PARTIZAN - Key Persons
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- Executive Producer - Animation
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- Director 's Representative - Music Videos
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- Executive Producer
- Founding Partner
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- Executive Producer - Animation
Frank E. Abney III is a writer, director, and animator that has worked at all three of the major animation studios - Disney, DreamWorks and Pixar - animating blockbuster hits and award-winning films including Frozen, Big Hero 6, Kung Fu Panda 3, The Boss Baby, Coco, Incredibles 2, and Toy Story 4. He was part of the cultural trust on Pixar's latest film, Soul. Most recently, Abney served as Executive Producer on the 2020 Academy Award-winning short Hair Love with Issa Rae for Sony Pictures Animation.
Abney's original short film Canvas, which he wrote and directed, debuted on Netflix in December 2020, and won the first NAACP Award for Outstanding Animated Short. He is currently developing an original animated feature with QC Entertainment (Get Out, BlacKkKlansman). Beyond his tremendous artistic talent, Abney is also a genuine leader in the animation industry as co-founder of non-profit organization Rise Up Animation, which connects emerging BIPOC animators with established industry talent, fostering mentorships to empower emerging creators.
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- Executive Producer - New Business
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- Executive Producer
- Managing Director
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- Director and Photographer
Julien Soulier is a director and photographer living in Paris. His love for the outdoors led him to travel the world and document his youth. Through his travels, he developed a cinematographic approach to his storytelling by creating visually striking, compelling and captivating films. Julien presents stories that are emotionally charged by portraying ordinary people acting out of the ordinary. He takes us on a journey through realistic worlds and develops narrative concepts for both music videos and advertising. His recent collaboration with the artist Stromae gave birth to an original performance for Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show and a video clip shot in sequence to get into his soul. Always on the move, Julien collaborated with Nowness to tell us the tale of a contemporary athlete in the short film Ali as well as the adventure of young Irishmen leaving the city on horses in the music video for Rone - Quitter la Ville. Furthermore, his work has been nominated for the Young Director Award in Cannes, the UKMVA in London, the Ciclope festival and has won awards at the Berlin Film Festival and the Grand Prix Stratégie in France. Julien has also directed commercials for brands such as Heineken, Audi, Nike and Maison Martin Margiela. He considers photography and cinema to be complementary, exhibiting his photographic prowess at the Arles International Photography Festival and publishing his work in M du Monde, I-D, and Numéro Magazine. Julien even created his own magazine in 2018, "Sport Étude", with former professional football player David Bellion.
Job Titles:
- Executive Producer
- Managing Director
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- Executive Producer
- Managing Director
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- Executive Producer Music Videos & Content
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- Executive Producer
- Founding Partner
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- Executive Producer
- Head of Sales
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- Executive Producer - Content
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- Executive Producer - Music Videos
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- Director
- Kam - Bu Dumpling / Kam - Bu Dumpling
Sekou Abineri is a Director based between London and Marseille. Beginning his career as a DOP, Sekou's love for creating Images and stories pulled him towards the role of Director. Born in Brixton to Jamaican and English parents, his contrasting experiences in these disparate places helped shape his own sense of identity. Focusing on telling black-oriented stories Sekou's work often uses atypical casting to create thought-provoking and surreal imagery. Having created work for Artists such as Ms Banks, Klein, Flohio, Nayana Iz, Cadenza, Kam-Bu, Rachel Chinouriri and Loshh and coming from a background working closely with London-based music platforms, Sekou is deeply rooted in the British music scene and the culture that it surrounds.