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Nicolas Schmerkin

Producer, director, writer, editor (France)

Nicolas Schmerkin

Nicolas Schmerkin was born 1973 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He lives and works in Paris, France. Nicolas Schmerkin created in 1998 the French movie magazine “Repérages”, which he edited for 12 years. In 2000 he started directing documentaries and director’s portraits for television (“Short Circuit”, a weekly program on the French/German channel ARTE), DVD or film theatre.  He has worked as curator in many film festivals such as Némo (Paris), Sarajevo Film Festival, Resfest Paris. After four years at Philippe Bober’s company, he started his own production and distribution company, Autour de Minuit Productions, focused on experimental animation, hybrid and mix media works, dealing with high profile international shorts. Autour de Minuit’s distribution catalogue includes more than 200 shorts, and the company has produced more than 40 projects including the 2010 Oscar winning short animation LOGORAMA, and several music videos with high profile bands such as AIR. Autour de Minuit is also developing several animation show and feature film projects.