Jérémy Clapin

Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

February 13, 1974 (52 years)
Jérémy Clapin studied at the Paris School of Decorative Arts. Graduated in 1999, he begins working as a graphic designer/illustrator as well as a director of commercials and music videos. In parallel to his activity, he directs short animated films that will progressively put him at the forefront of the contemporary animation scene. UNE HISTOIRE VERTÉBRALE in 2004, SKHIZEIN in 2008, which was an unprecedented success (over 90 prizes in festivals, amongst them Cannes, Annecy and Clermont), then PALMIPEDARIUM in 2012, produced by Papy3D productions that he will join as a partner.

In 2012, Clapin began working on his first animated feature film, I LOST MY BODY, produced by Xilam. In 2019, the film was the first animated feature film in the history of cinema to receive the International Critics’ Week’s Grand Prize at the Cannes Festival. The film, bought by NETFLIX, prides itself on an exceptional run: audience and Cristal for a Feature Film award at the Annecy Festival, numerously praised by the major critic groups in the US, the film received 3 ANNIES Awards, a nomination to the OSCARS and two Cesars in 2020.

Known For

  • I Lost My Body
    I Lost My Body2019
  • Skhizein
    Skhizein2008
  • Meanwhile on Earth
    Meanwhile on Earth2024
  • A Backbone Tale
    A Backbone Tale2005
  • Palmipedarium
    Palmipedarium2012

Filmography

2024
Meanwhile on Earth · as Screenplay
2019
I Lost My Body · as Screenplay
2012
Palmipédarium · as Screenplay
2008
2004

2012
Palmipédarium · as Executive Producer
2008

2021
2001
Short circuit · as Self
1991
Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee
1976
César Awards · as Self - Nominee

2012
Palmipédarium · as Production Designer
2012
Palmipédarium · as Cinematographer
2008
Skhizein · as Cinematographer
2008
Skhizein · as Sound
2004
Une histoire vertébrale · as Animation