Fredric Lean

Fredric Lean
Occupation Writer, Director, Producer. Comic Book Author.

Fredric Lean is an award-winning documentary filmmaker known for his work about social and humanitarian issues.

Biography

Lean was born in Paris, France, from French-Italian parents but lives in the U.S. At a very early age, he participated in 2 LP records, as a lead vocal, with Max Berlin (aka: Jean-Pierre Cerrone). One record was called 'Dream Disco',[1] followed by 'New Wave' [2] a few years after.

He is also known for having worked in collaboration with the French TV network M6 on the development of a TV series based on the popular French comic books entitled 'Docteur Justice' (aka: Dr. Justice) published in comics series called Pif Gadget[3] He created a website about 'Dr Justice' to re-launch the comic franchise in 2002. The site won international web awards in 2003 and in 2004.[4][5]

His first film Fragile[6] was a 30 minutes short made in 2006 and starring Sheree J. Wilson[7] known for prime-time television series Dallas and Walker, Texas Ranger. The short was shot in mini DV at the time and was part of the Official Selection of Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival 2006.

His second film was a feature length documentary called IRAQ: The Wind of Hope-The Wind of Al Amal.[8] The film explores the complicated struggle and fragmented stories of some Iraqi refugees and exiled as some of them attempt to integrate themselves into the American landscape while struggling with the demons of their past. The film was screened at the Headquarters of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in New York in June 2012.[9] He stated in an interview[10] it took him 4 years to make mainly because of the lack of budget. It was principally a one man crew film, except for a few scenes.

His next film Skydancers is an hour documentary, part of a series of 12 episodes. This first episode is about some of the world's top women Aerobatics pilots. The film was shot late 2013 during the World Aerobatics Championship in Sherman, Texas. In October 2014, Lean won his first award for 'Best Directing' at the Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival.[11] Skydancers won 3 additional awards ('Best Feature Documentary', 'Best Concept', & 'Best Cinematography'). In November 2014, the film won Third Place in the 'Best Feature Documentary' category at the All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival.[12][13]

He has also written a comic books series Wolf; The Last Howl published in Europe by Semic publications in 2004.

References

  1. ↑ "Max Berlin's 'Dream Disco'". Discog.com.
  2. ↑ "Max Berlin 'New Wave;". Discog.com.
  3. ↑ "Award de Docteur Justice". Pif Collection.
  4. ↑ "The Doctor Is In At Golden Web Awards". Animation Magazine.
  5. ↑ "Dr Justice; Awarded humanitarian superhero! 2002-2003 Golden Web Award winner!". PRWeb.
  6. ↑ "Sheree J.Wilson is 'Fragile' in the Directorial Debut Film by Frederic Galfo". PRWeb.
  7. ↑ "Interview by Sheree Wilson". Sheree J. Wilson.
  8. ↑ "Iraq: The Wind of Hope - The Wind of Al Amal". Official Website.
  9. ↑ "Interview Fredric Lean". SirkTV.
  10. ↑ "IR: exclusive interview by Fredric lean". Inside Reel.
  11. ↑ "Award Winners 2014". Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival.
  12. ↑ "Official website". All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival.
  13. ↑ "Frederic Lean - Skydancers' film director". Snap & Roll.

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