David MUTZENMACHER

Career Highlights

• 2026 – Writer and director of the feature film Maudits soient les prétentieux, produced by Django Films (filming scheduled for 2026).
• 2025 – Directed the 20-minute pilot for the fantasy-thriller series Spirit for Django Films. Directed a 2-minute-30-second commercial with Adil Rami for Kinsleague.
• 2020–2024 – Writer and director for Kazak Production on the film À peu de choses près, starring Karin Viard (filming scheduled for 2027). Writer and director of the feature film Pas de preuve pas de crime for GLP Production in Belgium (filming scheduled for 2026).
• 2020 – Won the Jury Prize at the Mamers en Mars Festival for the film Music Hole.
• 2019 – Won the Critics’ Prize at the Liège International Comedy Festival and the Audience Prize at the Groland Festival (with Jean Dujardin as jury president) for Music Hole.
• 2018 – Filming of Music Hole.
• 2016 – Wrote Music Hole and directed 12 short films (3 minutes 30 seconds each) for Scality.
• 2015 – Cinematographer for the 110-minute Thalassa documentary Les Côtes d’Armor, produced by Yemaya. Directed three 30-second commercials for MZGZ.
• 2014 – Directed the 12-minute fiction short José, which won the BETV Prize (Canal+ Belgium) at the Brussels Short Film Festival and was selected at the Independent Film Festival of New York, Las Vegas, Locarno, Vienna, and others. Co-directed the 110-minute documentary La Camargue for Thalassa, produced by Yemaya (filming April–November 2014). Co-directed the 52-minute documentary La Tribu du Foot, filmed in the Amazon for France Ô and ESPN Brazil, co-produced by Kwanza and Yemaya. Edited the 32-minute documentary Secrets de Famille for TF1 Reportages, produced by Editel. Served as cinematographer for the 52-minute documentary La Boîte de Conserve for France 5’s Les Docs du Dimanche. Co-directed the 110-minute documentary Lisbonne, au Pays Bleu for Thalassa, produced by Yemaya.
• 2013 – Edited the 54-minute documentary Belo Monte, Amazonie sous Haute Tension for Enquête Exclusive, produced by Yemaya. Co-directed the 110-minute documentary Vivre à Rio for Thalassa, produced by Yemaya. Co-directed the 26-minute documentary Jericoacoara, le Dernier Paradis for Thalassa, produced by Yemaya. Edited the 52-minute documentary Au Pays de l’Ours Blanc for Ushuaïa TV, produced by Yemaya. Served as cinematographer (in part) for the 52-minute documentary 24h Chrono dans les Coulisses des Livraisons de Colis for France 5’s Les Docs du Dimanche, produced by Yemaya.
• 2012 – Cinematographer for the 52-minute documentary RCEA, la Route de la Mort for Enquête Exclusive on M6, produced by Yemaya. Cinematographer for three reports in Ecuador for Faut pas Rêver, produced by Yemaya: La Vallée des Immortels (14 minutes), Le Dernier Chercheur de Glace (14 minutes), and Le Trésor du Dernier Empereur Inca (18 minutes). Edited the 15-minute report La Fureur du Pole-Dance for 66 Minutes on M6, produced by Yemaya. Cinematographer for the 26-minute institutional documentary Terre d’École in Congo-Brazzaville, produced by NOMAD. Directed a 13-minute institutional film and a 1-minute commercial for the online sales site Mynetsale.
• 2011 – Co-directed, filmed, and edited the 30-minute documentary La Folie du Tatouage for Envoyé Spécial, produced by Yemaya. Co-directed, filmed, and edited the 70-minute documentary Vol à Main Armée for Enquête Exclusive, produced by Yemaya. Co-directed the 26-minute documentary Un Dimanche à Copacabana for Thalassa, produced by Yemaya. Edited the 32-minute documentary Flics et Champions for TF1 Reportages, produced by Editel. Edited the 13-minute report Rio Fait Peau Neuve for 66 Minutes on M6, produced by Yemaya. Directed three 1-minute-30-second commercials for Giorgio, Jac Jac, and MZGZ.
• 2010 – Directed four 1-minute-30-second commercials for Rivaldi, Bain de Nuit, and Giorgio (couture and ready-to-wear), produced by ERAW. Directed three 1-minute commercials for L’Oréal during the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Gaspard Yurkievitch, and Sofia Kokosalaki runway shows, produced by Premices Films. Edited the 52-minute documentary Las Vegas, Rien ne va Plus for Enquête Exclusive, produced by Yemaya. Co-directed, filmed, and edited the 52-minute documentary Kenya, au-Delà des Safaris for Enquête Exclusive, produced by Yemaya. Edited the 54-minute documentary Mes Vacances en Corée du Nord, which won the Best Society Documentary Award at the 2011 Television and Radio Laurels, produced by Yemaya and broadcast on Enquête Exclusive.
• 2009 – Directed a 1-minute-30-second commercial for the couturier Giorgio. Edited the 52-minute documentary Mayotte: Les Aventuriers de la France Perdue for Enquête Exclusive on M6, produced by Yemaya. Co-directed, filmed, and edited the 52-minute documentary Les Nouveaux Hors-la-Loi de l’Autoroute for Enquête Exclusive on M6, produced by Yemaya. Edited the 52-minute documentary L’Autre Visage de la Suisse for Enquête Exclusive on M6, produced by Yemaya.
• February 2008 – May 2008 – Journalist, cameraman, and editor for the daily program 100%MAG on M6 (8 segments).
• June 2005 – September 2007 – Co-founder and managing producer of Freak Trip Films. Directed and edited a series of five 52-minute documentaries for NT1 (AB Group) for the news magazine On Va Tout Vous Dire, covering topics such as high-risk professions, the hidden side of modeling, the luxury industry, unconventional travel, and emerging leisure trends.
• February 2007 – Directed a 2-minute-30-second commercial for the American firm Plantronics, produced by Aura Production.
• June 2006 – November 2006 – Directed a 26-minute institutional film for Range Resources, an Australian mining company, in Yemen, Dubai, and Puntland (Somalia). Directed two commercials for Cortal Consors (a BNP subsidiary), produced by Aura Production.
• February 2004 – August 2005 – Journalist for Combien Ça Coûte on TF1, produced by Coyote Production (3 segments).
• February 2003 – Directed La 13ème Arcane, a 24-minute short film in Super 16mm (AURA Production), starring Abbes Zahmani and Christophe Florian.
• October 1999 – May 2002 – Journalist for Aura Production on the series Noé, broadcast on La Cinquième. Directed 21 documentaries (16 minutes each) in Kenya, Tanzania, Comoros, Mayotte, Sinai, Egypt, Cyclades, and Turkey.
• September – October 2001 – Assistant director for Alain Wermus on two episodes of the series Julie Lescaut.
• February 2001 – Directed the 28-minute documentary La Vie chez Pihan, produced by FTFilms.
• March 2000 – April 2001 – Directed a music video for Jean-Pierre Kalfon.
• 1997 – 2002 – Journalist for Case Production on the program Exclusif (60 segments of 2 minutes 30 seconds) and Plein les Yeux (20 segments of 4–6 minutes). Journalist for Coyote Production on Combien Ça Coûte? (18 segments of 4–6 minutes).