2. Previous Work Although StéphaneSednaoui never received formal training as a photographer-director and never was a photographer's assistant, it is by working with artists who trusted him that he shaped his artistic approach between the ages of 18 and 22: At 18 he started as a casting director for advertising campaigns before passing in front of the camera to become the face of Jean-Paul Gaultier's brand for two years (1982-1984). He then modeled for photographers Steven Meisel and Peter Lindbergh, and for artist Andy Warhol.
3. Directional Style From the pop culture magazine The Face, it was only natural that he should apply his inventive dynamic approach to music videos. After is first break through in France for NTM (1990) his next success was in the US with the 1992 MTV Video Music Award for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Give It Away" (1991) video. His subsequent work has come to be regarded as some of the most memorable of the medium. He also credits Walt Disney's Fantasia for being his ultimate adaptation of music to film influence.
4. History As a teenager in Paris, he spent most of his time in theaters educating himself by watching the countercultural American movies of the 1970s. He studied literature at La Sorbonne and left to start his career.
5. Examples of his work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyBUAH_zzs4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GozvYidSMqg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d6bGWbywW0
