PH DEBIÈS
RÉALISATEUR - COMPOSITEUR VFX - STORYBOARDER

ABOUT ME


Born in 1980, I have worked on numerous productions—short films, feature films, music videos, and commercials—as a director, second unit director, assistant director, cameraman, storyboard artist, or set photographer.
I have directed over 250 corporate films and around thirty fiction short films, accumulating more than 100 selections at international festivals and winning several awards, including Best Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Adaptation for Escape From Midwich Valley (2014).
I worked at the Quebec-based studio RodeoFX as a VFX compositor on several major American productions, including Avatar: The Last Airbender for Netflix, Time Bandits for HBO, and Red One for Prime Video.
I have also spent over fifteen years teaching directing, editing, and storyboarding in middle schools, high schools, film schools, and professional training institutions.
Training Cinema
Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle Paris (2003)
Training Compositing Nuke
NAD Montréal (2022)​​​​​​​
Credits as fiction director
2004
L’Appel du Large
2005
Tic-Tac
2006
Panic Zone
2007
Au bout du nerf
2010
36ème Sous-Sol
2011
Strain
2012
Poney Club
2014
The Call
Escape From Midwich Valley
Miam!
2015
Ce qu’il reste
Yuggoth
Charmant 2 pièces Paris 18
2016
Fureur
La saison des méduses
2017
Lucile et les Fennecs
La Faille
Elles ou Moi
2018
Roll’n Rock
2019
Histoires sans lendemain
Bouchon
2020
Dimanche
Mâchoires
Cubi
Media Offline
2021
La saison de trop
Oiseau d’malheur
2022
Y vivent
2023
Quand c’est l’heure
Faque Robot Géant
El Razor
2024
Rien que du vent

Credits as Music Videos director
2006
Madou-blax - Si j’tiens le coup
2014
Carpenter Brut - Escape from Midwich Valley
2018
AV Marianne - Arc-en-ciel
2021
Jon Onj - So long
2024
Canular - MVP


Credits as corporate movies director
l'Oréal, Vitalaire, Coty, Aéroports de Paris, Chopard,
Société Générale, UbiSoft, OuiCar, Neopost,
Tork, Centre des Monuments Nationaux, etc...




Credits as VFX compositor

TV series

2023
Time Bandits (HBO)
Avatar The Last Airbender (Netflix)


Feature Films
2024
Red One (Prime Video)
Tie Man (dir. Rémi Fréchette)

Short Films
2014
Point Zero (dir. Arthur Cauras)
2023
Coming Home (dir. Alaa Safi)
Le Souffle (dir. Charlotte Lecompte & Sonadie San)
Unclean (dir. Simon Chouinard)
Petit Pas (dir. Jimmy G. Pettigrew)

2024
El Grito (dir. Yannick Nolin)
Comme toi (dir. Romy Boutin Saint-Pierre)
Boîte à savon (dir. Jimmy G. Pettigrew)
Traces (dir. Sandra Tomaylla)
Les Réels Perdus (dir. Samuel Matteau)

Music Videos
2023
Less - Nervous Breakdown (dir. Marc Ory)
Zola - Mieux Revenir (dir. David Moerman)

2024
Nej - Mal Lunée (dir. Wik)



2023
Crown Royal - L'Eloi (dir. Nik Mirus)​​​​​​​
Teaching

"I have been teaching filmmaking since 2005 to audiences of all ages from 8 years old and up, covering everything from writing to post-production, including storyboarding and directing actors."
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Centre de Culture Européenne de Saint-Jean d'Angély
Ecole Supérieure de l'Image et du Son (ESIS) de Paris
Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA) de Paris
Ecole Internationale de Création Audiovisuelle et de Réalisation (EICAR) de Paris
Institut International de l'Image et du Son (3iS) de Paris
Ecole Factory de Lyon
Ecole de Cinéma et de Télévision (ECTQ) de Québec
Most of my short movies and music videos are available on my Vimeo page (see below)