Martin Scali joins CZAR Germany and Switzerland
Scali is a storyteller with a strong focus on aesthetics, each of his films recreates a universe of its own.
Joining CZAR is director Martin Scali who grew up between Paris and Barcelona, studied cinema in New York and currently resides in Paris.
He is a storyteller with a strong focus on aesthetics. Each of his films recreates a universe of its own. Colours, spaces, rhythm... He likes to play with genres, a passion that is reflected in the variety of his work.
Scali has directed music videos for Major Lazer, Nicki Minaj, Yael Naim, OrelSan and Stromae, ranging from narrative to visual, but always with sharp art direction. These projects got him shortlisted at Cannes YDA and the shots Awards in 2018.
Scali has been a close collaborator of Wes Anderson on four films, including 2nd Unit Director on The Grand Budapest Hotel and The French Dispatch.
He is now developing his advertising reel. Among others, he directed the official Paris 2024 Olympic Games campaign, shot in four different countries. He is most interested in tackling projects that demand expressive visuals and canny storytelling.
In addition to his commercial work, Scali is writing and developing fiction projects. His latest short film Canyon screened at the 2020 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and was so positively received that France's National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image are backing Scali's upcoming feature debut.