Aurelien Jegou
A French filmmaker in Taipei
Imagination springs from the desire to bring differences closer
Reel
director
鍾林秀 - Zhong Lin Xiu
鍾任壁 - Zhong Ren Bi
朱秀章 - Zhu Xiu Zhang
Editor
YouTuber
YouTube Editor
Resume
I am a French independent filmmaker based in Taipei. I have over 15 years of experience directing, shooting, and editing music videos, promotional videos, commercials, short films and documentaries. I’m also an experienced fiction scriptwriter. I have particular interest and more experience in shooting LGBT contents.
I mostly work as a director, but I can also work as a shooter or an editor. I have experience working as a one man crew and developing particular concepts specially for that kind of configuration, and I also work with bigger crews and bigger setups. Whatever the size and the budget, my priority is always to deliver high quality products, whether it’s artistic or commercial.
I worked with brands like Ikea, Asus, Oreo, or Eslite, and with artists like Pascale Borel, Elsa Kopf, Pierre Faa, Ellery Prescott, Adoga, in France and in Taiwan.
I’m also an awarded filmmaker for short movies and I will be shooting my first feature length film this year in Taiwan.
Professional abilities
Director
Editor
Script writer
Colorist
Language abilities
French
Chinese
English
Spanish
2020
Director / Editor
Cookie the Drag Queen - YouTube Channel - Taiwan
Editor
Follow Xiaofei - YouTube Channel - Taiwan
Colorist
Phil's Journey - Feature documentary - Taiwan
2019
Director / Editor
Titans Rotary club - Corporate event - 3 min and 7 min - Taiwan
IBA Basketball League - Commercial - Taiwan
Screenwriter
Eden - Feature movie - Development - Taiwan / France
May. King. Lo. V. - TV Series - Development - Taiwan / France
2018
Director / Editor
Insomnia - Short movie - Iceberg Productions - 14 min - Taiwan - Nominated for Best Editing at Shanghai Pride Film Festival, Official Selection at Corvallis Queer Film Festival, Selected by GagaOOlala, Taiwanese VOD - Contact me to see a screener
Too sweet - Short movie - Taipei short film initiative / Urban Nomad - 8 min - Taiwan - Contact me to see a screener
Moon over my heart - Studio recording session - Sherry Cheng - 10 East
Believe in me - Music video - Ellery Prescott
Parfois une peau - Music Video - Pierre Faa - Taiwan / France
TransHuman/SubHuman - Performance Recording - Arnaud Lechat - Taiwan
Editor
Amir - Short movie - Tami Xu - Taiwan
Yet Untitled - Short movie - An Ton That - Taiwan / Vietnam
Eslite - Commercial - Zed Wang - Taiwan
Colorist
A Decision - Feature documentary - 陳志漢 - Taiwan
Shooter
HP - Global Parent - Pride Month Video "Proud to be me" - Promotional Video - 90 seconds production - Taiwan / USA
Safran - Promotional video - Keyi Productions - Taiwan / China / France
2017
Director / Editor
Living Meme - Series of 10 short movies - V-media - 6x10 min - 4x3 min - Taiwan
Editor / Colorist
Oreo commercials - Series of 3 short films + 1 trailer - Little Manjushri Production - Taiwan / Singapore
Shiny Heart, Dirty mind - Music video - Aaken - Taiwan
L'appel du vide - Music video - Aaken - Taiwan
Y.L. Lin Hung Tai Education Foundation - Commercial - Taiwan
Director
ASUS - Product presentation - Freels - Taiwan
Colorist
Mask - Short movie - 陳羽安 - Taiwan
2016
Director / Editor
The Mermaid and the Whale - Short movie - 20 min - W.H.Y production platform - Taiwan - Official selection in 8 festivals - Awarded "Best Screenplay" in France
Step to me - Music Video - Adoga Band - Taiwan
Soac X Ikea - commercial - Taiwan
2015
Director / Editor
Eslite hotel - short presentation - Taiwan
IHO - Commercial - China
Studies
Intensive course of Mandarin at the Chinese Culture University (Taiwan) and the Beijing Language and Culture University (China)
2014
Director / Editor
Des enfants insolents - Music Video - Elsa Kopf - France
Mascara - Music Video - Pierre Faa - France
Poisson Rouge - Music Video - Pascale Borel - France
Actor
La Mante Religieuse - Feature movie - director Natalie Saracco - France
2001 - 2014
Director / Editor
Baby Wings - Short movie - 20 min - Forge Production - France - Contact me to see the whole short movie
Swimming in craft - Short movie - 29 min - Forge Production - France
Actor
TV series:
KD2A (Lead character, 6 seasons) - Madame la Proviseur (Lead character, 1 season) - Julie Lescaut - Les Monos (Lead character, 1 season) - Hubert et le chien - Pas tout de suite - Beauty and the Geek - VDM - Navarro - Le malade imaginaire - Equipe medicale d'urgence
Feature movie :
Day of the Comet - Director Cedric Hachard - Forge Productions
Short movies :
Green Boy - Bertrand devant l'éternel - Le jour du festin - Eriador - Manque d'anniversaire - Les seins d'Elsa - Le voyage de Mr Tristounet
Commercials :
Assurance Maladie - Golden Grahams - Febreze - EDF - Douce France - Playstation - France Telecom - Renault Kangoo
Theater :
Leonce et Lena - Le petit théâtre d'Elizabeth - Don Juan - La bonne âme du Se-Tchouan - Le coup de Trafalgar - Ainsi va le monde
1998 - 2001
Studies
Cours Florent (Paris) - American Academy of Dramatic Arts (New York)
What's next
The mermaid and the whale - feature film - Preparation
Amongst the urban milieu of Taipei, Adrien, a young french expatriate scriptwriter, struggles to stabilize the wavering affections of his Taiwanese boyfriend, amidst the evident stage of his unexplicable pregancy. Little by little, his reality swells into the surreal. - Contact me to see a visual presentation -
Insomnia - short movie trilogy / feature film - Preparation
Insomnia will be a trilogy of short love stories about break-up/mourning/rebirth, echoing a never-ending cycle embedded into life itself, specially in Asian cultures.
The overall project will be composed of 3 independent short films, to which will be appended filmed love letters, like post-scriptum. It'll be assembled all together in the end as a feature film.
It's mostly inspired by Taiwanese films from the 90's. I wanted to catch atmospheres, a certain pace unique to Taipei, and I tried to add the perspective of being foreign to this culture. I conceived the story as a medium to transcribe a state of mind at a precise moment in time. - Contact me to read the script -
May, King, Love, & the foreigner - TV Series - Pitching
Once upon a time, 4 very good gay friends decided to launch a Vlog about gay life in Taipei. Triggered originally by the devastating referendum’s results about gay rights, the questions raised are endless.
Every episode treats a valid question, while our heroes keep meeting guys on apps like Tinder, Grindr, Jack’d, Hornet...
On Sunday brunches, early drinks or late night parties in real places all over Taipei, they reflect and try to define what is the real gay life.
Based on real interviews through their Vlog, the show is to ellaborate and create a real understanding about gay habits in Asia.
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