Jonathan Desbiens

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Jonathan Desbiens, or more commonly Jodeb, is a Juno Award-nominated Canadian filmmaker from Shawinigan-Sud, Quebec, [1] known for his music video work for artists such as Skrillex, Imagine Dragons, Zedd, London Grammar, Porter Robinson, Halsey, ASAP Rocky, Cypress Hill and Swedish House Mafia. [2] [3] [4] He graduated from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières with a fine arts degree. He joined the production company Prettybird in 2016. [5] [6]

Contents

Filmography

Director

Music videos

Short films

Commercials

  • Adidas - Originals is Never Finished - China (2017) [19]

Awards and nominations

Skrillex and Wiwek - Killa ft. Elliphant (Still In The Cage)

Imagine Dragons - I bet my life

Zedd - Clarity

The New cities - Dead End, Countdown

Deftones - You've Seen the Butcher

Interviews

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