Julien Deka

The Deka Bothers: Ben and Julien grew up in a bucolic village in France where Japanese anime, US movies and European literature shaped their childhood imagination and still influence their craft to this day. Their debut feature film Sodium Babies - that they wrote, directed, produced, and did all of the Visual-FX - won the Special Mention of the Jury at Leeds International Film Festival, UK. The movie caught the eyes of Los Angeles producers and the Deka Brothers moved to the States to pursue their filmmaking career. In America, they've directed short films, web series, book trailers - including best-selling books from publisher Penguin: Tales of the Peculiar from Ransom Rigg and Half Bad from Sally Green, as well as music videos for Atlantic Records and Warner Music Group. Julien and Ben received the 2012 MTV Music Video Award for Best Visual Effects for their work on Skrillex's First of the Year (Equinox), directed by Tony T. Datis. The Deka Brothers recently directed commercial spots for major brands, such as Chevrolet, JBL, Cox and StockX. Their film manifesto for Cranbrook Academy of Art was a nominee for Best of the Year in the Brand Vision category at the 2021 Vimeo Festival & Awards, and gathered 2 nominations at the 2021 Webby Awards.