Christian Langlois
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Christian Langlois is a Film director
from Montreal
, Canada
. He has directed several short films, music videos and TV spot. He studied at Université du Québec à Montréal
in Communications program: video art and new medias. He published several articles about the role of the technologies and the video in the development of visual and performing arts. http://www.revuejeu.org/.
After graduate studies, he began as a visual and electronic artist, mainly in video art
, video installation
, short films, and happening
s. His works La Caverne d'Éricka, Stations, 14 Stations, Le Sale à Manger, Virtuel, La voix cet otage merveilleux are were present in contemporary art galleries, museums, films festivals and cultural events in Canada, France
, Spain
, Mexico
, India
, USA and in the United Kingdom
. He has been a guest of Danae Art Foundation in France and also invited by Jack Lang
, the French Cultural Minister and the City of Blois
Mayor to present in France a video installation: Le sale à manger. A video quartet surrounded by 3 tons of potatoes dedicated to gastronomy
art.
At the beginning of the 1990s, as Creative Director
and Mix Media Film Director he found a department of Electronic Visual Creation at MusiquePlus
a Québécois MTV, devoted to the diffusion of musical videos and edgy pop culture programs. The program was a kind of research laboratory of televisual and videographic experimentation, which changed the Canadian televisual framework and which receives the recognition of its pars and the public: Prix Gémeaux, Promax/BDA, a reference as regards motion design
, computer art
, computer animation
and film experimentation mix media.
Since the middle of the 1990s, Christian Langlois focused an advertising career as a Commercial Film Director
for brands such as Air Canada
, Bombardier, Mastercard
, Nestlé
, At&t
, Verizon, Bell, Yellow Pages, Vidéotron, Telus, Toyota, GM, Budweiser
, Black Label, Molson, General Mils, RBK, CCM, Cirque du Soleil, Téléfilm Canada, ABC, CBS, FOX, CBC, SRC, TVA, Astral Média, TV5, MTV, Musiqueplus, and enRoute. He has collaborated with large production houses companies Propaganda Films
(Los Angeles), Radke Films, Partners films, The Garden (Toronto), Milk & Honey (Praha), Cinelande, Jet Film and La Fabrique d'images (Montreal) and Satellite My Love (Paris).
Today he is an active Commercial Film Director and New media creative and visual expert. He works with the actual visual languages of advertising
, viral video
, web design
, interactive, electronic art
and motion design
.
In October 2008, he began working on his first feature film, Merde in Japan. It was be shoot in 2010-11 in Japan, in USA and in Canada.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
from Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He has directed several short films, music videos and TV spot. He studied at Université du Québec à Montréal
Université du Québec à Montréal
The Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...
in Communications program: video art and new medias. He published several articles about the role of the technologies and the video in the development of visual and performing arts. http://www.revuejeu.org/.
After graduate studies, he began as a visual and electronic artist, mainly in video art
Video art
Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...
, video installation
Video installation
Video installation is a contemporary art form that combines video technology with installation art, making use of all aspects of the surrounding environment to affect the audience. Tracing its origins to the birth of video art in the 1970s, it has increased in popularity as digital video production...
, short films, and happening
Happening
A happening is a performance, event or situation meant to be considered art, usually as performance art. Happenings take place anywhere , are often multi-disciplinary, with a nonlinear narrative and the active participation of the audience...
s. His works La Caverne d'Éricka, Stations, 14 Stations, Le Sale à Manger, Virtuel, La voix cet otage merveilleux are were present in contemporary art galleries, museums, films festivals and cultural events in Canada, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, USA and in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. He has been a guest of Danae Art Foundation in France and also invited by Jack Lang
Jack Lang (French politician)
Jack Mathieu Émile Lang is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as France's Minister of Culture from 1981 to 1986 and 1988 to 1992, and as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993 and 2000 to 2002. He was also the Mayor of Blois from 1989 to 2000...
, the French Cultural Minister and the City of Blois
Blois
Blois is the capital of Loir-et-Cher department in central France, situated on the banks of the lower river Loire between Orléans and Tours.-History:...
Mayor to present in France a video installation: Le sale à manger. A video quartet surrounded by 3 tons of potatoes dedicated to gastronomy
Gastronomy
Gastronomy is the art or science of food eating. Also, it can be defined as the study of food and culture, with a particular focus on gourmet cuisine...
art.
At the beginning of the 1990s, as Creative Director
Creative Director
A creative director is a position often found within the graphic design, film, music, fashion, advertising, media or entertainment industries, but may be useful in other creative organizations such as web development and software development firms as well....
and Mix Media Film Director he found a department of Electronic Visual Creation at MusiquePlus
MusiquePlus
MusiquePlus is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel owned by Astral Media operating from Montreal, Quebec.MusiquePlus is devoted to music and music related programming from various genres including pop, rock, RnB and focuses on a younger demographic than its sister station, MusiMax...
a Québécois MTV, devoted to the diffusion of musical videos and edgy pop culture programs. The program was a kind of research laboratory of televisual and videographic experimentation, which changed the Canadian televisual framework and which receives the recognition of its pars and the public: Prix Gémeaux, Promax/BDA, a reference as regards motion design
Motion design
Motion Design is a subset of graphic design in that it uses graphic design principles in a filmmaking or video production context through the use of animation or filmic techniques...
, computer art
Computer art
Computer art is any art in which computers play a role in production or display of the artwork. Such art can be an image, sound, animation, video, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, videogame, web site, algorithm, performance or gallery installation...
, computer animation
Computer animation
Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to moving images....
and film experimentation mix media.
Since the middle of the 1990s, Christian Langlois focused an advertising career as a Commercial Film Director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
for brands such as Air Canada
Air Canada
Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...
, Bombardier, Mastercard
MasterCard
Mastercard Incorporated or MasterCard Worldwide is an American multinational financial services corporation with its headquarters in the MasterCard International Global Headquarters, Purchase, Harrison, New York, United States...
, Nestlé
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...
, At&t
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
, Verizon, Bell, Yellow Pages, Vidéotron, Telus, Toyota, GM, Budweiser
Budweiser
Budweiser is a German adjective describing something or someone from the city of České Budějovice in Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic.Beer brewing in České Budějovice dates back to the 13th century...
, Black Label, Molson, General Mils, RBK, CCM, Cirque du Soleil, Téléfilm Canada, ABC, CBS, FOX, CBC, SRC, TVA, Astral Média, TV5, MTV, Musiqueplus, and enRoute. He has collaborated with large production houses companies Propaganda Films
Propaganda Films
Propaganda Films was a prolific and successful music video and film production company founded in 1983 by producers Steve Golin and Sigurjón Sighvatsson and directors David Fincher, Nigel Dick, Greg Gold and Dominic Sena...
(Los Angeles), Radke Films, Partners films, The Garden (Toronto), Milk & Honey (Praha), Cinelande, Jet Film and La Fabrique d'images (Montreal) and Satellite My Love (Paris).
Today he is an active Commercial Film Director and New media creative and visual expert. He works with the actual visual languages of advertising
Advertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
, viral video
Viral video
A viral video is one that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email...
, web design
Web design
Web design is the process of planning and creating a website. Text, images, digital media and interactive elements are used by web designers to produce the page seen on the web browser...
, interactive, electronic art
Electronic art
Electronic art is a form of art that makes use of electronic media or, more broadly, refers to technology and/or electronic media. It is related to information art, new media art, video art, digital art, interactive art, internet art, and electronic music...
and motion design
Motion design
Motion Design is a subset of graphic design in that it uses graphic design principles in a filmmaking or video production context through the use of animation or filmic techniques...
.
In October 2008, he began working on his first feature film, Merde in Japan. It was be shoot in 2010-11 in Japan, in USA and in Canada.
Videography
- La voix, 2008 (Short film)
- JoraneJoraneJorane is a French-Canadian singer/cellist, who is notable for her alternative music style on a typically classical instrument as well as her ability to sing while playing cello at the same time....
, Dit-elle, (Musical video) - Rudy Caya, Mourrir de rire (Musical video)
- Jean-Pierre FerlandJean-Pierre FerlandJean-Pierre Ferland, OC, CQ is a Canadian singer and songwriter.-Life and career:Ferland began work with Radio-Canada in 1956 as an accountant, but his career there was short lived. Shortly after, he began taking guitar lessons with Stephen Fentock and began to fall in love with music, writing his...
, 1987 (Musical video) - Virtuel, 1993, (Video installation)
- Le sale à manger, 1991 (Video installation)
- La caverne d'Érika, 1987 (Short film)
- Station, 1987 (Documentary about contemporary art)
- 14 Stations, 1987 (Documentary about contemporary art)
- Si tu es sage on ira voir la guerre, 1985 (Short film)
Television
- Yoopa, TVA group, Sid LeeSid LeeSid Lee is a creative services firm based in Montreal with offices in Amsterdam, Paris, Toronto and Austin. Founded in 1993, the agency now employs 450 workers from backgrounds as diverse as architecture, industrial design, interactive design, graphic arts and video production among others...
, (Animation for TV Ids and broadcast design) - Zed, Artv, CBCCanadian Broadcasting CorporationThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
, Tokyo Disney, Cirque du SoleilCirque du SoleilCirque du Soleil , is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy...
, (Manga animation, opening and broadcast design) - SophieSophie (TV series)Sophie is a Canadian television sitcom starring Natalie Brown as Sophie Parker, an unmarried single mother and talent agent. The show is an English-language adaptation of Télévision de Radio-Canada's show Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin...
, ABC-CBC, (Opening and broadcast design) - Rumeurs, SRC, (Opening and broadcast design)
- Tupperware, Bowl of succes, CBC,(Opening and broadcast design)
- Les Francs Tireurs, Tele Quebec (Opening and broadcast design)
- Musicographie, TVA-Musimax (Opening and broadcast design)
- Buzzé, MusiquePlus (Opening and broadcast design)
- Mamuz, MusiquePlus (Opening and broadcast design)
- Electrochoc, MusiquePlus (Opening and broadcast design)
- Perfectomode, SRC (Opening and broadcast design)
- Mamuz, MusiquePlus (Opening and broadcast design)
- Chic planète, Musimax (Opening and broadcast design)
- D., TV5TV5MONDETV5MONDE is a global television network, broadcasting several channels of French language programming. It is an approved participant member of the European Broadcasting Union.-History:...
(Opening and broadcast design) - Perfectly Fit with Claudia SchifferClaudia SchifferClaudia Schiffer is a German model and occasional actress, who reached the peak of her popularity during the 1990s, initially due to her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot. Schiffer is one of the world's most successful models, having appeared on over 500 magazine covers...
, CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
(Opening and broadcast design) - Dadabiz, MusiquePlus (Direction of 2 seasons x 52 episodes cultural TV show)
- Gala, MusiquePlus (Direction of Musical Video Award TV show)
- Perfecto, MusiquePlus (Opening and broadcast design)
- Fax, MusiquePlus (Opening and broadcast design)
- Top 500 -Profil de la décennie, MusiquePlus,(Direction of documentary program)
- BlackOut, (Opening and broadcast design, program structure )
- BuzzClip, (Opening and broadcast design, program structure )
External links
- Mémoire liquide
- La fabrique d'images
- The Garden
- Satellite My Love
- Behance Network
- Festival du Nouveau CinémaFestival du Nouveau CinémaThe Festival du Nouveau Cinéma was known as the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media until 2004. Founded in 1971, by Claude Chamberlan and Dimitri Eipides, it is an annual independent film festival held in Montreal and features independent films from around the world...
- Promax/BDA