Antoine Billet is a photographer, documentary filmmaker, and live performance recording director.

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Born in 1981, he grew up in Brittany where he had the opportunity to discover live performances at La Passerelle, Scène nationale de Saint Brieuc, and then a certain cinema at the Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes. After studying cultural management at Sciences Po Strasbourg, he produced theater productions and a film festival in Central Asia.

 

Upon his return to France, he pursued his passions for images and live performance by working for various international live performance companies, while also taking directing courses at INA and Louis Lumière. This dual path led him to filmmaking and photography, focusing on live performance recording and creative documentary.

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He has directed live performance recordings for Peeping Tom at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, Gerard & Kelly at Villa Savoye during the Festival d’Automne in Paris, Jann Gallois at the Théâtre National de Chaillot, and Gaëlle Bourges at Le Quai in Angers. In theater, he has collaborated with TGStan at CNSAD, Lorraine de Sagazan at MC93, Thomas Quillardet at the Festival d’Automne, and Baptiste Amann at Théâtre Public de Montreuil. In music, he has directed recordings for Nosfell at Théâtre de la Cité Internationale and Lucie Antunes at 104.

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He has also directed several documentaries for Chaillot, National Theater of Dance, and for some live performance companies. In 2023, he directed the documentary "Pinocchios and Gepettos, Inside the Workshop" for television, co-financed by the Centre National du Cinéma, in which he follows the transformation of young artists participating in a show by Alice Laloy.

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As a photographer, he is in residence with Compagnie des Hommes at Théâtre des Bords de Scène in Athis Mons where he creates a portrait of the "Cité Bleue" through its inhabitants, resulting in an outdoor exhibition in the city. He stages several artists in photographs inspired by art history, while also developing a photography activity focused on live performances.