Yvan Schreck

Born in Mulhouse in 1973, Yvan Schreck began directing short films at the age of 17. In 1998, he moved to Seville where he worked for seven years, filming mainly in the field of flamenco. In Seville, he directed several creation videos for the dancer Israel Galvan. Then he worked as a cameraman alongside cinematographer Jean Yves Escoffier on the film Poligono Sur by Dominique Abel. In 2002, he co-directed and signed the photography of Paquera Sensei, a film shot in Tokyo on the journey of the great flamenco singer La Paquera de Jerez. For the feature film, he frames Preciosa y el Aire, Dominique Abel’s latest film under the direction of Eric Guichard. He also frames Sang Froid, an ARTE film by Sylvie Veyrhede. In March 2009, director Sophie Fiennes, who was making a film about Grace Jones, hired her as a cameraman during the filming of Jones’ concert at the Grand Rex. In 2015, he directed Jean-Christophe Meurisse’s first feature film (Les Chiens de Navarre), Apnée. In 2010, he directed a musical documentary produced by Kidam on the ephemeral group Les Françoises who are preparing a show for the Printemps de Bourges. In 2012, he joined the Oléo Films team, which provided a large number of recordings in the field of jazz for Culturebox and Arte Concert. He produces for Mezzo, Culturebox and Arte concert the recordings of Jeanne Cherhal, Vicente Amigo, Brigitte Fontaine, Hiatus Kaiyote, Laura Mvula among others. In 2017, he wrote and directed a film based on Kaori Ito and Hiroshi Ito’s show “I dance because I am suspicious of words” produced by Ax sud for Culturebox. In 2015, he inaugurated the Histoires de collection, with Samuel Thiebaut and Oléo films with a first episode on singer Arno and a second on Rodolphe Burger. As of 2017, 12 episodes are produced. 

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