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Sylvain White Biography

Birth Name:Sylvain White

Birth Place:Paris, France

Profession Director, Writer, Producer

Fast Facts

  • One of his groundbreaking advertising campaigns won a Telly Award in 2003
  • Won a scholarship to Pomona College in California to study Media Studies and Film and Video Production and graduated with honors from the program
  • While in film school, he worked with directors at Propaganda Films such as Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze
  • Quote: "Luckily for me so far, every time I've done a movie it's been a completely different genre․"
  • Quote: "That's something that's true in this business-that you never know which projects will go and which won't․"
  • Used 3D parallax in an unprecedented way in a commercial for the Lugz campaign
  • Directed a series of award-winning short films that put him in demand for directing music videos and commercials in the United States, Europe and Japan

Awards

  • 2008Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television): nominated