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Jean Luc Herbulot
Born and raised in Congo Brazzaville. Jean Luc started drawing and writing at a very young age, rapidly followed by music and video game programming. In 2000, Jean Luc flew to Pa…
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Born and raised in Congo Brazzaville. Jean Luc started drawing and writing at a very young age, rapidly followed by music and video game programming. In 2000, Jean Luc flew to Paris to pursue Economics before transferring his creative interests into Graphic design. He worked for TF1 for six years before moving to LA. Repped by WME, he shot his first feature in 2014. DEALER became the first French indie movie bought by Netflix. Moving back to Africa in 2017, he created his first TV series Sakho and Mangane, produced by Canal Plus. Sakho and Mangane made history by becoming the first French language African TV series bought by Netflix. In 2019, he partnered with producer Pamela Diop in Dakar, Senegal and together they started Lacmé Studios in order to create a stronghold for African filmmaking, starting with Saloum, which Jean Luc wrote and directed in 2020.
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2025
Zero
Movie Director
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2024
Get Millie Black
TV show Director
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2024
Interstate
Movie Director
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2023
Saloum
Movie Director
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2019
Sakho & Mangane
TV show Art Direction
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2014
Dealer
Movie Director
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2013
Falco
TV show Director
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2012
Sick
Movie Director
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The Bends
Movie Director
