Bruno Samper
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Bruno Samper (born 27 September 1974) is a French filmmaker and multimedia designer.[1][2] His works are known for a strong sense of aesthetics[3][4] and unique Worldbuiling.[5] In 2012, he contributed to the science-fiction romance Vanishing Waves, as the co-writer and creative director.[6] The film won 22 awards worldwide, including a Méliès d'Or at the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation. Working as director duo with Kristina Buozyte, Samper directed and produced the short segment K for Knell[7] for American horror anthology ABCs of Death 2 (2014) and created a science fiction bio-fantasy Vesper (2022) that is praised for its exceptional worldbuiling and invention of a new kind of genre[8]
Early life and education[edit]
Samper was born on 27 September 1974 in Montpellier, France to Camélia and Émile Samper. He has a younger sister Émilie Fernandes (Samper).
He studied semiotic and science of art[9] at Université de Provence Aix-Marseille, France.
Career[edit]
Multimedia designer[edit]
After studying art and semiotics, in 1998, Samper founded the online magazine Panoplie.org,[10] and with many artists he explored new opportunities offered by a media still in its infancy: the Internet. Panoplie.org created a virtual exhibition space for contemporary art and through the new technologies reflected the aesthetics of creation.[11]
In 2001 Panoplie.org became Panoplie studio[12] where Samper was a co-founder and artistic director. A company developed digital interfaces and multimedia productions for cultural institutions and brands such as Arte,[13][14] the French Ministry of Culture, the Palazzo Grassi, Veuve Cliquot[15] and others. The studio gained a solid reputation and received numerous creative awards for its work: FWA,[16][17] Art Directors Club, Golden Hits, Webby Awards,[18] SCAM prize,[19] etc.
In parallel, Samper also developed interactive fiction, games and persistent worlds. Thus in 2002, Samper designed "Society",[20][21] the first online game to have been acquired by the National Fund of Contemporary Art. The game was a study of the subjective and objective interactivity forms, aesthetics representation,[22] and the relationship between art and video game.[23]
On 31 December 2020. Adobe ended support for its famous Flash software.[24] After this date, the online works created with Flash software by Panoplie studio, also ceased to exist.
Samper was also working on his first video game Profusion.[25] It is an innovative adventure game that takes place in a heart of nanoworld where the player doesn't act as ONE main character but as an entire species. Player must evolve as species of "self-replicating nano robots" which acquire a collective artificial intelligence through the emotions they use to communicate.[26][27] Unfortunately, the game did not enter the production stage.
In 2011 Samper became a Co-founder and CEO of Nedd - an Immersive marketing agency conceiving XR experiences.[28] In 2018 Samper created an award winning augmented reality experience “Enter the room”[29] for the International Committee of Red Cross[30] which participated in many festivals, like Siggraph among others.
Filmmaker[edit]
In 2008 Samper began to collaborate with Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyte. He co-wrote the film "The Collectress".[31][32] The film received some positive reviews and was shown in more than 30 film festivals in Europe (Karlovy Vary, Pusan, Valencia Film Festival, Meinheim, Kinoshock (in Anapa, Russia), North Africa (Cairo Film Festival) and South America (São Paulo). It received The Best Movie Award in Lithuanian Silver Crane Awards and the Best Director Award at the Kinoshock film festival in Russia in 2008.
In 2012 Samper was both co-writer and Creative Director of the sci-fi film "Vanishing Waves[33] It is the first science fiction film made in Lithuania and the first Lithuanian film distributed in North America.[34] Because of the uncertain boundaries between dream and reality Vanishing Waves is often compared with Christopher Nolan’s Inception, except when Christopher Nolan's films are called sterile and sexless, Vanishing Waves gives the audiences an immersive depiction of unconscious dreamworld as a surreal and explicit psychosexual smorgasbord that would make Freud blush.[35]
In 2014 Samper directed and produced the short segment “K for Knell" for American horror anthology “ABCs of Death 2”. It was his first film co-directing with Kristina Buozyte.[36] Some critics called it the most attractive and elegant contribution to the anthology that goes back to the days of classic, paranoid science fiction.[37][38]
In 2022 Samper and Buozyte wrote and directed their first English-language science fiction "bio-punk" fairy-tale "Vesper". The movie is praised for its exceptional worldbuilding and multilayered storytelling.[39][40][41]
Filmography[edit]
Feature films[edit]
| Year | English Title | Original title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Collectress | Kolekcionierė | Writer |
| 2012 | Vanishing Waves | Aurora | Writer, Creative Director |
| 2022 | Vesper | Vesper | Director, writer |
Short films[edit]
| Year | English Title | Original title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | "K for Knell" short segment for "ABCs of Death 2" | "K for Knell" short segment for "ABCs of Death 2" | Director, writer, producer |
Multimedia experiences [edit | edit source][edit]
| Year | English Title | Original title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Society | Society | Creative director |
| 2018 | Enter the room | Enter the room | Creative director |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Bruno Samper". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ LISTA, Giovanni; ARNOULD-DOLE, Lydie; HOFFMAN-BENZARIA, Caroline; MOUSSEIGNE, Alain; COSTA, Mario; AUBER, Olivier; BALPE, Jean-Pierre; BARBANTI, Roberto; BARRON, Stéphan (2003). Art et multimédia. Ligeia, dossiers sur l'art, juillet-décembre 2003. Paris: Association Ligeia. Search this book on
- ↑ "Vesper Chronicles - Kristina Buozyte Bruno Samper - critique". Avoir Alire - aVoir-aLire.com (in français). Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ↑ Picard, Martin (2016-10-11). "Les enjeux esthétiques du jeu vidéo : entre art, stylistique et interactivité". Sciences du jeu (in français) (6). doi:10.4000/sdj.712. ISSN 2269-2657.
- ↑ "Vesper gives the apocalypse a pretty face and an ugly heart". Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ↑ Staff, F. N. E. "PRODUCTION: Vanishing Waves in KVIFF's East of the West - FilmNewEurope.com". www.filmneweurope.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Nemiroff, Perri (2014-10-07). "Director Bruno Samper on His ABCs of Death 2 Entry K is for Knell". Collider. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "'Vesper' Review: Exceptional Worldbuilding Makes This Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Tale Eerily Relatable [Karlovy Vary]". theplaylist.net. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ↑ Lasta, Giovanni; ARNOULD-DOLE, Lydie; HOFFMAN-BENZARIA, Caroline; Mousseigne, Alain; Costa, Mario; AUBER, Olivier; BALPE, Jean-Pierre; BARBANTI, Roberto; Barron, Stéphan (2003). Art et multimédia. Ligeia, dossiers sur l'art, juillet-décembre 2003. Paris: Association Ligeia. Search this book on
- ↑ rédaction, La (2001-01-25). "L'art du XXIe siècle sera-t-il virtuel ?". 01net.com (in français). Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ↑ DE LA BOULAYE, PAULINE (2000-12-07). "www.panoplie.org". Le Monde.fr (in français). Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ↑ "le portail de la culture sites internet, manifestations, musées à découvrir... - PDF Free Download". docplayer.fr. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Cazals (2007-03-12). "Thomas Cazals: JG Ballard : l'oracle de Shepperton". Thomas Cazals. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Bruno Samper". Lagardère - Lagardere.com - Groupe (in français). Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ↑ "Plaquette laureats" (PDF). 0511019 Lagardere. 5: 13 – via Bruno Samper a réalisé la carte de vœux 2005 de la marque de champagne Veuve Clicquot.
- ↑ "Panoplie". The FWA. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Society". The FWA. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Lauréats Prix". services.scam.fr. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ↑ Picard, Martin (2016-10-11). "Les enjeux esthétiques du jeu vidéo : entre art, stylistique et interactivité". Sciences du Jeu (in français) (6). doi:10.4000/sdj.712. ISSN 2269-2657.
- ↑ de la Boulaye, Pauline. "Mettez-vous en Society - À l'occasion des six jours du numérique à la Villette, est présenté un jeu en réseau subventionné par le Fonds national d'art contemporain. - Art Aujourd'hui". www.artaujourdhui.info. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ↑ Picard, Martin (2009). Pour une esthétique du cinéma transludique Figures du jeu vidéo et de l'animation dans le cinéma d'effets visuels du tournant du XXIe siècle (in French). Montréal: Université de Montréal. pp. 164–166, 174–175, 360.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ Picard, Martin (June 2016). "Les enjeux esthétiques du jeu vidéo : entre art, stylistique et interactivité". Sciences du Jeu (6): 3, 22–24. doi:10.4000/sdj.712.
- ↑ SOTTEK, T.C. (December 31, 2020). "Adobe Flash rides off into the sunset". The Verge. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ↑ "Bruno Samper videos". Dailymotion. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ RIVOIRE, Annick. "Le jeu video entre dans l'age adulte". Libération (in français). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "[Multimédia] Le Cube : Jeu vidéo et création artistique". Paris Art (in français). 2008-01-12. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Nedd - Agence digitale - Profil d'agence AdForum". fr.adforum.com (in français). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Croix Rouge - Enter the Room — AMELIE - ART DIRECTOR". acrbn.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Cross, International Committee of the Red. "Augmented reality - Enter the room: experience the trauma of war through AR - ICRC". info.icrc.org. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "The Collectress". www.lfc.lt. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "Kolekcionierė / Collectress (2008) - KINAS.INFO". 2016-04-27. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Buozyte, Kristina (2013-03-15), Aurora (Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller), Tremora, Acajou Films, Les Films 2 Cinema, retrieved 2022-09-24
- ↑ "Vanishing Waves is first Lithuanian film to receive North American theatrical distribution". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Staff, T. H. R.; Staff, T. H. R. (2013-03-17). "Vanishing Waves: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ↑ Nemiroff, Perri (2014-10-07). "Director Bruno Samper on His ABCs of Death 2 Entry K is for Knell". Collider. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Taylor, Drew; Taylor, Drew (2014-09-23). "Fantastic Fest: The 5 Best Segments of 'The ABCs of Death 2'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ↑ Goble, Blake (2014-10-31). "Film Review: The ABCs of Death 2". Consequence. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ↑ Boyce2022-07-01T15:27:00+01:00, Laurence. "Directors Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper on their 10-year odyssey to make bio-punk fairy tale 'Vesper'". Screen. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ Lodge, Guy; Lodge, Guy (2022-07-02). "'Vesper' Review: Resourceful European Sci-Fi Offers Glimmers of Beauty at the End of the World". Variety. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ "'Vesper' Film Review: Quietly Dazzling Sci-Fi Drama Creates a New Kind of Genre". 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
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