Mickaël Couturier

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Good at: Telling stories, writing music, cooking healthy (and not that healthy)

Nationality French

Residence Bali

Education Les Beaux Arts

3 Likes Swimming with Manta Rays, playing music with friends, Chocolate & Strawberries

3 Dislikes The smelly truck in front of me, waiting in line, losing my keys

3 Fav Movies One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American Beauty

My Story

Originally from the south of France, Mickaël studied at “Les Beaux Arts” the most prestigious French Art school. He started his career as an illustrator and made his way up the professional ladder as a creative director for various multimedia companies.

He embraces a new career as a musician in London in 2008, playing in a cover band and creating “The Fancy Toys” with drummer James Anderson. The band received moderate success in the UK and even reached the top of the charts in Iceland. Mickaël creates his first video work producing music videos for the band.

When the band split, Mickaël became seriously involved with video work which is for him a great way to mix the arts. The Visual + Musical combination results in his new passion for writing stories. He directs several advertising and music videos and trains in writing, producing, directing and editing his first movies.

He heads to South America in 2012 where he gets commissioned to produce tourism web series, all around Colombia and Brazil. The videos will receive several millions views on Youtube. He contributes to the Arte Channel TV series “Le Brésil par la Côte” and writes/direct his first movies: “A Tramp in Eden” (2014), an homage to Charlie Chaplin, “Beetle Eyes” (2015) a surreal story about a paraplegic little girl dreaming of freedom and “Agora” (2016), a poetic documentary about a climber that turns into a metaphor of life.

His latest movie “ILHA” shot on an island in Brazil, is currently in its final phase of post-production.

Favourite quote: You have to believe in Magic to let it happen"

My Filmography

Year Film Title Description
2010 Gypsy Eyes Music Video
2010 Fancy Toys Music Video
2012 Off2 Travels Web-Series
2013 Le Brésil par la côte TV Series - Arte Channel
2014 Living is an Art Short Documentary
2014 A Tramp in Eden Short Film
2015 Beetle Eyes Short Film
2016 Agora Short Documentary
2017 The Last Man Standing Music Video
2019 The Great When TV Series
2020 ILHA Feature Documentary
2021 The Art of Giving Feature Documentary
2022 Looking for Otto Feature Documentary