Julien Birban Levy studied philosophy in France. Later, as a musician, he travels around the world with his band within the hardcore punk scene. While touring, he shoots his first photography series, soon to be shown in galleries. He then moves to New York City. Over there, he intensifies his work as a multimedia artist (installations, films, artbooks…), before spreading his message through cinema and literature. Today, Julien works as a writer and a director. His work still adopts a do-it-yourself and highly independent method, deeply rooted in radical subcultures. Julien Birban Levy now shares his time between Tokyo and Paris. Les Douleurs Premières, his first novel, came out in March 2023.
Notes : works signed Julien Levy until 2021. Starting 2022, visual works signed Julien Birban Levy, literary works signed Julien Birban.
フランス人作家 / 映画監督。 役者の表情を逃さない演出と、アナログな手法で生み出される光をふんだんに利用した美しい描写が持ち味。 環境や状況に左右されない、「女性の根源的強さ」の魅力を表現するというのがジュリアン・レヴィの全ての脚本に通じる1つのコンセプトだ。 シャネルやミュウ・ミュウなど、多くのハイブランドより、その作風を活かした作品制作の依頼を受けてきた。 2017 年2月より拠点を日本に移し、長編映画の制作を複数同時進行中。 短編映像制作では、様々なメディアやアーティストとのコラボレーションを発表し続けている。
Non-exhaustive list of Julien Levy’s previous works :
2023 - Les Douleurs Premières (novel)
2023 - Universe (The Dresscodes)
2023 - First Date Last Date (Nowness)
2022 - Hear Me Out - Chanel CM
2022 - No One Is Here For You (exhibition Paris)
2021 - No One Is Here For You (exhibitions Kyoto / Tokyo)
2021 - No One Is Here For You (book)
2021 - Tout va mal! - The Dresscodes
2021 - Fendi CM
2019 - 叫び Sakebi (film)
2019 - The End Of The World Party - spinoff
2019 - The End Of The World Party (mini series)
2018 - After You Comes The Flood (music video)
2018 - Alice Sara Ott - music videos
2018 - After the after hours (mini ducomentary)
2017 - Mono / Behind The Shadow Drops "Positive Shadow Negative Light" (music video)
2017 - Things to Scream at the Sun (film)
2017 - It's all over (book)
2017 - Forever War (short film)
2017 - Rihanna Secret Show (short film)
2016 - 明日なんてない There is no tomorrow (short film)
2016 - Every Day Is Doomsday (book, Damiani / DAP)
2016 - Ayami Nakajo + Chanel (CM / short film)
2015 - Home is where your heart aches, Ghost Robot / Insurrection
2015 - The tide and the rest, LA Paris Photo, Paramount Studios, LA (installation)
2015 - The Tide Will Take You, Hong Kong (photography, short stories, installation)
2014 - Without you I’m nothing, Garis & Hahn, NYC (solo exhibition, short film, book)
2014 - An erotic map of Seoul, NYC (photography and text)
2014 - A Fall Violence, Garis & Hahn NYC
2014 - A Summer Violence, Chanel Nexus Hall (short film)
2014 - Beauty is you / Chaos is me, Tokyo, Japan (solo exhibition)
2014 - Fade to Black, Quai Branly Museum / Nuit des Musées (video installation)
2014 - A Winter Diary (photography & text)
2013 - What is an art book? - Garis & Hahn (NYC) + The Modern Language Experiment (London) (photography & text)
2013 - Regards - Prussian Blue, Paris (photography)
2013 - Il n’y a pas d’âge pour la grâce (short film & photography)
2013 - Cutlog, NYC (Solipsisme - The shape of Art to Come) (exhibition)
2013 - Art Brussels - Galeries (The Shape of Art to Come) (screenings)
2013 - The Date Dress (photography & short story)
2013 - We speak the words that we know (photography)
2013 - From there all I can hear is the batting of your eyelashes, Chanel Nexus Hall, Tokyo, Japan (installation)
2012 - A tribute to, Artcube Gallery, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
2012 - Far north, far south, and nothing in between (photography)
2012 - Voice-activated tape recorders, Kunstverein, NYC (photography & short novel)
2011 - Emprunte les ombres (photography & text)
2011 - Places you can call home, La Nuit Blanche, Manga Museum, Kyoto, Japan (video installation)
2011 - A city a pen and a few memories (photography)
2011 - Skin Deep (short movie)
2011 - La systématique du pire, Acte2 galerie, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
2011 - The Shape of Art to Come (medium-length movie)
2011 - Everything has already existed (video installation)
2010 - New Books, Paris (installation)
2010 - Chaos is me (photography)
2010 - All we have left is air, NADiff Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo exhibition)
2009 - A heartfelt lack of feelings (video installation)
2009 - Poison Lips (music video)
2009 - Solipsisme (book)
