Stéphane Sednaoui

Directing

Stéphane Sednaoui

Born

1963-02-27 (63)

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

20 titles

Stéphane Sednaoui is a French music video director, photographer, film producer and actor. He has worked in various forms of media, including music videos, photojournalism, portrait photography, fashion and pop culture. Sednaoui's career began as a casting director for advertising campaigns and modeling for photographers and artists at age 18. At age 21, he began doing portraits for various publications, later photographing designers and models. Sednaoui has directed over 40 music videos, including "Give It Away" and "Scar Tissue" (Red Hot Chili Peppers), "Sly" (Massive Attack), "Mysterious Ways" (U2), "Big Time Sensuality" (Björk), "Fever" (Madonna), "German Bold Italic" (Towa Tei feat. Ky…

Known for

Eurotrash poster
6.5

The likes of Antoine de Caunes, Jean Paul Gaultier, Davina McCall, and Lolo Ferrari are your guides to the weird and wonderful in Europe and beyond. How else would you learn about pubic hairdressers, the Penis Olympics, or the latest Japanese sex toys?

Eurotrash

1993

Victoires de la musique poster
3.3

No synopsis available yet.

Victoires de la musique

1985

Nowhere poster
6.7

In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.

Nowhere

1997

Björk: Volumen poster
8.4

"Volumen" collects every video from Bjork's career {up until Hunter}, and showcases the work of famed video director's Spike Jonze, Sophie Muller and Michael Gondry

Björk: Volumen

1998

The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection poster
8.1

Released alongside The Smashing Pumpkins greatest hits CD "Rotten Apples", this video collection comes with all of the Pumpkins music videos (excluding "The End is the Beginning is the End"). It also comes with a live performance of "Geek USA" and "An Ode to No One" which is taken from their final performance at the Metro. There is also a hidden video for the never-before-released song "Untitled". All of the videos come with commentary from the band and some have out-takes and behind the scenes footage.

The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection

2001

Miao Shan and the Minotaur poster
NR

A young girl wanders the streets in a foreign country.

Miao Shan and the Minotaur

2012

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Björk: Volumen poster
8.4

"Volumen" collects every video from Bjork's career {up until Hunter}, and showcases the work of famed video director's Spike Jonze, Sophie Muller and Michael Gondry

Björk: Volumen

1998

The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection poster
8.1

Released alongside The Smashing Pumpkins greatest hits CD "Rotten Apples", this video collection comes with all of the Pumpkins music videos (excluding "The End is the Beginning is the End"). It also comes with a live performance of "Geek USA" and "An Ode to No One" which is taken from their final performance at the Metro. There is also a hidden video for the never-before-released song "Untitled". All of the videos come with commentary from the band and some have out-takes and behind the scenes footage.

The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection

2001

Miao Shan and the Minotaur poster
NR

A young girl wanders the streets in a foreign country.

Miao Shan and the Minotaur

2012

Miao Shan and the Minotaur poster
NR

A young girl wanders the streets in a foreign country.

Miao Shan and the Minotaur

2012

U2: Achtung Baby: A Classic Album Under Review poster
NR

This profile of the seminal rock band U2 traces the writing and recording of the group's landmark 1991 album Achtung Baby: a story that begins with the band verging on breaking up, and ends with a new era in the longstanding foursome's creativity and success. The release uses rare interviews, backstage footages, performances, as well as criticism and analysis by rock journalists and fellow musicians to tell the band's tale.

U2: Achtung Baby: A Classic Album Under Review

2007

Absolute Garbage poster
6.2

A collection of the band's most famous promos from 1995's "Vow" to 2007's "Tell Me Where It Hurts". Includes the documentary "Thanks For Your Uhh, Support".

Absolute Garbage

2007

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 poster
7.7

A collection of Madonna's favorite videos from 1993-1999. Contains the 14 videos: Bad Girl, Fever, Rain, Secret, Take A Bow, Bedtime Story, Human Nature, Love Don't Live Here Anymore, Frozen, Ray Of Light, Drowned World, The Power of Goodbye, Nothing Really Matters, and Beautiful Stranger.

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

1999

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.) poster
5.0

In View: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988–2003 is a DVD featuring videos by the rock band R.E.M. during 1988–2003, released as a companion to the Warner Bros. compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003. All but two of the songs included on the audio CD made the DVD—the exceptions being "All the Right Friends" (which had no official music video) and "Animal" (the video not having been shot until early 2004.)

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)

2003

Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003 poster
7.6

The visual companion of the Greatest Hits audio release, includes all Björk 21 music videos available at that moment in chronological order.

Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003

2002

Massive Attack: Eleven Promos poster
8.8

Massive Attack are one of the innovative frontrunners within the world of Electronica. Credited with creating the sound of trip-hop, Massive Attack continue to develop new sound worlds with each successive release. Massive Attack has just as dstinctive a vision when it comes to videos as they do for their music. "Eleven Promos" compiles eleven videos from the mind of Massive Attack including such memorable tracks as "Unfinished Sympathy," "Safe from Harm," "Protection," and "Angel." Video directors represented are: Michel Gondry, Jonathan Glazer and Wiz among others. Other tracklistings: Daydreaming; Be Thankful for What You've Got; Sly; Karmacoma; Risingson; Teardrop.

Massive Attack: Eleven Promos

2001

Acqua Natasa poster
NR

A looping video installation depicting the life cycle of a woman (model Nataša Vojnović) scored by Mirwais Ahmadzaï.

Acqua Natasa

2005

Björk: Vessel 1994 poster
10.0

Björk’s performance of her debut studio album, Debut, at the The Royalty Theatre in London in May 1994, interspersed by short interviews with Björk on the streets of London.

Björk: Vessel 1994

1994

No artwork available
4.0

Written 30 years earlier, Lou Reed’s hymn celebrates five flamboyant characters, each one a fragile icon from Andy Warhol’s Factory: Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dalessandro, Joe Campbell (aka Sugar Plum Fairy) and Jackie Curtis. Over five delicate tableaux Stéphane Sednaoui films these young people proudly displaying their sexuality and creativity, each one dreaming of becoming a star on the New York scene.

Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side

2005

The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui poster
8.0

Stephane Sednaoui's career took off in the early 1990's, following the phenomenal success of his videos for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Give It Away" and U2's "Mysterious Ways". Ever in high demand since, Stephane has continued to redefine music videos and photography with his stylish and unique work for R.E.M., Alanis Morissette, and many others.

The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui

2005