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Hervé
Jakubowicz

From 1986 to 1989, I studied communication and cinema at Lyon 2, Paris 8, Paris 3, and the Sorbonne.

Cinema, television, platform

Among more than 75 projects, I notably collaborated on the following castings:

2024

The Sympathizer by Park Chan-Wook

2024

Families Like Ours by Thomas Vinterberg

2018

Kursk by Thomas Vinterberg

2015

The Bureau by Eric Rochant

2014

The Search by Michel Hazanavicius

2011

Rebellion by Mathieu Kassovitz

2006

Babel by Alejandro G. Iñárritu

2005

Munich by Steven Spielberg

In addition to cinema, I have participated in castings for various channels and platforms like Canal+, Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Apple.

Advertising

From 1991 to 2008, I participated in the search for actors for over 300 advertisements, with Wim Wenders, Emir Kusturica and more.

Teaching

For over ten years, I have been participating in workshops for professional actors to learn how to better prepare for casting. I have also taught at the École Supérieure d’Art Dramatique in Paris as well as in several other schools in France and Belgium.

I also regularly coach professionals to help them with the casting or their self-tape. Occasionally, I also help actors and actresses to prepare for the shooting – my latest collaboration was on the movie The Beast by Bertrand Bonello, in 2022.

Masterclass video

In autumn 2024, I am releasing my several-hours-long video masterclass on casting.

Directing

1993

L’atelier du Coin, a documentary about a reintegration workshop for psychotics

1999

Le Retour de l’ascenseur, short film

2001

Visa pour l’Oubli, a 52-minute documentary shot between France and Kazakhstan

2003-2005

Member of the La ZAM collective, and created 40 short films for live shows

2005-2007

Director of institutional films for Générale de Santé

2010

Bullet Time, medium-length film shot in Lebanon, selected at the Palm Spring festival

Writing

2023

Photo novel “L’aigle de Diyarbakir” published in the Czech Republic by wo-men publishing.

Other activities

1991-1995

Participation in various humanitarian projects in Romania, Iraq, Former Yugoslavia, Ladakh, notably with the NGO EquiLibre.

2009

Creation of the erotic game “Do Not Disturb” published by Marabout.

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