FILMS

Raphaël Frydman is a filmmaker built through experience — twenty-five years of sets, cameras, and people.


From home videos and 16mm experiments to large 35mm productions, he has spent his life learning the craft through practice — lighting, framing, editing, and producing his own films.

Trained in the era of film reels and manual editing, he entered the profession during the digital revolution, embracing new tools without ever losing sight of the emotion behind the image.


He has worked across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas — filming in Nigeria, Senegal, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Japan, and the United States, adapting to every crew, and production scale.

Frydman moves easily between fiction, documentary, commercial, and live formats, directing, shooting, or producing depending on the project.


From small independent setups to major international campaigns, his approach remains the same. An integrated approach to filmmaking — mastering direction, production, camera, and editing to shape cohesive visual worlds.

Film has always been his first language — and film sets, his second home.

Selected Feature, Short & Documentary

A selection of narrative and documentary works filmed across continents, from intimate crews to large international sets.Adieu Babylone — Mars Films / CLP — 90 min

  • WTF (N’importe qui) — Why Not Productions / Wild Bunch — 80 min

  • Tokyo Fantasy — Toho Entertainment / Aoi Pro — 90 min

  • La Légion Étrange — MK2 — Canal+ Award, Clermont-Ferrand

  • Africa Shrine — MK2 / Arte — Audience Award, Madrid Film Festival

  • L’Appartement — Official Selection, Clermont-Ferrand 2

Selected Commercials

Commercial campaign and branded films

Canal+ – Milka – Orange – General Electric – Peugeot – Renault – BNP Paribas – L’Oréal – Coca-Cola – Nike – McDonald’s – Fnac – Danone – Crédit Agricole – Auchan

Selected Music & Live

Music and live films shot in Lagos, Paris, Osaka, and New York — capturing the energy of performance and presence.

Manu Chao – Sigur Rós - Lenny Kravitz - Jeanne Moreau – Ayo – Asa –Femi Kuti –Seun Kuti - Diam’s -Thomas Dutronc – André Manoukian