Category: director

Director Biography – Janne Kasperi Suhonen (DIVE ODYSSEY)

Janne Kasperi Suhonen is a Helsinki-based freelance photographer and film maker. He graduated from the Lahti Design Institute and specializes in underwater filming. Janne is perfectionist and occasionally impatient commander. In order to achieve the goals, he pushes the team to its’ extreme. As Janne is the camera operator he plans the shoots and leads… Continue reading Director Biography – Janne Kasperi Suhonen (DIVE ODYSSEY)

Director Biography – Frankie De Leonardis (FLOATING)

Frankie De Leonardis is an Italian/Argentine director living in Barcelona. He’s been on the industry since 1997, mainly on tv title design and advertising direction. He’s won several awards including NY Advertising Festival (2011), European BDA Promax, ADCE, Laus for his work in advertising and title design. Director Statement This is my first ever cinematic… Continue reading Director Biography – Frankie De Leonardis (FLOATING)

Director Biography – John Carlin (ECHOES

John is the director of horror shorts ‘Exposure’ & ‘6 Feet Under’ and the award winning Sci-fi-Fi ‘The Way Back’. ‘ECHOES’ is the fourth collaboration with the writing team of Paul Skillen and Aaron Gray. John has been working as a director in the television industry for 17 years and directed the Irish language drama… Continue reading Director Biography – John Carlin (ECHOES

Director Biography – Rebecca Gardiner (TRANSMISSION)

Rebecca is a film maker with a passion for intense and immersive storytelling. She is completing her masters in film specialising in directing and writing. She creates compelling tales with cores of truth and dramatic sensibilities within the horror, science fiction, action, fantasy and thriller genres as she loves the visual freedom and complexity of… Continue reading Director Biography – Rebecca Gardiner (TRANSMISSION)

Director Biography – Didac Gimeno (SATURN THROUGH THE TELESCOPE)

Graduated in Veterinary Sciences in 2011, I have worked as a veterinarian mainly in the fields of cardiology and in clinical practice with exotic animals. In 2014 I graduated in Film Direction in the Cinematography and Audiovisual School of the Community of Madrid (ECAM) with the highest mark in my speciality. Oscillation (2014), my end-of-course… Continue reading Director Biography – Didac Gimeno (SATURN THROUGH THE TELESCOPE)

Director BIO – Roth Rind (THIS IS FINE)

Director Statement Life is a movie made up of a million narratives. It’s genre defined by the dramatic interactions we encounter, wrapped in adventure, fear, heartbreak, love, crisis, success and failure. It’s theme is forever constant, and yet fluid. It’s a journey where the only guide is a faded map and ‘x’ marks the ever-shifting… Continue reading Director BIO – Roth Rind (THIS IS FINE)

Director BIO: Sophie Black (SONGBIRD)

Sophie graduated from the University of Creative Arts in 2010, then spent the next few years working in the art department of independent productions. She produced subtle sci-fi Stop/Eject (which screened at Raindance 2014, before making it onto the long list for Best British Short at BAFTA), and directed Night Owls, (which screened at London… Continue reading Director BIO: Sophie Black (SONGBIRD)

Director BIO: Jacob Langsner (LIFE OF DEATH DEBATES)

Jacob Langsner is a Director, Producer, Writer, and Actor from Las Vegas, Nevada. Langsner is currently a student at Stanford University. Beyond filmmaking, he studies ethical philosophy, creative writing, and political science. He is a published poet, having pieces in the “Stanford Daily Magazine”. Langsner also participates in the Stanford Storytelling Project. Langsner is considering… Continue reading Director BIO: Jacob Langsner (LIFE OF DEATH DEBATES)

Director BIO: Valentin Petit (THE NOISE OF THE LIGHT)

Valentin Petit is a young French director based in Paris. He wrote several video clips for street music artists and directed a lot of commercials for famous brands such as Puma, Unicef, Adidas or Canal +. His passion for travel naturally led him to fiction, through which he was able to express a more neo-melancholic… Continue reading Director BIO: Valentin Petit (THE NOISE OF THE LIGHT)

Director Biography – Robin Tremblay (FAEW)

Robin Tremblay is an accomplished 3D animator, working for over 26 years in the field of education and  within Montreal VFX facilities. He completed is Master in Digital Arts and he is now a freelance consultant for various VFX companies  both local and abroad . He is an active member of the Visual Effects Society… Continue reading Director Biography – Robin Tremblay (FAEW)