Talents

David MUTZENMACHER

AUTHOR, DIRECTOR

2026
Writer and director of the feature film Maudits soient les prétentieux, produced by Django Films, with shooting scheduled for 2026.

2025
Directed the 20-minute pilot for the series Spirit, a supernatural thriller, for Django Films.
Directed a 2-minute-30 commercial featuring Adil Rami for the Kings League.

2020–2024
Writer and director for Kazak Production of the film À peu de choses près, starring Karin Viard, with shooting scheduled for 2027.
Writer and director of the feature film No Proof, No Crime (Pas de preuve pas de crime), for GLP Production in Belgium. Shooting scheduled for 2026.

2020
Mamers Festival in March, Jury Prize for the film Music Hole.

2019
November: Liège International Comedy Festival, Critics’ Prize for the film Music Hole.
September: Groland Festival, Audience Award, with Jean Dujardin as head of the jury, for the same film.

2018
Shooting of Music Hole.

2016
Wrote Music Hole.
Directed 12 films of 3 minutes 30 seconds for Scality.

2015
Director of photography for a 110-minute Thalassa documentary, Les Côtes d’Armor, produced by Yemaya.
Directed 3 commercials of 30 seconds each for MZGZ.

2014
Directed the 12-minute fiction short film José, awarded at the Brussels Short Film Festival in May 2014 with the BETV Prize (Canal+ Belgium), and selected for the New York Independent Film Festival in October 2014, then also in Las Vegas, Locarno, Vienna, and about ten festivals in total.
Co-directed the 110-minute documentary La Camargue for Thalassa, produced by Yemaya, filmed from April to November 2014.
Co-directed the 52-minute documentary La tribu du foot, shot in the Amazon in March, for France Ô and ESPN Brazil, co-produced by Kwanza and Yemaya.
Edited the 32-minute documentary Family Secrets (Secrets de famille) for TF1 Reportages, produced by Editel.
Director of photography for a 52-minute documentary on canned food for Les Docs du Dimanche on France 5.
Co-directed the 110-minute documentary Lisbon, in the Blue Country (Lisbonne, au pays bleu) for Thalassa, produced by Yemaya.

2013
Edited the 54-minute documentary Belo Monte, Amazonia Under High Tension (Belo Monte, Amazonie sous haute tension) for Enquête Exclusive, produced by Yemaya.
Co-directed the 110-minute documentary Living in Rio (Vivre à Rio) for Thalassa, produced by Yemaya.
Co-directed the 26-minute documentary Jericoacoara, the Last Paradise (Jericoacoara, le dernier paradis) for Thalassa, produced by Yemaya.
Edited the 52-minute documentary In the Land of the Polar Bear (Au pays de l’ours blanc) for Ushuaïa TV, produced by Yemaya.
Director of photography (partially) for the 52-minute documentary 24 Hours Behind the Scenes of Parcel Deliveries (24h chrono dans les coulisses des livraisons de colis) for Les Docs du Dimanche on France 5, produced by Yemaya.

2012
Director of photography for the 52-minute documentary RCEA, the Road of Death (RCEA, la route de la mort) for Enquête Exclusive on M6, produced by Yemaya.
Director of photography for 3 reports in Ecuador for Faut pas rêver, produced by Yemaya:

  • The Valley of the Immortals, 14 min

  • The Last Ice Seeker, 14 min

  • The Treasure of the Last Inca Emperor, 18 min

Edited the 15-minute report The Pole-Dance Craze (La fureur du pole-dance) for 66 Minutes on M6, produced by Yemaya.
Director of photography for the 26-minute corporate documentary Terre d’école in Congo-Brazzaville, produced by NOMAD.
Directed a 13-minute corporate film and a 1-minute commercial for Mynetsale, an e-commerce website.

2011
Co-directed, shot, and edited the 30-minute documentary Tattoo Madness (La folie du Tattoo) for Envoyé Spécial, produced by Yemaya.
Co-directed, shot, and edited the 70-minute documentary Armed Robbery (Vol à main armée) for Enquête Exclusive, produced by Yemaya.
Co-directed the 26-minute documentary A Sunday in Copacabana (Un dimanche à Copacabana) for Thalassa, produced by Yemaya.
Edited the 32-minute documentary Cops and Champions (Flics et champions) for TF1 Reportages, produced by Editel.
Edited the 13-minute report Rio Gets a Makeover (Rio fait peau neuve) for 66 Minutes on M6, produced by Yemaya.
Directed 3 advertising spots of 1 minute 30 seconds each for Giorgio, Jac Jac, and MZGZ.

2010
Directed 4 commercials of 1 minute 30 seconds each for Rivaldi, Bain de Nuit, and Giorgio (fashion and ready-to-wear), produced by ERAW.
Directed 3 one-minute advertising spots for L’Oréal during the fashion shows of JC de Castelbajac, Gaspard Yurkievich, and Sofia Kokosalaki, produced by Prémices Films.
Edited the 52-minute documentary Las Vegas, Nothing’s Going Right Anymore (Las Vegas, rien ne va plus) for Enquête Exclusive, produced by Yemaya.
Co-director, cinematographer, and editor of the 52-minute documentary Kenya, Beyond Safaris (Kenya, au-delà des safaris) for Enquête Exclusive, produced by Yemaya.
Edited the 54-minute documentary My Vacation in North Korea (Mes vacances en Corée du Nord), winner of the Best Social Documentary Award at the 2011 Lauriers de la Télévision et de la Radio, produced by Yemaya and broadcast on Enquête Exclusive.

2009
Directed a 1-minute-30 commercial for fashion designer Giorgio.
Edited the 52-minute documentary Mayotte: The Adventurers of France’s Lost Territory (Mayotte : les aventuriers de la France perdue) for Enquête Exclusive on M6, produced by Yemaya.
Co-directed, shot, and edited the 52-minute documentary The New Outlaws of the Highway (Les nouveaux hors-la-loi de l’autoroute) for Enquête Exclusive on M6, produced by Yemaya.
Edited the 52-minute documentary The Other Side of Switzerland (L’autre visage de la Suisse) for Enquête Exclusive on M6, produced by Yemaya.

February 2008 – May 2008
Journalist, camera operator, and editor for the program 100% Mag (M6), broadcast daily at 7 p.m. on M6 (8 segments).

June 2005 – September 2007
Managing producer of a company (Freak Trip Films), director and editor, in collaboration with two partners, of a series of 5 documentaries of 52 minutes each for NT1, a channel of the AB Group, for the current affairs magazine On va tout vous dire.
Titles/topics:

  • New high-risk professions (ATM technicians, highway patrol officers, public housing caretakers)

  • Modeling: the hidden side of glamour

  • The hidden side of the luxury industry

  • Extraordinary travel

  • Leisure activities: new trends

February 2007
Directed a commercial for the American company Plantronics (running time: 2 min 30 sec), produced by Aura Production.

June 2006 – November 2006
Directed a 26-minute corporate film for Range Resources, an Australian mining company, in Yemen, Dubai, and Puntland (Somalia).
Directed 2 commercials for Cortal Consors, a BNP subsidiary, produced by Aura Production.

February 2004 – August 2005
Journalist for How Much Does It Cost? (Combien ça coûte ?) on TF1, produced by Coyote Production (3 segments).

February 2003
Directed The 13th Arcana (La 13e arcane), a 24-minute short film shot on Super 16mm (Aura Production), starring Abbes Zahmani and Christophe Florian.

October 1999 – May 2002
Journalist at Aura Production for the series Noé, broadcast on La Cinquième; directed 21 documentaries of 16 minutes each in Kenya, Tanzania, the Comoros, Mayotte, Sinai, Egypt, the Cyclades, and Turkey.

September – October 2001
Assistant director to Alain Wermus on the series Julie Lescaut (2 episodes).

February 2001
Directed the 28-minute documentary Life at Pihan’s (La vie chez Pihan), produced by FTFilms.

March 2000 – April 2001
Directed a music video for Jean-Pierre Kalfon.

1997–2002
Journalist at Case Production for the program Exclusif (directed 60 segments of 2 minutes 30 seconds each).
Journalist for Plein les yeux (directed 20 segments of 4 to 6 minutes each).
Journalist at Coyote Production for the program Combien ça coûte ? (directed 18 segments of 4 to 6 minutes each).