Bio
Rene was born and raised in North West London.
He started his career working for Storm Thorgerson of Hypnosis art design group in the late 80's. He assisted Storm on photo shoots and music videos during this era, helping with composition and assistant directing. He also worked on many other music videos during his time in London. His time spent with Storm and Hypnosis started his journey into mixing art forms and developed a unique point of view.
Rene moved to Los Angeles in the mid 90's. In his early years in LA, Rene set decorated, wrote and directed several shorts and produced music videos.
In the early 2000's Rene became an ADG production designer. He chose to mainly design commercial so he could continue his other endeavours including food and beverage styling/design, party/event planning and producing music.
Some notable directors Rene has collaborated with include Taika Waititi, Marc Forster, Patrick Hughes, Erich Joiner, and Jeff Tomsic.
Rene has also had the pleasure of working with many esteemed directors of photography such as John Toll, Caleb Deschanel and Conrad Hall.
Of late Rene has started a journey into more narrative film projects, and experiential experiences.