FILMOGRAPHY
Writer/Director/Digital Cinematographer
"Shop with your mouth full". For Twirl, Marketing and Ad agency. Shot and edited the promo for the launch of the new Ebay Mobile App. 2010.
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"First Steps...". 2010. Benin, Africa. The Ouidah International Center for Art and Music (Centre International d'Art et Musique de Ouidah, CIAMO) has opened in Benin, Africa, with a goal of providing art and music education to primary school children and teachers, and to offer professional development seminars to area artists. The first school of its kind in the country. Directed, shot and edited.
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"Life Underground". Currently writing. Documentary and transmedia project about the connected lives of metro riders around the world.
Check the photo/sound presentation.
"Closer to the Dream". 2008/09 (Also cinematographer). 55 min. and 102 min. a BelleMoon/AMIP/France5 Production. A journey inside the Obama movement through the inspiring stories of ordinary Americans.
Check the promo/trailer.
Check the website
"Time for School", (Also cinematographer). 45 min. 2009, 2006 and 2003. A PBS New York WIDE ANGLE’s unprecedented, award-winning 12-year documentary project, Time for School visits seven classrooms in seven countries to offer a glimpse into the lives of seven extraordinary children who are struggling to get a basic education. Directed and shot the Benin segment (2003, 2006, 2009) and the India segment in 2006.
Click for episodes: 2003 2006 2009
Interview of Herve Cohen
"Visages d'Europe" ("Faces of Europe"), an Arte series – 2007 (Also cinematographer)- Antonio. 26 min. A traveling film projectionist in the south of Portugal, mad about cinema and Italian actresses and the films of Jacques Tati. - Serafina. 26 min. Given her charm and charisma, Serafina Izzo could have been a great Fellini actress, but instead lives amongst 3000 olive trees and produces one of Europe's best organic olive oils.
Watch the excerpt 1
Watch the excerpt 2
"Paskal, en attendant les Anges" ("Paskal, waiting for the Angels"), (Also cinematographer).14 min, 2004. A Collectif 2004 Images production for a cultural exhibit "Haïti en Seine". Portrait of Paskal, an artist from Jacmel, Haiti. Watch the preview
"Maintenant ou Jamais, à l'école de la deuxième chance" ("Now or never, at the school of the second chance"), 52 min. 2002. France 5. The trials and tribulations of 5 young adults who have been given a second chance at education after having dropped out of school several years prior. Check the website.
"Paris, Mars 1999" (Also cinematographer). 24 min. The series “Paris, Mois par Moi”. TV5 (francophone international television consortium). In 1999, 12 filmmakers month by month, each one portraying, his own vision of the last year of the century in Paris. (Also videographer).
"Une Autre Vie..." ("Another Life") 57 min. 1996. (Also cinematographer). Planète, French documentary channel. An intimate film about the history and the exile of the Algerian Jews seen through the personal stories of Hervé Cohen's own family. (Also videographer)
"Les Minots du Panier", 49 min. 1995. (Also cinematographer). Planète. The gentrification of an immigrant neighborhood in Marseilles seen through the eyes and lenses of a group of children learning photography. Shown at the Lussas festival in France. (Also videographer).
"Coney Island, Paradis du New York Populaire", 12 min., 1995. France 3. The people who make America's oldest amusement park, the number one summer attraction in New York City for the most watched weekly televised documentary program "Faut Pas Rêver".
"Antonio Paradiso", 12 min. 1994, Betacam. France 3, "Faut Pas Rêver". Portrait of the last traveling film projectionist in Portugal.
"Electric Shadows", 26 min. 1993, 16 mm. Canal Plus. Three traveling film projectionists showing films to the peasants, in the Chinese provinces. Aired on several European channels and on ABC the Australian channel, distributed by Icarus Films in the US non-theatrical release. First prize in: Oberhausen Film Festival, Leipzig Film Festival, Germany, Estonian Film Festival, and Montecatini in Italy. Shown in Festival du Reel in Paris, Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, Sydney film festival, Margaret Mead, etc...
Check the presentation. Check the review
"Sikambano, the Sons of the Sacred Woods", 53 min. 1991, Betacam. ARTE. The rites of passage in a Diola village in Casamance, south Senegal, of a 28 year old soon to become a "Sikambano", an initiated man. Also aired on "Planète", NHK in Japan, TV de Catalunya in Spain. Special mention at the Jean Rouch Festival in Paris, selected by the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York and Festival dei Popoli in Florence, Italy.
DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Life in Balance", by Reuben Aaronson. USA 2010. Shot in Peru with Panasonic HPX300 and Canon 5D and 7D.
"Nuclear Underground", by Robb Moss and Peter Galison. USA 2010. Shot in New Mexico and West Virginia. (Ongoing).
"In case I win the Golden Palm", by Renaud Cohen. Fiction film, 2009/2010. Shot with the Red Camera.
Rokia Traoré, voice of a new generation, by Laurens Grant. Grantman production USA 2005. Shot in Paris and Senegal.
Retour aux Sources. 45 min. 2004. ARTE. Documentary by Christopher Walker. Shot in the Arnhem territory, North of Australia.Watch the excerpt
Young, Muslim and French. 45 min. 2004. For « Wide Angle » PBS (New York) and France2. Shot in Paris.
Check the website and video.
The Promise of Pre-School by John Merrow, PBS. Oct. 2001. Additional images in Paris.
DERRIDA by Amy Ziering Kofman and Kirby Dick - Second camera on the Paris shoot. 2001.
Pari Métis by Elsie Haas. 13x13 min. documentary series. TV5. 1999-2000. Shot in Paris, New York, Mauritius Island, Ivory Coast.
Harold Singer, Keep The Music Going. 58 min. 1999, by Guetty Felin. "Muzzik" channel and Planète. Paris.
Watch the excerpt.
Faut-il juger Duvalier ? by Elsie Haas. 1999. TV5. A documentary about the necessity of judging the Haitian, ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. Paris.
Videographer for the Steven Spielsberg’s Shoah Visual History Foundation. 1997/1998. Testimonies of the survivors of the holocaust. New York.
PHOTO/SOUND/MULTIMEDIA
Vwa Fanm (Women's voices). 2009 - Multimedia project (Photo-Sound-Internet), with the Knight Center for International Media - University of Miami. Creative director and editor. Organized a workshop for Haitian women migrants in Dominican Republic, so they could learn how to use photography and sound to tell their stories, as a tool to empower themselves.
Check the Website.
Watch the film
"First Steps...". 2010. Benin, Africa. The Ouidah International Center for Art and Music (Centre International d'Art et Musique de Ouidah, CIAMO) has opened in Benin, Africa, with a goal of providing art and music education to primary school children and teachers, and to offer professional development seminars to area artists. The first school of its kind in the country. Directed, shot and edited.
Watch the film
"Life Underground". Currently writing. Documentary and transmedia project about the connected lives of metro riders around the world.
Check the photo/sound presentation.
"Closer to the Dream". 2008/09 (Also cinematographer). 55 min. and 102 min. a BelleMoon/AMIP/France5 Production. A journey inside the Obama movement through the inspiring stories of ordinary Americans.
Check the promo/trailer.
Check the website
"Time for School", (Also cinematographer). 45 min. 2009, 2006 and 2003. A PBS New York WIDE ANGLE’s unprecedented, award-winning 12-year documentary project, Time for School visits seven classrooms in seven countries to offer a glimpse into the lives of seven extraordinary children who are struggling to get a basic education. Directed and shot the Benin segment (2003, 2006, 2009) and the India segment in 2006.
Click for episodes: 2003 2006 2009
Interview of Herve Cohen
"Visages d'Europe" ("Faces of Europe"), an Arte series – 2007 (Also cinematographer)- Antonio. 26 min. A traveling film projectionist in the south of Portugal, mad about cinema and Italian actresses and the films of Jacques Tati. - Serafina. 26 min. Given her charm and charisma, Serafina Izzo could have been a great Fellini actress, but instead lives amongst 3000 olive trees and produces one of Europe's best organic olive oils.
Watch the excerpt 1
Watch the excerpt 2
"Paskal, en attendant les Anges" ("Paskal, waiting for the Angels"), (Also cinematographer).14 min, 2004. A Collectif 2004 Images production for a cultural exhibit "Haïti en Seine". Portrait of Paskal, an artist from Jacmel, Haiti. Watch the preview
"Maintenant ou Jamais, à l'école de la deuxième chance" ("Now or never, at the school of the second chance"), 52 min. 2002. France 5. The trials and tribulations of 5 young adults who have been given a second chance at education after having dropped out of school several years prior. Check the website.
"Paris, Mars 1999" (Also cinematographer). 24 min. The series “Paris, Mois par Moi”. TV5 (francophone international television consortium). In 1999, 12 filmmakers month by month, each one portraying, his own vision of the last year of the century in Paris. (Also videographer).
"Une Autre Vie..." ("Another Life") 57 min. 1996. (Also cinematographer). Planète, French documentary channel. An intimate film about the history and the exile of the Algerian Jews seen through the personal stories of Hervé Cohen's own family. (Also videographer)
"Les Minots du Panier", 49 min. 1995. (Also cinematographer). Planète. The gentrification of an immigrant neighborhood in Marseilles seen through the eyes and lenses of a group of children learning photography. Shown at the Lussas festival in France. (Also videographer).
"Coney Island, Paradis du New York Populaire", 12 min., 1995. France 3. The people who make America's oldest amusement park, the number one summer attraction in New York City for the most watched weekly televised documentary program "Faut Pas Rêver".
"Antonio Paradiso", 12 min. 1994, Betacam. France 3, "Faut Pas Rêver". Portrait of the last traveling film projectionist in Portugal.
"Electric Shadows", 26 min. 1993, 16 mm. Canal Plus. Three traveling film projectionists showing films to the peasants, in the Chinese provinces. Aired on several European channels and on ABC the Australian channel, distributed by Icarus Films in the US non-theatrical release. First prize in: Oberhausen Film Festival, Leipzig Film Festival, Germany, Estonian Film Festival, and Montecatini in Italy. Shown in Festival du Reel in Paris, Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, Sydney film festival, Margaret Mead, etc...
Check the presentation. Check the review
"Sikambano, the Sons of the Sacred Woods", 53 min. 1991, Betacam. ARTE. The rites of passage in a Diola village in Casamance, south Senegal, of a 28 year old soon to become a "Sikambano", an initiated man. Also aired on "Planète", NHK in Japan, TV de Catalunya in Spain. Special mention at the Jean Rouch Festival in Paris, selected by the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York and Festival dei Popoli in Florence, Italy.
DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Life in Balance", by Reuben Aaronson. USA 2010. Shot in Peru with Panasonic HPX300 and Canon 5D and 7D.
"Nuclear Underground", by Robb Moss and Peter Galison. USA 2010. Shot in New Mexico and West Virginia. (Ongoing).
"In case I win the Golden Palm", by Renaud Cohen. Fiction film, 2009/2010. Shot with the Red Camera.
Rokia Traoré, voice of a new generation, by Laurens Grant. Grantman production USA 2005. Shot in Paris and Senegal.
Retour aux Sources. 45 min. 2004. ARTE. Documentary by Christopher Walker. Shot in the Arnhem territory, North of Australia.Watch the excerpt
Young, Muslim and French. 45 min. 2004. For « Wide Angle » PBS (New York) and France2. Shot in Paris.
Check the website and video.
The Promise of Pre-School by John Merrow, PBS. Oct. 2001. Additional images in Paris.
DERRIDA by Amy Ziering Kofman and Kirby Dick - Second camera on the Paris shoot. 2001.
Pari Métis by Elsie Haas. 13x13 min. documentary series. TV5. 1999-2000. Shot in Paris, New York, Mauritius Island, Ivory Coast.
Harold Singer, Keep The Music Going. 58 min. 1999, by Guetty Felin. "Muzzik" channel and Planète. Paris.
Watch the excerpt.
Faut-il juger Duvalier ? by Elsie Haas. 1999. TV5. A documentary about the necessity of judging the Haitian, ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. Paris.
Videographer for the Steven Spielsberg’s Shoah Visual History Foundation. 1997/1998. Testimonies of the survivors of the holocaust. New York.
PHOTO/SOUND/MULTIMEDIA
Vwa Fanm (Women's voices). 2009 - Multimedia project (Photo-Sound-Internet), with the Knight Center for International Media - University of Miami. Creative director and editor. Organized a workshop for Haitian women migrants in Dominican Republic, so they could learn how to use photography and sound to tell their stories, as a tool to empower themselves.
Check the Website.
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