
Person
Ekiem Barbier
Directing
Biography
Born in Toulouse in 1993, Ekiem Barbier is a writer, filmmaker, and musician. In 2012, he directed and composed the music for several fiction and animated short films. He then entered the Montpellier School of Fine Arts. In 2015, he joined the In Extremis collective, with which he contributed to several exhibitions. He obtained his Higher Diploma in Fine Arts (DNSEP) in 2017. That same year, he began taking an interest in documentary filmmaking and directed Anent, shot in the Ecuadorian Amazon, as well as Marlowe Drive, in collaboration with Guilhem Causse and Quentin L’helgoualc’h. He continues his research with a particular focus on a sensitive dimension of anthropology and experimentation, through a poetic and digital gaze. Ekiem currently lives and works in Marseille.
Known for

Normal Planet
Director

Marlowe Drive
Director

In Real Life
Director

Ce que regardent les statues
Original Music Composer

Knit's Island
Cinematography
Filmography
- 2026Normal PlanetDirector
- 2025Ce que regardent les statuesOriginal Music Composer
- 2025In Real LifeDirector
- 2024Knit's IslandCinematography
- 2018Marlowe DriveDirector
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