shows on TV were full of Japanese anime, so thats all I watched. Dragonball, Olive & Tom (football), Jeanne & Serge (volleyball), Ken (this violent anime version of Mad Max – totally inappropriate for kids), Le collège foufoufou, Goldorak, Juliette Je taime… No idea what these shows were called in japanese but this is how i picture the japanese people on the pre-pro conference calls at the moment.

(July 2010)

My film for Diesel « A hundred Lovers » has been viewed over 1 Million times on youtube. 3 cyber cheers.

You can watch the spot I made for Barclays last month HERE, with VO courtesy of Stephen Merchant. My collaboration with BBH creatives Matt&Mark was so smooth we decided to start a revolutionary blog.

Theres a nice article about yours truly on the Young Directors Award website. I swear I dont sound so pompous in person…

(May 2010)

Very happy to say I am now managed for Film and TV by the good people of Principal Entertainment.

Heres one of the spots I made late last year for Tassimo via TBWA Berlin : Darth Vader.

(March 2010)

Just had a really fun London shoot for Barclays via BBH. Before that i was in brussels for a couple of days for Kiabi with the Parisian Stinkers & Publicis.

Diesel is finally out!  Shots put it on their list of top 20 virals ever !! Mucho merci…

For industry geeks, there are cameos by 1 Blink director, 1 Colonel Blimp director, myself + Anomaly & Diesel staff.

It was shot by Will Bex, cut by Paul Hardcastle, and graded by Mark @ Smoke & Mirrors. Stink Digi created the website and the song is by Josep (= the dude at the beginning of the film).

ill be posting a cutdown soon, but check out the full interactive version HERE.

(April 2010)