Benjamin Lemaire
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Lemaire attends to Cabourg Festival 2016
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| Born |
15 July 1985 Sedan, France |
| Occupation | Director, writer, photographer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Ben Lemaire (born July 15, 1985) is a French film director, photographer, writer, actor and blogger.
He started his professional life as an agent in 2005.
Blogger since 2003, he wrote a weekly opinion piece on satyric blog Megaconnard. His article was many time commented in huge medias. He's known in the music industry for discovering a lot of young talents such as Lilly Wood and The Prick, Shaka Ponk, Skip the Use, Justin Bieber and many other. He also collorated with Agoarox and Le Post, before joining music blog and production Le Hiboo as a photographer and director. In 2009, he co created french music portal Rock Me Up, before creating Soul Kitchen, as a reference to The Doors. He sold his activity to create Le Transistor in 2010, french music blog and production, in association with french activist Agnès Bayou.
He created his first production company Act'ivia in 2006 as a student. In 2008 he created non profit association Clap Avenir (renammed Imag'in) to defend young artists rights. In 2016, he created SocialTube, to produce youtubers and web contents. He managed dozen youtubers or instagramers and produce many contents for internet liké Trendy5, a daily show only broadcast as a native program on social medias.
He got a radio show on Radio Neo for 2 years, before joining Virgin Radio in 2013.
As a director, he did about 300 music films. His video collaborations include Justin Bieber,Bruno Mars,Asaf Avidan etc. He directed his first movie in cinema Lilly Wood and The Prick au Trianon in 2013, produced by Pathé.
As a photographed, he worked at Maxppp, Wostok Press and Virtuo Press as a press photographer. His work was published in many medias such as Le Monde, Libération... In 2008, he joined music agency Dalle for his music pictures. He photographied about 1000 concerts and worked with music stars like Patti Smith,Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus or Rihanna.
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