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Franc Péret is a French cameraman, director and photographer. He is a specialist on Asia.
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1996-2007
Franc Péret began working in France as a freelance photographer from 1987, for motorsport (Moto Journal, Moto Crampons, Moto1) and traveling magazine. Between 1994 and 1995 he did much work for L’étudiant and Biba magazines.
From 1994 to 1996, he mostly spent his life in Taipei, working as a still photographer for movie industry. During those intensive 2 and half years, Franc learned film-making on the field, getting closer to the position of assistant director and finally Director of photography.
In 1995, Franc Péret was invited by the director Wang Tong to be the stage photographer for the movie Hong Shizi (Red Kaki).
From 1998 to 2003, he set up his life in Japan, writing and shooting travel report for Japanese magazine (Hot Bike Japan, Goggle, BMW bike, Garrr...) and for the leading motorcycle magazine in France: Moto Journal, read by more than 35,000 every week.
Settled in Asia, Franc Péret shot the short movie Summers (the first movie of Leon Dai) and won the prize for the best first movie at the 2001 Taiwan Golden Horse Award. The movie was honored during the Clermont-Ferrand Short Movie Festival.
After 2 years back in France to lead 2 major motorcycle magazine as chief editor of Moto Crampons and Fresstyle Motocross, Franc decided to gradually go back to Asia, by setting up his new activities as film and commercial director/cameraman in Shanghai.
Beside this main activity, Franc had created a photography course and a filmmaking course in Shanghai in the frame of the Expat learning Center (ELC Shanghai). Due to his pioneering involvement, he became the most experienced photography teacher in Shanghai and the first to set up a filmmaking class which already released 3 short movies: "Hidden Talent", "Serial Denatist" and "Dysfunction".
Since 2006, Franc Péret shot and realized six short movies, mainly in Shanghai where he is living now.
In 2007 his short movie Mosquito Killer was honored at the Shanghai Short Movie Festival.
2008-2014
Since 2008 Franc Péret has worked for Sygma Corbis as a photographer. He was invited to photograph Karen Mok and Jay Chou for a Toyota advertisement.
He was invited to film the first Fête de la Musique (French Music Festival) in Shanghai in 2010. The same year, Franc Péret shot and realized an MTV-style music video of Shanghai (single) for the French singer Dantes Dailiang, The clip was shot in two versions, one in French and Chinese, one in Chinese. The music video was broadcast on Chinese television and is played in Shanghai clubs.
In 2014, the Expat Learning Shanghai suddenly stopped its activities. Franc Péret is continuing his teaching in Photography and Film making by building up his own structure through his new website: www.francperet.com.