Sébastien Blanc

Sébastien is a Swiss and Dutch writer, director and producer, and co-founder of Lakeside Pictures. After studying directing and screenwriting in Bologna (Italy) and at UCLA (Los Angeles, USA), he moved to London to complete his studies at Met Film School, where he graduated with first class honours. Since graduating, he wrote, directed and produced more than a dozen short films; the most recent, "Fifteen", was selected into a wide range of film festivals worldwide and it’s distributed by Shorts TV. Sébastien has also produced a feature film, "Scandal in ’97", distributed by High Fliers Films, and directed another, "Cerebrum", which premiered at Frightfest 2022, won Best Horror Feature at the Poppy Jasper Film Festival and was released in 2023 by TUBI and Signature Entertainment. He has a variety of projects in development, including two more feature films and a TV series.

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Director:
2016  Lighthouse
2022  Cerebrum

Screenplay:
2016  Lighthouse
2022  Cerebrum

Writer:
2016  Lighthouse
2022  Cerebrum

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