Aesthetic in service of intent.

Sébastien Boulard. Director and cinematographer, now based in Melbourne after years shooting across France, Portugal and the Atlantic coast.

My work moves through culture, ocean, sport and beauty. Drawn to natural light, human movement and patient frames.

Before the camera, I spent several years in digital strategy alongside advertisers and brands, learning how briefs are born, how budgets are defended and how success is measured. That dual fluency comes with me on every set: I speak the language of film and the language of brands, and I translate one into the other.

I step in as director, DOP or both. From a three-person crew to a full production, on land or in the water.

Owner-operator, shooting on Blackmagic PYXIS 12K and Cinema Camera 6K. Two distinct sets of cine-modded vintage glass for very distinctive looks, one Soviet, one East German. Happy to shoot on rental gear too.

Cameras

Blackmagic PYXIS 12K, Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K

Lenses

Soviet set (Helios, Mir) and East German set (Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon), all cine-modded

Accessories

Matte box, cinema NDs, selected Tiffen diffusion filters, Tilta Nucleus wireless follow focus

In the water

Water housing for in-water work