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Stéphanie Varela

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
  • Writer
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Stéphanie Varela French artist and film maker, specialising in Motion Painting, an art form which she incorporates into her film work to create sensitive and highly individual visual images.

Her work has been favourably noticed by great artists such as David Lynch and Serge Bromberg.

Recurring themes in her artistic output are : Surrealism, magic and dreams, childhood, femininity, the power of love and relationships, the natural and animal world.

Her work encompasses : Motion Painting, Peinture Animée, History of cinema and Animation, Performance Art, Contemporary art film, Documentary film , Art education, Advertising (ORANGE, YOGI TEA etc.)

Her Doctoral Thesis on Motion Painting, published in 2010 by Editions L'Harmattan, Paris, in their Collection Champs Visuels, under the title : "La Peinture Animée entre Peinture et Cinéma" - incorporating "Essai sur Emile Reynaud (1844-1918)", the first in depth academic study of the subject.

Dr Stéphanie Varela gives lectures on Motion Painting and pre-cinema history and conducts seminars and practical workshops in this animation technique as well as pursuing her own exploration of this art form in her practice a painter and film director.
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    Known for

    Readymade, Emile Reynaud et la peinture s'anima (2010)
    Readymade, Emile Reynaud et la peinture s'anima
    8.5
    Short
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2010
    1971 Motorcycle Heart (2017)
    1971 Motorcycle Heart
    7.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 2017
    Light, Pearl and Gold (2013)
    Light, Pearl and Gold
    9.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 2013
    Cher Journal (2020)
    Cher Journal
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Bref. (2011)
      Bref.
      8.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera
      • 2011–2025
    • Ramsès le Grand (2024)
      Ramsès le Grand
      8.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera
      • 2024
    • Hakim Jemili in Dans 5 ans (2024)
      Dans 5 ans
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • first assistant camera
      • 2024
    • Ça sera (peut-être) mieux après (2021)
      Ça sera (peut-être) mieux après
      8.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera
      • 2021–2022
    • Cher Journal (2020)
      Cher Journal
      7.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera
      • 2020–2021
    • Replay (2021)
      Replay
      7.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera
      • 2021
    • Matière grise (2019)
      Matière grise
      9.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera
      • 2019
    • Seven & Me (2016)
      Seven & Me
      6.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera
      • first assistant camera: second unit
      • 2018–2019
    • Serge le Mytho (2016)
      Serge le Mytho
      7.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera
      • 2016–2017
    • Machine & Machinette (2017)
      Machine & Machinette
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera
      • 2017
    • Bloqués (2015)
      Bloqués
      7.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera
      • assistant camera
      • 2015–2016
    • La nuit des Molières (1987)
      La nuit des Molières
      6.6
      TV Series
      • second assistant camera: opening sequence
      • 2015
    • Bref, les 30 ans de Canal+ (2014)
      Bref, les 30 ans de Canal+
      8.8
      Short
      • first assistant camera
      • 2014
    • Byron (2013)
      Byron
      9.7
      Short
      • first assistant camera
      • 2013
    • Concert Unique: Bénabar (2012)
      Concert Unique: Bénabar
      8.2
      TV Special
      • assistant camera (film segments)
      • 2012

    Director



    • 1971 Motorcycle Heart (2017)
      1971 Motorcycle Heart
      7.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Blow (2014)
      Blow
      Video
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Light, Pearl and Gold (2013)
      Light, Pearl and Gold
      9.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Lucy from Paris 3 (2013)
      Lucy from Paris 3
      8.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Lucy from Paris 2 (2013)
      Lucy from Paris 2
      8.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Lucy from Paris 1 (2013)
      Lucy from Paris 1
      8.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Readymade, Emile Reynaud et la peinture s'anima (2010)
      Readymade, Emile Reynaud et la peinture s'anima
      8.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010

    Writer



    • 1971 Motorcycle Heart (2017)
      1971 Motorcycle Heart
      7.3
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Blow (2014)
      Blow
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Light, Pearl and Gold (2013)
      Light, Pearl and Gold
      9.0
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2013
    • Readymade, Emile Reynaud et la peinture s'anima (2010)
      Readymade, Emile Reynaud et la peinture s'anima
      8.5
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2010

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      • Stéphanie Varéla

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