Directing

Cédric Blaisbois

Biography

Cédric Blaisbois is a French filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor from Paris, known for for his organic and visceral dark visual style. After graduating in Fine Arts from the Ensad Cédric work as a graphic designer blending modern elements with classic design to produce artwork for record labels and French house artists such as Kavinsky. He then began directing, retooling his design experience to shoot music videos for electronica acts such as Huoratron and Mr Flash. Inspired by art house directors such as David Cronenberg and William Friedkin, his ability to engender powerful footage that blends the boundary between reality and fantasy immediately brought him to the forefront of commercial production and promo work across Europe. Billboard ranked Corporate Occult number 1 as "the scariest, goriest, freakiest, most intense music video ever." in 2016. Cedric's experience of mixing a variety of techniques, in addition to his graphic design background has made for an exceptional visual pallet. His images are fantastic yet rooted in the real world, an inspired filmmaker who pushes the boundaries of creativity to craft spectacular moving images. In 2019, Vice pointed how he faithfully narrated the nightlife of young Venezuelans in Nicolás Maduro's Country, for his very first short film Autocannibalism.