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Matthias Lebeer is a Belgian director of films and TV commercials. His first short film was shortlisted for an Oscars award in 2008. [1] He lives in London.
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Lebeer was born in Antwerp, Belgium on 5 April 1984.
He received his bachelor's degree in 2005 from FAMU, in Prague, Czech Republic.
Lebeer also has two master's degrees: one in film directing (2006) from the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound in Brussels; and one in film production (2008) from L’Institut des Arts de Diffusion, Belgium.
Matthias's graduation project, Brod Ludaka, was shortlisted for an Oscar in 2008 [2] after he won Best Director at the Athens International Film Festival (Ohio). [3]
In the same year he directed his first commercial for Textappeal, [4] which was presented at the Cannes Lions. [5] Following this early success, Matthias signed with La Pac (Paris), In Case of Fire (Amsterdam), and TRS (Brussels) for directing advertising films. He moved to London in the summer of 2011.
Since then he has been a freelance director for many TV commercials of brands [6] including Google, Nespresso, McDonald's, Star Alliance, Samsung, McLaren, Nissan and Volvo. He has won several awards for his work, including two Gold Cannes Lions [7] [8] and both Silver and Bronze at the 2016 EVCOM Screen Awards [9]
He is best known for his commercial films, but has also made award-winning music videos and continues to develop his narrative portfolio. He recently completed Alan, [10] a short film supported by the BFI and IdeasTap. [11]
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