Yoann Lemoine

Yoann Lemoine

Yoann Lemoine aka Woodkid performing at Hyeres Fashion Festival with The Shoes, May 2011
Born 1983 (age 28–29)
Nationality French
Occupation Director, singer, songwriter

Yoann Lemoine (born 1983) is a French[1] music video director, film director, and musician.[2] His most notable works include Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream", Taylor Swift's single "Back to December" and Mystery Jets' "Dreaming of Another World".[2]

His AIDS Awareness campaign Graffiti has received many prizes and has been viewed more than 10 million times on YouTube.[3] Between 2009 and 2010, he received 5 Lions for his films at the Cannes Lions Advertising festival.[4]

Lemoine's films are produced by Hype Williams and David LaChapelle's American production company HSI.[5]

Lemoine has gone on to create music, and is an alternative indie artist, going by the stage name Woodkid.[6] On March 28, 2011, Woodkid released his first EP Iron EP. For the music video for the single "Iron", he collaborated with English top model Agyness Deyn.[7] The song was featured in a trailer for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

On October 15th 2011, during his first world tour as Woodkid, he sang on stage with Lana Del Rey in New York City[8][9] and created the video for her song "Born to Die"[10].

On December 15th 2011, Lemoine announced the beginning of his debut album recordings on his Facebook account. The album was named "The Golden Age". [11]

Contents

Filmography

Music videos

Released Artist(s) Song
August 2008 Yelle "Ce Jeu"[12]
September 2009 Moby "Mistake"
August 2010 Katy Perry "Teenage Dream"[13]
February 2011 Taylor Swift "Back to December"[14]
March 2011 Woodkid[15] "Iron"[7]
June 2011 The Shoes[16] "Wastin Time"[17]
December 2011 Lana Del Rey "Born to Die" [18]

Discography

Year Album details Peak iTunes chart positions[19]
IRL AUS AUT CAN CHE FRA GER NDL NOR NZL SWE UK US
2011 Iron [EP]
  • Label: Green United Music
 9 6 2 8 3 2 4 5 4 5 3 7 8
2012 The Golden Age [LP]
  • Label:

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Young French Director". wired.co.uk. June 8, 2011. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-09/17/mistake-moby%E2%80%99s-multi-video-song. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Official Website About". June 8, 2011. http://www.yoannlemoine.com/?page_id=18. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Aides Graffiti". YouTube. June 8, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WPNhlzGoM0. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Official Website Awards". June 8, 2011. http://www.yoannlemoine.com/?page_id=13. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
  5. ^ "HSI Production's Yoann Lemoine Page". June 8, 2011. http://www.hsiproductions.com/wdfeeds/ylemoine_com.php. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Official Youtube Page, About Me". http://www.youtube.com/user/WOODKIDMUSIC. Retrieved 2011-06-10. 
  7. ^ a b "Work with Agyness Deyn". Vogue. June 8, 2011. http://www.vogue.it/en/talents/vogue-video-lab/2011/04/iron. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
  8. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB0lhldoc40
  9. ^ "Lana Del Rey signs with Interscope". October 28th, 2011. http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/lana-del-rey-signs-with-interscope/. Retrieved November 6, 2011. 
  10. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bag1gUxuU0g
  11. ^ http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150428467684849&id=57436954848
  12. ^ "Interview with Yelle". Aural States. June 8, 2011. http://auralstates.com/2008/10/interview-yelle.html. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
  13. ^ "Katy Perry Talks 'Gorgeous' Video For 'Teenage Dream'". MTv. June 8, 2011. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1643826/katy-perry-talks-gorgeous-video-teenage-dream.jhtml. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
  14. ^ "Taylor Swift Breaks A Heart In Her 'Back To December' Video". MTv. June 8, 2011. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1655845/taylor-swift-breaks-heart-her-back-december-video.jhtml. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
  15. ^ http://www.myspace.com/woodkid
  16. ^ http://www.myspace.com/the.shoesmusic
  17. ^ http://vimeo.com/25138526
  18. ^ http://twitter.com/#!/LanaDelRey/status/119817533007216641
  19. ^ "Iron by Woodkid Chart Summary". Music Chart Info. March 13, 2010. http://www.music-chart.info/song/659110/Iron. Retrieved October 3, 2011. 
  20. ^ a b "Awards won by Aides Graffiti". Aides. June 8, 2011. http://www.aides.org/zizi-graffiti-monte-4-fois-les-marches. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
  21. ^ http://www.eurobest.com/winners/2010/film/entry.cfm?entryid=3770&award=4
  22. ^ "Cannes Lions Advertising Festival Award List". DDB Paris. June 8, 2011. http://www.adforum.com/agency/1756/awards. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 

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