Biography
Writer-Director
Philippe Orreindy has built a career as a writer-director. His television documentaries on art explore the creative process in music and the visual arts: the series Voyage dans une toile on great painters; the series Harmoniques (on great composers); Des hommes et des Arts, on the 20th anniversary of the L’Art dans les chapelles event; and most recently, L’océan électro (winner of the Sacem Award for Best Music Documentary, selected for the Montreal International Film Festival on Art).
He is currently preparing a documentary on the great composer Nicolas Bacri, who has returned to melody by opposing, for the past 30 years, at the atonal and hegemonic trend in contemporary music led by Pierre Boulez.
In fiction, following the global success of his second short film, J’attendrai le suivant…, (more than 50 international awards, including the European Film Award and nominations for the Oscars and the Césars), he turned his attention to his cinematic tastes: films that are both genre-based and auteur-driven, steeped in surrealism (Tous les jours, pre-purchased by France 2).
With the help of a business developer, he is seeking, as the creator of the original idea, an international producer (or a French production company looking to work with international talents), for several “genre” film projects, including his screenplay Les yeux fermés, a psychological thriller and recipient of the Ile-de-France Region’s Film Writing Grant.
He is currently developing a social comedy at Rhamsa Productions, La femme modèle, about a laid-off factory worker who becomes a live model.
Visual Artist and Photographer
(Listed Artist)
Today, he approaches the art world through “play,” so that the future buyer of the work can interact with his work as a visual artist and photographer. His first series of works, ElémenTerre, II, III, and IV—seascapes of the Normandy coast—are photo-sculptures composed of aluminum plates magnetically attached to various supports and designed to be interchangeable.
By dividing his photographs into several parts, he deconstructs his horizontal vision as a filmmaker to create vertical still images—metaphors for photographs taken with smartphones and shared on social media. A reflection on the perception of the frame (and the point of view) in the 21st century.
His work thus engages with the construction, perception, and transformation of the image. The sea, beach, sky, and light of Normandy form a formal vocabulary—comprising natural elements (hence the title)—that leans towards a minimalist, geometric aesthetic. Through his approach to abstraction, color, and space, he creates works that are at once poetic and structured, contemporary and timeless.
His next solo exhibition will be at the Hors Cadre Photography Festival in Béziers, from October 9 to November 1, 2026: Déconstruction ElémenTerre (a 10-meter-long installation).