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Reel 2025

Villa Albertine | “The Eloquence of Dance”

“We Ride” | Short Documentary

“Glass Candy” | A Food + Glass Project

WANTED & ICFF | NYC Design Week

DHL | “Yesterdelivery”

Johnnie Walker | “Without Walls”

STATES Magazine | “Food (is) Culture”

ARTE | “Fear & Loathing in San Francisco”

Brisk | “The Brisktape” (with Flatbush Zombies)

Matsko | “Exit Zero or Die” (Music Video)

“Palme d’horreur” | Podcast

About

I’m a French-American director who loves pushing buttons and boundaries, telling stories from unexpected angles and break consensus along the way.

I’ve directed documentaries, commercials, branded content, and social media videos for media outlets, agencies, and companies including IDEO, VICE, Arte, FCB, WantedDesign, the French Foreign Affairs Ministry and their artists’ residency, Villa Albertine.

I also work on independent projects. My latest short film, We Ride, about a fierce new generation of motorcycle riders, premiered at the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto, and I’m currently developing a scripted project exploring AI and autonomous machines in competition with humans.

Before diving into filmmaking, I worked as a strategist at TBWA\Paris (2006–2010), then led branded content for the video-sharing platform Dailymotion (2010–2014) before joining VICE as a Senior Creative (2014-2018).

I am also the host of “Palme d’horreur”, a French-language podcast dissecting horror movies (the result of too many sleepless childhood nights).

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Romain Thomassin