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Frederic Schindler

Frederic Schindler (born 1980) is a French-Argentinean music supervisor who has worked on over 500 commercials and several films, most notably Aaron Brookner and Jim Jarmusch documentary Uncle Howard,[1] Emir Kusturica feature On The Milky Road.[2] and the Prada L'Homme et la Femme worldwide campaign featuring a bespoke cover by Perfume Genius of the iconic Pop Ballad Can't Help Falling in Love,.[3] He won a Music Week Sync Award in 2017 for Best Online Advert.[4]

Biography edit

Frederic Schindler was born in Argentina where he attended the Lycée Franco-Argentin Jean Mermoz. He started his career working for the French Ministère des Affaires Etrangères as a Deputy Attaché for the Cultural Services, promoting French cinema & music in South America. He then became Managing Director of the Spanish language version of the French music magazine Les Inrockuptibles.[5]

He's the Founder of the creative music consultancy Too Young,[6] the management company Bataille and the music curation service Movement.[7] He worked on campaigns for Prada, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Helmut Lang, Hôtel Costes,[8] Renault,[9] Nina Ricci, Nike,[10] Paco Rabanne, Ford, Corona, Mac Cosmetics, NGOs Casa Do Menor [11] and 30 Millions d'Amis,[12] among others. His work also includes management and A&R for artists such as Benjamin Biolay,[13] Colder,[14] Andrea Balency [15] and Little Dragon.

He has been nominated for Best Sync at the Music + Sound Awards (2015,[16] 2017 [17] ) and in several categories (Best Music Supervisor, Best Film Soundtrack, Best Online Advert [18][19]) at the Music Week Sync Awards. He teaches at Pompeu Fabra University[20] and had speaking engagements at the Future Music Forum,[21] London Sync Sessions [22] and Primavera Sound.

He is a member of the Guild of Music Supervisors.

References edit

  1. ^ Harvey, Dennis (2016-01-28). "Sundance Film Review: 'Uncle Howard'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  2. ^ Bellucci, Monica; Kusturica, Emir; Micalovic, Sloboda; Trifunovic, Sergej (2017-02-25), On the Milky Road, retrieved 2017-03-18
  3. ^ "Perfume Genius Covers Elvis for New Prada Ad: Watch | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  4. ^ "Music Week Sync Awards 2017: Winners in full". Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  5. ^ "Los Inrocks" (PDF). Los Inrockuptibles. 2017-03-20.
  6. ^ "Too Young – Music Supervision, Art Direction and Licensing Consultancy". www.too-young.com. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  7. ^ "Movement". Movement. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  8. ^ "Credits - hôtel costes". hotelcostes.com. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  9. ^ "Renault: As unexpected as life | Ads of the World™". adsoftheworld.com. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  10. ^ UK, Televisual Media Ltd. "Televisual | NEWS & COMMENTS". www.televisual.com. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  11. ^ "Casa do Menor: The Burden (Director's Cut) - Video - Creativity Online". Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  12. ^ "30 Millions D'Amis Foundation 30 Millions D'Amis Foundation: 30 MILLIONS D'AMIS IS BARKING LOUDLY AGAINST ABANDONMENT. - Adeevee". Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  13. ^ "La Superbe - Benjamin Biolay | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  14. ^ Hutchinson, Kate (2016-06-30). "Colder: The Rain and Goodbye review – kraut-punk-dub for Lynchian dancefloors". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  15. ^ Dazed (2015-03-25). "Watch Andrea Balency's statically charged new video". Dazed. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  16. ^ UK, Televisual Media Ltd. "Televisual | NEWS & COMMENTS". www.televisual.com. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  17. ^ "2017 Finalists - Re-Records". Music+Sound Awards. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  18. ^ "Music Week Sync Awards 2016 finalists revealed". Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  19. ^ "Music Week Sync Awards: first finalists revealed". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  20. ^ "Academic directors and faculty - Postgraduate Course in Global Music Business Management - UPF Barcelona". www.barcelonaschoolofmanagement.upf.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  21. ^ "El Future Music Forum, el secreto mejor guardado de las conferencias profesionales de música en España (2a parte)". Industria Musical (in European Spanish). 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  22. ^ "2017". London Sync Sessions. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
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