RadicalMedia Welcomes Directors Jeremi Durand and Jean Estene to Emerging Roster

RadicalMedia has announced it has signed international directors Jean Estene and Jeremi Durand for representation spanning music content, commercials, and branded content. 

Jeremi Durand is an award-winning director and photographer. He brings his multidisciplinary visual background to his work spanning short and feature films, music videos and commercials. Throughout his career, Jeremi has collaborated with high-profile talent including Roger Federer, MUSE, Placebo, Röyksopp, Gesaffelstein, and more. His portfolio includes plenty of global brands including Warner Music, On Running, Nike, Land Rover and Lacoste. His work has been recognised by more than a dozen international awards including the UKMVAs, Berlin MVAs, the Webby’s. Earlier in 2024, Jeremi won a Young Directors Award for his Chinese Man music video, We’ve Been Here Before. 

Jean Estene’s directing portfolio spans the worlds of fashion, multi-medium art forms, advertising and cinema. Her journey began in Los Angeles and continued through New York’s NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she focused on experimental filmmaking and arthouse cinema. Her bold aesthetic was further moulded in France, where she took on a broad range of art forms including cross-cultural cinema, sculpture, photography, painting, live theatre and dance. Her resume includes spots for Apple Music and Nike, and her creative work has appeared in American Vogue, Rolling Stone, Kodak, Revolt, Mubi, and Billboard. She recently directed a music video for Kenya Vaugn. Estene is a 2024 Young Directors Award nominee for her provocative film 'Time Will Tell.' 

“Jean and Jeremi are two promising directors who have developed a keen eye for conceptual creativity,” said Frank Scherma, president and co-founder of RadicalMedia. “As their careers have taken off, I’ve seen how each wields their multi-medium background to influence their work on screen. I am thrilled they’re joining our emerging roster.

In addition to RadicalMedia’s work in advertising, they are well known for highly regarded films, series and content including: Academy Award Winning documentaries Summer of Soul and Fog of War, the recently premiered Toronto Film Festival 2023 breakout film Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero, Kennedy, an eight-part docuseries on the History Channel, and countless music videos for notable musicians such as Miley Cyrus, Metallica, Kings of Leon, and the Arctic Monkeys.