Jean Luc Herbulot

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Jean Luc Herbulot
Born1983
Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
Occupations
Years active2004—present
Known forDealer

Jean Luc Herbulot (born in 1983 in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo) is a Congolese film director and screenwriter.

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Herbulot started drawing and writing stories at an early age. His activities included writing, drawing, composing music, working on video games, and graphic design.

In 2004, while studying editing as part of his multimedia studies in Paris, he directed his first short movie, titled Vierge(s), for which he also did the scriptwriting, storyboard, lighting, editing, and DVD release. Despite the amateur quality and the fact that the film was his first step in moviemaking, this project was quite successful at festivals and on the internet.[ citation needed ]

Herbulot graduated as a multimedia project manager and started to work for TF1 as a graphic designer. Meanwhile, he created his own production company, which made music videos exclusively for independent artists, in order to maintain high creative standards for low-budget productions.

In 2009, he co-produced and directed the film Concurrence loyale (Loyal Competition). [1] [2] The cast included Thierry Frémont and Sagamore Stévenin. The film was bought by Canal Plus and Orange, and distributed in Italy, Spain, Russia, and North Africa.[ citation needed ]

Herbulot won his first award for a hip hop music video at the French International Music Video Festival in Paris for his music video to the Medine and Youssoupha song "Blokkk Identitaire" in 2013. [3]

In 2014, he wrote and directed the film Dealer  [ fr ], [4] [5] his first independent feature in France, which premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Canada, [6] [7] and opened the L'Étrange Festival  [ fr ] in Paris. The film was inspired by the life of French actor Dan Bronchinson.

In 2019, he created, directed and operated as showrunner for the TV series Sakho & Mangane , entirely filmed in Dakar for Canal+ Afrique, with actors Yann Gael et Issaka Sawadogo. [8]

His most recent project is the feature film Saloum , which mixes elements of African mythology with Western and horror. The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. [9]

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  2. ↑ "The Gotham Group's Nate Matteson". variety.com. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mention Speciale Du Jury: "Blokkk Identitaire" - Medine Ft. Youssoupha" [Special Jury Mention: "Blokkk Identitaire" - Medine Ft. Youssoupha]. creative.arte.tv (in French). Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Dealer, récit d'une descente aux enfers" [Dealer, story of descent into hell]. lefigaro.fr (in French). 5 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mandales À Taux Fixe (Critique De Dealer De Jean-Luc Herbulot)" [Review of Dealer by Jean-Luc Herbulot]. dailymars.net (in French). 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Fantasia 2014: Rencontre Avec L'equipe de Dealer" [Fantasia 2014: Meeting the Team Behind Dealer]. dailymars.net (in French). 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Infestation: Fantasia Film Festival 2014 – 'Dealer'". oneofus.net. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Création de Sakho Et Mangane". Canal + Afrique.
  9. ↑ Saveliev, Alex (30 September 2021). "Saloum: Film Threat". Film Threat . Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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