Jean Luc Herbulot

History

Born and raised in Congo Brazzaville. Jean Luc started drawing and writing at a very young age, rapidly followed by music and video game programming. In 2000, Jean Luc flew to Paris to pursue Economics before transferring his creative interests into Graphic design. He worked for TF1 for six years before moving to LA. Repped by WME, he shot his first feature in 2014. DEALER became the first French indie movie bought by Netflix. Moving back to Africa in 2017, he created his first TV series Sakho and Mangane, produced by Canal Plus. Sakho and Mangane made history by becoming the first French language African TV series bought by Netflix. In 2019, he partnered with producer Pamela Diop in Dakar, Senegal and together they started Lacmé Studios in order to create a stronghold for African filmmaking, starting with Saloum, which Jean Luc wrote and directed in 2020.

Profile

Movies

Saloum

Producer

Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.

Saloum

Writer

Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.

Saloum

Story

Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.

Saloum

Director

Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.

Dealer

Writer

After giving up a life of cocaine trafficking, Dan is offered a chance to achieve his dream : moving to Australia with his daughter. He accepts the deal and starts a downward spiral sucking him back into 24 hours of hell.

Dealer

Director

Sick

Writer

Three parents decide to kill the guy who murdered their children.

Sick

Director

Three parents decide to kill the guy who murdered their children.

Zero

Writer

Two Americans end up in Dakar, Senegal with bombs strapped to their chests and ten hours to find out why.

Zero

Director

Two Americans end up in Dakar, Senegal with bombs strapped to their chests and ten hours to find out why.

Interstate

Director

The Bends

Director

Cole, a former marine has a murky vocation - in the depths of the ocean he retrieves smuggled contraband in service of a debt and a past not of his making. A fated discovery leads to Helen, and he seems to come alive again until her own past resurfaces in a dark and violent way.