Lucas Rue

Lucas RUE studied in ESRA (Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle), a famous film school in Paris. After his graduation in 2006, he worked on more than 60 films (Short Films, Music Videos, Documentaries, TV Shows and Feature Films as Director, Assistant Director, Director of Photography, Cameraman and Gaffer. In 2015, he directed "Self story", a 2 seasons web series which became at the time, the most awarded French webisodes with 35 nominations and 21 prizes in international festivals. In 2017, Lucas directed a feature length documentary " Fukushima : The silent voices" which has been selected in 20 international festivals ( including Yamagata documentary festival) and won 3 Awards. For 4 years, Lucas also worked as assistant for two of the most famous acting coaches in U.S : Bob Mc Andrew (coach of Christopher Walken, Richard Dreyfuss and Chris Cooper ) and Susan Batson (Coach of Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Jammy Fox). After this experience, Lucas became acting coach himself and for 10 years gave classes in one of the most prestigious acting school in Paris ( Belmondo's L'entree des artistes ). In 2018, after the shooting of his documentary "Fukushima : The silent voices", Lucas moved to pursue his career in Japan.