Jessé Miceli
Film Director · Art Director · Producer
Film Director · Art Director · Producer
Film director, art director and producer. My debut feature, Les Affluents, premiered at Cannes (ACID) and was selected at Busan and Visions du Réel before its release across 28 territories. Today I direct for brands, musicians, studios developing their next films or series, and for my own cinema, in live action, generative AI or a hybrid of both, choosing the medium each film calls for. As a producer, I assemble and lead the team, hold the budget and deliver on schedule, as I did for a decade of high end advertising productions in Asia. 20 years of experience behind the camera, in production, in the edit and in the grade.
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I take a film from the idea to the final grade: writing, art direction, directing, shoot, edit, sound and finish. On larger productions I lead the creative team and hold the look from the first reference to the last frame. Studios commission my proofs of concept for the Berlin, Hong Kong and Cannes film markets.
Every project starts with a look and a performance. The tools, from the camera to generative models, are chosen to serve them.
I can carry a film alone from concept to delivery: writing, art direction, directing, edit, sound and grade, with one accountable point of contact.
On larger productions I take the producer's seat. I assemble the team, brief and direct each department, from camera crews to generative artists and motion designers, and hold the budget and the schedule, as I did for a decade of high end advertising in Asia.
Characters, voices and environments hold from the first shot to the last, so the film reads as one world. Consistency is managed through a documented reference system, open to the client at every stage.
Deliveries are versioned, iterations agreed upfront, deadlines held, white label when needed, across European, Asian and US hours.
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Founder, Horoma Films
Paris · Bangkok
I am a film director and producer. My debut feature, Les Affluents / Coalesce, premiered at Cannes (ACID), was selected at Busan and Visions du Réel, and was released across 28 territories in cinema, TV and streaming. My twenty years in the industry include a decade directing high end advertising in Asia, luxury hospitality among it, and a continuous editing and post production practice.
I have worked with generative systems since 2021, training my own models in Python before any public tool existed; that early body of work, Horomata, was published in a book in June 2022. I now direct and produce in live action, generative AI and hybrid, and I am in post-production on my second feature, Phnom Penh Melody. Master in Cinema Studies, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. Former member of the ACID Cannes selection committee.
Also selected at
Ottawa International Film Festival · Biografilm Bologna · Asia Film Festival Chicago · Cine Aasia Helsinki
Available for commissions, retainers and training engagements, per project or on a monthly basis, white label when needed. Fully remote, working across European, Asian and US time zones.
jesse@jessemiceli.com