Benjamin Lemaire

His 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 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.

Since 2016, he councils many French movie stars for their digital communications, like Sophie Marceau, Emmanuelle Béart, Juliette Binoche, JoeyStarr. He managed communications with Marceau for movies Jailbirds, and their collaborations created a lot of buzz often commentated by French medias.

Cinema

• 2013 - Lilly Wood and The Prick au Trianon

Music video

• 2015 - Wigwam Squaw: Eye
• 2014 - Ben Mazué: Vivant
• 2014 - Wigwam Squaw: Sam's revolver
• 2013 - Wigwam Squaw: Armchair
• 2012 - Wigwam Squaw: Set You on Fire
• 2011 - Wigwam Squaw: NFM
• 2011 - Wigwam Squaw: Intro
• 2011 - Les Rois de la Suède: Ta liberté de voler
• 2010 - Yules: Absolute Believer
• 2006 - Salut à toi

Live concerts

• 2014 - Wigwam Squaw
• 2013 - Stuck in The Sound: live à l'EMB Sannoirs
• 2011 - Cheers: Live à La Clef
• 2010 - Rococo à La Maroquinerie
• 2010 - Corinne Bailey Rae
• 2010 - Grand Corps Malade
• 2009 - Sacha Page au Gibus

Shorts

• 2015 - A Woman
• 2011 - Attention
• 2006 - Rapt
• 2005 - Clair Obscur (many awards)
• 2004 - Esprit es-tu là?
• 2003 - Sous le lit

Webseries

• 2017 – 30 seconds in Paris
• 2016 - Trendy5
• 2012 - Saint Zak
• 2011 - The We Pop Sessions
• 2010-2016 - The Transistor Sessions (starring The Script, Texas..)
• 2010-2011 - P20ris (starring Lilly wood and the prick, Asaf Avidan, Shaka Ponk..)
• 2010 - The SK*wat Sessions
• 2009-2010 - The SK* Sessions (starring Justin Bieber..)

Commercials

• 2014 - Redbull
• 2013 - Orange
• 2013 - Playtex, starring Mathilda May
• 2004 - Dust Buster
• 2004 - TDS 2004

Institutional

• 2015 - Les cinémas Gaumont Pathé
• 2009 - Doctissimo
• 2006 - Les Deux Choses

Coach

• 2008 - Ça va bientôt faire 15 ans..., by Coline Pagoda starring Tilly Mandelbrot
• 2007 - Un autre jour de Maxence Hayek (vocal coach)
• 2006 - Les Yeux Bandés, by Thomas Lilti starring Léo Legrand
• 2006 - Jacquou Le Croquant, by Laurent Boutonnat starring Léo Legrand
• 2006 : Salut à toi (vocal coach)
• 2005 - Online et + si..., by Mizapart
• 2005 - Effrayant, by Alexandre Richard
• 2005 - Voyage à travers l'énergie (vocal coach)
• 2004 - Esprit es-tu là?, by Sonia Fernandes
• 2004 - Problématique, by Sonia Fernandes

• 2016 - Divagations surréalistes
• 2016 - Recyclage: Textes ratés et oubliés
• 2015 - Effluves
• 2014 - Aléas: Une oeuvre intégralement écrite par un ordinateur
• 2013 - Etudes du Néant