Romain Rios

"The magic, the wonder."

A passionate drawer with little attendance in my art school, feeling the call, I took off and embraced a career as an urban dancer at the age of 19 and began to experiment choreography on stage, developing my own aesthetic and approach to storytelling through movement. With a tireless desire to learn and a multifaceted inventiveness, when not on stage, I spent my free time writing stories, learning from technical crews on tours to develop new skills such as sound design, light design and set design. I created MAM, a Scandinavian - French urban/modern dance company. I worked as a "dance judge" for French TV TF1, I directed for fashion shows (L'Oréal ...) Opéras ( Leonore -Dresden) and commercials.

"Poetry and visuals that rock!"

Transcendent stories which move and create awareness, bending a reality that often scares me, I have developed my own creative signature of expressing concerns over pressing issues such as climate change and social injustice. Passionate about the art of filming, I developed a cinematic style on stage leading me to create pieces such as the HBO - Leftovers / Damon Lindelof's tribute in Paris Grand Rex, the 20th anniversary of the HBO series "The Wire" as well as multiple Film festivals opening ceremonies. A path naturally leading me to camera work, I learned and keep learning the art of filmmaking and I am now working as a film director and screenwriter. 

Based wherever work takes me, I still live most of the time between Scandinavia, Spain and France. I do carpentry, lots of it, live in a van, often, I take pictures for the fun of it, write lots of shorts and I proudly carry 2 features and a Space Opéra I strongly believe in and hope to meet inspiring people here to pursue that beautiful journey.