I'm crazy about arts and I spend most of my time on various projects in filmmaking, music, theatre, writting, drawing, and some projects mixing art forms... I have difficulties not to try doing everything at the same time, so, many beginnings for not so many ended projects!
I also love to teach, and I make filmmaking workshops with kids and teenagers, most of time stop motion animation workshops.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people, of course, especially from other cultures than mine! Unfortunately I just have my bed in my very little place in Paris, so I can't host anyone there.

Interests

Cinema, music, dance, photography, painting, drawing, litterature, sculpting, poetry, puppet theatre... well... arts! ; everything that's unusual ; trying to do things that I couldn't do before... trying it ; nature ; anthropology ; ethnomusicology ; personnal development ; a bit of philosophy ; cooking ; to play music with people (one of my very favourite things) ; to meet people ; to share knowledge and experience ; to travel...

• dogs
• arts
• poetry
• photography
• film making
• dancing
• cooking
• wine
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• drawing
• music
• animation
• anthropology
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies : mostly not very well-known people in experimental filmmaking, animation (especially stop motion), Surrealist films, Czech films, and for the most well-known : David Lynch, Emir Kusturica, Terry Giliam, Leos Carax, Raul Ruiz, Jim Jarmusch, Roman Polanski, Tim Burton, Orson Welles, and so many films...

Music : mostly jazz and gipsy/eastern european music, and also klezmer, brazilian, a bit of rock, trip hop, classical, world music, experimental, records from ethnomusicologists...

Books : Bruno Schulz, Witold Gombrowicz, Franz Kafka, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens, Erri De Luca, Italo Calvino, Jean Giono...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I am hesitating between dog sledding in the Alps when I was a kid and just to be born!

Teach, Learn, Share

Well I can teach stop motion animation, as this is my job, some elements about filmmaking and about film history, and eventually some musical instruments... Anyway I'm happy to share anything I can bring to someone!

What I Can Share with Hosts

On the materilalistic level, if this isn't forbidden in the plane to join your country, I can bring you very good french wine! Think about it!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France