# Clément Lefer

> Award-winning film director and director of photography (DOP) based in Paris and Tokyo. Commercials, brand content, short documentaries and short films. Presented on NOWNESS; Gold and Silver at YDA Cannes (Young Director Award); International Grand Prix at the Shark Short Film Awards London; Gold at the 1.4 Awards; shortlisted at Berlin Commercial; Official Selection at Camerimage 2026.

Clément Lefer (French, born in Bordeaux) is a director and cinematographer working between Paris and Tokyo, across commercials, brand content, short documentaries and short films. Over ten years of filming in nearly 50 countries, for LVMH, L'Oréal, Kering, Hamilton, Dom Pérignon, Hyatt, AMI Paris, Azza Fahmy and GetYourGuide. His production company is Emberton Films (https://embertonfilms.com).

Réalisateur et directeur de la photographie primé, basé à Paris et Tokyo : publicité, brand content, court documentaire et court métrage.

## Roles and search terms
Film director, director of photography (DOP), cinematographer, commercial director and documentary director based in Paris, France, also working in Tokyo, Japan and worldwide. In French: réalisateur, directeur de la photographie, chef opérateur (chef op), réalisateur publicité et documentaire à Paris. Available for commercials, brand content, documentaries and short films in Paris, France, Europe and Japan.

## Contact
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clement.lefer
- Website: https://clementlefer.com
- Production company: Emberton Films, https://embertonfilms.com

## Awards and selections
- NOWNESS, Portrait of a Place: The Missing Post Office
- Young Director Award (YDA) Cannes: Gold and Silver, plus Shortlist
- Shark Short Film Awards London: International Grand Prix, Gold Best Documentary Short, Gold Best Short Film
- 1.4 Awards: Gold and Silver
- Camerimage 2026, Toruń: Official Selection, Documentary Shorts Competition
- Berlin Commercial: Shortlist 2025, Raw Selection 2024
- Festival Atmosphères Paris: Grand Prix
- Damah International Film Festival Tokyo: Grand Prix
- Anthem Awards 2024 (ActionAid, Our Food Our Future): Winner and People's Choice
- Stratégies Grand Prix de la Communication d'Engagement 2024 (France Biométhane): Silver

## Press
- SHOTS: "YDA Winner Clément Lefer gets lost in the post" https://shots.net/news/view/yda-winner-clement-lefer-gets-lost-in-the-post
- NOWNESS: https://www.nowness.com/series/portrait-of-a-place/the-missing-post-office-awashima-japan
- Yokogao Magazine: https://www.yokogaomag.com/editorial/the-missing-post-office
- Artribune: https://www.artribune.com/dal-mondo/2025/10/the-missing-post-office/
- Libreriamo: https://libreriamo.it/intrattenimento/the-missing-post-office-film-arte/
- Packshot Magazine: https://www.packshotmag.com/live-feeds/brand-content-clement-lefer-signe-pour-hamilton-une-campagne-pour-le-grand-ecran/
- Frameset: https://frameset.app/search/brand/azza-fahmy/tales-of-the-nile
- IMDb, The Missing Post Office: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38222027/

## Work

- [The Missing Post Office](https://clementlefer.com/films/the-missing-post-office) (Documentary). On the island of Awashima, an abandoned post office has become a refuge for letters that will never be delivered. At ninety-one, postmaster Katsuhisa Nakata still watches over them. Role: Director & director of photography; Production: Emberton Films.
- [Ash Upon Spring](https://clementlefer.com/films/ash-upon-spring) (Documentary). A child's yellow helmet left at a bus stop travels from hand to hand across the island. Each person who picks it up leaves behind a fragment of what they have come to know, living in the shadow of a volcano in constant eruption. In spring, the wind carries its daily ash down to the village. Nothing endures, and in that fact alone, beauty resides. Role: Director & director of photography; Production: Emberton Films · Glass Onion Films.
- [Azza Fahmy, Tales of the Nile](https://clementlefer.com/films/tales-of-the-nile) (Commercials). A campaign film for Azza Fahmy's Tales of the Nile collection. A week between Cairo, Luxor and the river itself, from before sunrise to the blue hour, where jewellery, water and stone become one story. Role: Director & director of photography; Agency: L'Amour.
- [AMI Paris, Unseen](https://clementlefer.com/films/ami-paris) (Brand content). The making of AMI Paris's Spring Summer 2026 collection, from the atelier to the runway on the Champs-Élysées. A camera that almost disappears, slow zooms and a film-stock finish. Role: Director & director of photography; Production: Emberton Films.
- [Hamilton x Air Zermatt, The Time Factor](https://clementlefer.com/films/the-time-factor) (Brand content). Hamilton with Air Zermatt, the rescue helicopter crews of the Matterhorn. Six portraits of men and women for whom every working hour is a negotiation with time, gathered into one long-format film. Role: Director & director of photography; Production: Emberton Films.
- [Agapè, Agapè, selfless love](https://clementlefer.com/films/agape) (Documentary). In the quiet of their lifelong home, my grandparents Yvette and Jean talk about growing old, everyday life, memories, death and above all love. A personal film, born from the wish to keep a moment. Role: Director & director of photography.
- [ActionAid, Our Food Our Future](https://clementlefer.com/films/actionaid) (Documentary). A three-part documentary series on the banana industry in Ecuador. French public figures meet the workers, families and communities who live with its ecological, social and economic cost every day. Role: Director & director of photography; Agency: Adventis.
- [Sogetsu Tokyo, Sogetsu Ikebana](https://clementlefer.com/films/sogetsu) (Brand content). A portrait of Suisen Takagi, master of the Sogetsu school in Tokyo, through the creation of a single ikebana, where each placement is a decision. Role: Director & director of photography; Production: Emberton Films.
- [Dipli, Manifesto](https://clementlefer.com/films/dipli) (Commercials). Ten years of Dipli, without archive or timeline. One continuous motion control movement over a black table: hands come and go, devices pile up, time settles as dust and a breath carries it away. Role: Director & director of photography; Production: Emberton Films.
- [GetYourGuide x Bigflo & Oli, Bienvenue à Toulouse](https://clementlefer.com/films/getyourguide) (Commercials). Toulouse through the eyes of Bigflo & Oli, across every corner of their city, on an original score. Role: Director & director of photography; Agency: Billion Dollar Boy.
- [McDonald's, Livres](https://clementlefer.com/films/mcdonalds-livres) (Commercials). Livres, a series of three films for McDonald's: The Squirrel, The Elephant and The Mole. Role: Director; Agency: TBWA; Production: ELSE.
- [Barrière Hotels, Manifesto](https://clementlefer.com/films/barriere-hotels) (Commercials). Manifesto film for the Barrière Hotels national cinema campaign. Director's cut, narrated by Eva Green. Role: Director; Production: SPOA.
- [France Biométhane](https://clementlefer.com/films/france-biomethane) (Commercials). A manifesto film for a national campaign on renewable gas made from organic waste. In black and white: faces, hands and the slow choreography of a process the country never sees. Role: Director & director of photography; Agency: Hetcetera.
- [GMF, Hélioscope Series](https://clementlefer.com/films/gmf-helioscope) (Brand content). Hélioscope, a brand content series for GMF in twelve episodes over three years. Role: Director & director of photography; Agency: TBWA; Production: ELSE.
- [Dafné Kritharas, Enastros Ouranos](https://clementlefer.com/films/dafne-kritharas) (Music). Music video for Enastros Ouranos by Dafné Kritharas. Role: Director & director of photography.
- [Studio Session, Augusta](https://clementlefer.com/films/augusta-session) (Music). A live studio session with Augusta for Le FAIR. Role: Director & director of photography; Production: ELSE.
- [Studio Session, Yamê](https://clementlefer.com/films/yame-session) (Music). A live studio session with Yamê for Le FAIR. Role: Director & director of photography; Production: ELSE.
- [Vertical Siege](https://clementlefer.com/films/vertical-siege) (Photography). The quiet human scale inside the density of Hong Kong and Taiwan. Silver Award in Street Photography, Fine Art Photography Awards. Role: Photographer.
- [Frost of Japan](https://clementlefer.com/films/frost-of-japan) (Photography). Role: Photographer.
- [Fragments of Japan](https://clementlefer.com/films/fragments-of-japan) (Photography). Role: Photographer.
- [Vietnam Infrared](https://clementlefer.com/films/vietnam-infrared) (Photography). Vietnam's green and lush nature, processed in infrared. Role: Photographer.
- [Faces of Vietnam](https://clementlefer.com/films/visages-of-vietnam) (Photography). To the heart of Vietnam, by road and by rail, meeting its people. Role: Photographer.
- [Faces of Teranga](https://clementlefer.com/films/visages-of-teranga) (Photography). On a mission for Action Against Hunger, in the remote villages of the Matam region, West Africa. Role: Photographer.