Michel Gondry, Do It Yourself

Local title
Michel Gondry. Tee seda ise
Director
François Nemeta
Country
Year
2023
Festival
Kumu Dokumentaal 2026
Programme
Subject

If Méliès had a son, it would be Michel Gondry.

A brilliant jack-of-all-trades whose eccentric talent convinced the creative elite of international pop music to entrust him with their music videos (Björk, The Rolling Stones, Daft Punk, The White Stripes, Beck, et al.) before he charted his own course in Hollywood—without ever renouncing his rather crazy style — and became one of the rare Oscar-winning French film-makers (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).
For thirty years Michel Gondry has seized what surrounds us to create and tell the world about it. His works are constantly praised as wonders of craftsmanship: whether we consider his relationship to music and his beginnings as a videographer, the notion of magic inherent in his conception of images, his work’s roots in childhood and the world of dreams, the paradox of his Hollywood career, and the humanist ambition of his craftsmanship... which is also a political act. Do it yourself.
Michel Gondry, Do It Yourself, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, is directed by François Nemeta, an essential music video director (for Biolay, Souchon, Modjo and Bruni), who worked with Michel Gondry as his first assistant for ten years.
Distributer Seventine 2025.

The film is introduced by interdisciplinary artist Marta Vaarik.

Director
François Nemeta
Producer
Robin Accard, Olivier de Bannes, Philippe Savine
Cinematographer
David Quesemand
Editing
Pierre Jond, Thibaut Sève
Production
Arte, O2B Films, The Red Ceiling
Runtime
Language
Subtitles
Other festivals
Venice

Screenings

Kumu auditoorium KUMU
ScreeningMichel Gondry. Tee seda ise
SubtitlesEnglish
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