Name Jacob Ben Littman Redman
Country France
Biography
(b. 1988) At the age of 14, he edited his first story and quickly developed a passion for directing. In 2007, he started working for InsightShare (a NGO based in Oxford) and became a participatory video facilitator. He edited several short documentaries for the same organization on community and tribal issues.
Back in the south of France, he became responsible for the video art department for the GRAPh-CMI, in Carcassonne (11), where he worked as director / editor, wrote and led various workshops, in particular with visually impaired people and young people for the “C'est mon Patrimoine” program. He became a teacher for the University Photojournalism and Transmedia Diploma at the University of Perpignan and supports students on their projects throughout the year. At the same time, he accompanies the Fanfare du Minervois in images on various outings and directs the films of four of his Baralhades.
In 2016, together with Ana Sany, he spurred the creation of KOVisuel, an association for audiovisual production and image education, focused on “social”, “culture” and “environment” themes that are close to their hearts and since then has been carrying out workshops. , reports and recordings.
Between 2017 and 2019, he directed his first feature film Des Couacs et des Poètes, a documentary produced by KOVisuel. It has been screened at several festivals in France and won the audience's prize at the Les Ecrans du Réel festival in Le Mans.