Vincent Moon

Vincent Moon (real name Mathieu Saura, born in Paris on August 25, 1979) is an independent filmmaker from Paris who came to be known for his field work music videos of indie rock related musicians as well as some notable mainstream artists like Tom Jones, R.E.M., or Arcade Fire. For the past three years, he has been making experimental films and documentaries. His 2009 film, La Faute Des Fleurs about Japanese singer Kazuki Tomokawa won the Sound & Vision Award at the film's world premiere at CPH:DOX - the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival - in November 2009. He has been living on the road since December 2008, exploring and recording traditional music, religious rituals, relationships between music and trance in five continents. These 'experimental ethnography' films, released through his 'nomadic label' Collection Petites Planètes, mark a departure from his earlier line of work on alternative and indie music scenes. He now works alone or with people he finds on the road, and most of the time without money involved in the projects, trying to produce and distribute films without following the established industry standards.