About me

Quentin Carrière – Filmmaker & Photographer in Montpellier

"Director, videographer, photographer and musician. I tell human stories."

I am a versatile image and sound professional based in Occitanie, France.
My background, at the intersection of communication, audiovisual production, and natural sciences, has shaped a unique approach:
that of a field observer who places people at the heart of every image. More than a profession, it is a way of experiencing and understanding the world.

Background

A singular
path

2014
Baccalaureate in Economics & Social Sciences
First steps in higher education with a first year in Management – before realising my path lay elsewhere.
Curiosity
2016 – 2017
Creative transition year
Development and promotion of a YouTube channel. Release of my musical compositions on Spotify, iTunes and streaming platforms. The beginning of a solo adventure.
Creation · Music · YouTube
2017 – 2019
DUT in Information & Communication
Advertising option
Studies in Besançon. First solid foundations in communication, creative strategy and content production.
Besançon
2018
CNRS Images – Video Production
Video production for the YouTube channel "Zeste de Science". Script writing, sound design. First professional experience in visual science communication.
Direction · Sound · Script
2019 – 2020
ERASMUS – Netherlands
ZUYD Hogeschool
University Diploma in Specialised International Communication. An opening onto the world, international collaborations, a different way of seeing.
Maastricht · International
2019
Éditions Faton
Digital Communication Assistant
Motion Design with After Effects, infographics, benchmarking. Image in the service of editorial.
Motion Design · After Effects
2020 – 2021
Professional Bachelor in Audiovisual
Image & Sound Techniques
Complete technical mastery: framing, sound, editing, colour grading. Versatility as a philosophy.
Image · Sound · Post-prod
2021
iGReD Institute – Director
Screenwriter, camera operator, sound operator, director of photography, editor and motion designer. A scientific project handled with all the rigour of a professional production.
Full production
2021 – 2022
IFFCAM
University Diploma in Wildlife Documentary
Elite training dedicated to wildlife film. Patience, observation, listening to the living world. A school of the gaze that still nourishes all my practice today.
Documentary · Nature · Fieldwork
2022 – 2023
Regard du Vivant – Videographer
Camera operator, editor, motion designer, sound designer, sound operator, colourist. A structure dedicated to the living world, for which I exercised all my skills.
Sound · Image · Motion
2023 – Present
Independent Videographer & Photographer
Quentin Carrière EI
Based in Occitanie, I work throughout France and internationally. From luxury hospitality to natural documentary, I give a soul to every project.
Quentin Carrière · Occitanie · Independent

What feeds me

Influences
& inspirations

🎬
Cinema
The image that tells a story

My relationship with the image is deeply cinematic. I draw from it a demand for composition, light and rhythm that I apply to every shoot, whether it is an institutional film or a nature report.

  • Terrence Malick
  • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Christopher Nolan
  • Andrei Tarkovsky
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Video Games
The art of immersive worlds

Video games taught me that every detail matters in building an atmosphere. Art direction, environmental storytelling, procedural music : all of this influences the way I construct a visual ambience.

  • Shadow of the Colossus
  • Journey
  • The Last of Us
  • Red Dead Redemption
  • Dark Souls
  • Ico
📖
Literature
Storytelling as a foundation

Write before filming. Great literary works have taught me that form is worthless without substance. Every project I produce begins with a reflection on the story to be told.

  • Jack London
  • Albert Camus
  • Haruki Murakami
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Music
The soundtrack of the world

As a composer myself (DAW, mixing, mastering), music is for me a language in its own right. It guides my rhythm choices in editing, the dynamics of a sequence, silence as much as sound.

  • Two Steps From Hell
  • Thomas Bergersen
  • Hans Zimmer
  • Ennio Morricone
  • John Williams
  • John Powell 
  • Avicii

My approach

I do not produce videos. I build narratives that last.

Every project begins with a careful listening to your universe, your values, and what you want to convey. This listening, nourished by years of fieldwork, demanding training and varied cultural influences, allows me to propose a creative direction genuinely tailored to your identity.

Technical versatility (directing, sound recording, editing, colour grading, motion design, music) is not a luxury. It is what allows me to maintain artistic coherence from start to finish of every production, without loss of vision between stages.

Let's work together

Your project deserves
a soul

Contact me to discuss your project. Every collaboration begins with a conversation.

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