Filmmaker

about

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A quick summary

I’m a multi-disciplinary artist, physics engineer-turned-award-winning-filmmaker, passionate about storytelling and moving imagery.  

In my 15 years of career, I have directed 20+ short films, produced over 250 commercial projects and co-founded One.Stop in 2019, a creative agency based in Geneva.

I believe humanity is in constant flux and can change for the better; as such I strive to portray a positive future for the world.

While I enjoy lensing and lighting fellow directors’ projects as a cinematographer whenever possible, I am at my best when creating my own personal directorial projects, digging deep into human psyche and extracting fascinating narratives to project on the big screen.

Film fascinates me as the most complete art form currently, allowing me to manipulate movement, image and sound to create ambitious stories, and I am constantly searching for new and creative ways to express these relationships in my directorial works.

cofounder of www.onestop.swiss

15+ years of experience

150+ productions

20+ SHORT FILMS

250+ commercial projects

 

What they say

Charles is a very driven, creative and committed professional. His ability to learn and adapt to new environments make him a great asset for anyone working in a fast-paced business, and his dedication allows him to always deliver on his promise.
— Mark Kornfilt - President & CPO, Vimeo
Charles turned a convoluted (and unattractive) process-flow diagram into an elegant motion graphic for me on a super-rush basis with minimal hand-holding. He combines intellect, artistic vision, technical expertise, and work ethic. Highly recommended.
— Anne Folan, Anne Folan and Associates
La rencontre avec Charles fût une excellente expérience, elle nous a permis de formaliser avec succès un projet multimédia dans un domaine que nous ne maîtrisons pas et ceci à notre entière satisfaction. La capacité de prise en compte de nos intuitions dans la réalisation mérite d’être relevée.
— Eric Amos - Professeur - HES & Président - Plante et Cité Suisse
Charles has a fresh and knowledgeable eye, great capacity to translate ideas and concepts into images and sound, as well as a smart sense of humour.
They have exactly the right impact on our target audience, helping us convey dry messages in a concise and dynamic manner. I would (and will) definitely work with them again.
— Annelies Garcia - Director, EPFL Alumni, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Working with Charles was a real pleasure! He brought a fresh perspective to traditional communications by proposing high quality and original content. He helped us better articulate the project and prepare for the shoot, and was very proactive in proposing enhancements of our video through his editing. Overall, we are very satisfied with the result and I can only recommend Charles’ service !
— Elsa Gehanne - Innovation Officer, Red Cross
Charles is incredibly bright, creative and dynamic, digging deep and asking the right questions to properly understand where the client needs to go. Skilled, intelligent, imaginative - a great partner to develop ideas and execute to a highly skilled level. It’s a real pleasure to work with Charles who listens carefully, challenges in equal measure and go the extra mile (or hundred miles) to deliver the perfect solution.
— Fiona Ferguson - Senior Manager, Richemont
Ce qu’il y a de bien avec Charles quand on travaille avec lui, c’est qu’il prend des initiatives et qu’elles sont toujours les bienvenues. Une fois briefé, Charles est totalement autonome et possède une grande capacité à s’intégrer dans une équipe en quelques heures. Bref, du travail excellemment fait et qui donne envie de continuer avec lui.
— Bertrand Pecquerie CEO, Global Editor's Network
I’ll always work with Charles, because he displays the best qualities you’d want in a collaborator; creativity, great work ethic, ambition and an open-minded attitude. These are just a few. The result of his work completely reflect his approach and it’s been a complete joy to work with someone who creates material of the highest level, which leaves you inspired and hungry to create more.
— Gary Carr, Actor
Charles proved a high understanding of the project, a valuable proactivity in suggesting further enhancements & efficient time management. The quality of the deliverable exceeded our expectations. I would strongly recommend working with them for future projects.
— Marine Bellon - Internal Retail Manager, Cartier
It’s always a great pleasure (and a fun adventure) to work with Charles! His creativity and eye for detail never stop to amaze me and the end result is always on point with our vision.”
— Enerel Ganbold - Internal Communications Manager, Breitling
Son professionnalisme, sa créativité et son écoute ont indéniablement été un plus pour la réussite de nos 3 vidéos. Charles a très rapidement compris nos besoins et les a traduits en quelques minutes d’images très impactantes et dynamiques. Charles a également été en mesure de faire face à une difficulté: filmer et produire en moins de 24h, une condition que nous lui avons imposée et qu’il a parfaitement su gérer. Merci Charles pour la qualité de ton travail!
— Christelle Giraud, Associée éclosion
Charles is creatively very strong. He’s highly proactive with ideas, always trying to find the solutions and improve the production. Unusually, he combines this with very strong technical skills, especially as a filmmaker, which means he can both develop and deliver these projects. I have found him easy to work with and someone who consistently goes the extra mile to make the project as good as can be.
— Stuart Maister - Founder, Strategic Narrative
Charles is incredibly creative, flexible and reliable and mostly, delivers very high quality projects that superseed our expectations. Clients sometimes have a hard time fully expressing what they want - Charles makes the process easier and we can fully trust that he can make our vision come true.
— Alessandra Rojas - Head of Tech4Impact, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Charles is such a fast, creative, flexible and efficient person and it was a delight working with him. His ability to understand and challenge our needs to come up with great proposals made him and his team the perfect fit to help us on our project. Definitely recommend Charles and his team.
— Melany Araujo Da Silva - Project Manager, Richemont