Romain Thomassin
director | creative
romain@romthom.com
Work
About
I’m a French-American director who loves pushing buttons and boundaries, telling stories from unexpected angles and breaking 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.
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 narrative project exploring AI and autonomous machines competing with humans.
Before diving into filmmaking, I worked as a strategist at TBWA\Paris (2006–2010), then led branded content for the video 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).
I’m currently based in San Francisco.
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