About

Adrien is a cameraman and cinematographer who has filmed across Europe, America and Africa. Able to produce features as a one-man band (producing, camera, drone, narration, editing), he specialises in capturing and building sequences around animal behaviour.

Raised in small villages of Champagne and Alsace in the east of France, Adrien came to storytelling through his passion for cycling. Exploring the outdoors on two wheels, he wrote various regional cycling papers as well as a ‘Tour de France’ Journal starting from age 10 and throughout his childhood. This brought him first to Paris, where he did his first steps writing and filming for major news outlets, then to Washington, as a young video-journalist.

For four years, Adrien roamed the American continent, covering hurricanes, wildfires, mass shooting, elections and other societal topics as a video journalist corresponding for the French TV Channel TF1. In Yellowstone, the Death Valley, the Everglades or Quebec’s Gaspésie, he also got to witness and capture the beauties of the land and its wild residents.

Now a freelancer based in East Africa, Adrien carried on his work through Tanzania, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. As a journalist still : documenting uses of new technologies for rural communities, impacts, adaptation and resilience to climate disasters for TF1 feature stories. As a wildlife filmmaker too. Adrien is currently working on wildlife and conservation documentary projects.

His aim… : to witness and open one’s eyes on earth’s and nature marvels, be it on the other side of the world or at the corner of one’s garden.

On the long lens, underwater or in the air…

SKILLS

Camera : Specialized in long lens work. Experience in filming handheld sequences, building sequences on the go. Have worked on shoulder-held cameras (Panasonic P2 800), handheld cameras (Sony FX6), DSLR (Canon 5D) …

Directing : Years of experience analyzing situations, building sequences and directing the photography and editorial of feature and news stories. Years of experience building sequences on the go during fleeting situations.
Narration : Commented different features for French Television.
Drone : US Licence (Part 107), have worked with the DJI Pro / DJI Air series (over 1000 hours)
Diving : PADI Advanced Open Water / Underwater Filmmaking
Editing : Currently on Final Cut Pro 10, trained on FCP 7, Adobe Premiere.
Post-production : trained on Lightroom, Photoshop, After effects, Audition, Pro Tools.

Fieldcraft : Experience in capturing and building strong sequences on various subjects, in various situations. Able to make the most of fleeting situations, able to think creatively and build strong character-based sequences. Spent days capturing behaviour and interactions of animals in their natural habitat, following animal behaviour on the long lens,