ESRA had the pleasure of welcoming Wesley BENDALL, product and marketing specialist Europe at Universal Audio, on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, as part of the Mardis de l'ISTS. Universal Audio is one of the leading brands for hardware and plug-ins in the...
Masterclass by Charlie AUFROY (ESRA Animation Côte d'Azur 2012)
Charlie AUFROY (ESRA Animation Côte d'Azur 2012) gave a masterclass on May 18, 2018 to students in the Animation section at ESRA Côte d'Azur. On this occasion, he explained the specifics of his job as a 3D animator, which he has been practicing since 2015 at...
Masterclass by Gilles CAMOUS (ISTS 2005) at ESRA Bretagne
ESRA Bretagne will have the pleasure of welcoming Mr Gilles CAMOUS (ISTS 2005), a former student on the Rennes campus and currently Technical Director at Ubisoft Paris, on Friday, May 18, 2018, from 2pm to 5pm, as part of a Masterclass offered in conjunction...
ESRA Thursdays: retrospective of the 2017-2018 season
Les Jeudis de l'ESRA ended on March 29, 2018 with the visit of COSTA-GAVRAS, who came to discuss the film Amen with students, at the Jean RENOIR amphitheater. It was a 2017-2018 season rich in wonderful encounters: Thomas LANGMANN, Jean DUJARDIN, Nicolas...
ESRA Bretagne: Masterclass with Christophe ROBIN, Head of France 3 Nord Ouest production unit
In March 2018, ESRA Bretagne welcomed Mr Christophe ROBIN, Head of the France 3 Nord Ouest production unit, to lead two Masterclasses: On March 21, 2018, the subject of the conference was "TV series production". Christophe ROBIN was able to...
Arrival of Thibault GAURIAU at ESRA Paris: meeting with students and masterclass
Having just arrived from Singapore for his week-long masterclass, Thibault GAURIAU (ESRA Animation 2006) was keen to meet the students in the school's Animation section. The former student visited the classes and took an interest in the films...
Masterclass in Nice and Rennes with Thibault GAURIAU (ESRA Animation 2006)
He visited Nice on Monday April 5, welcomed by Thierry COLLARD, Director of ESRA Côte d'Azur, and Nathalie GATTO, teacher, Production Manager and Artistic Director. During his first visit, students from the campus discovered a...
A week with Thibault GAURIAU (ESRA Animation 2006), FX Lead alongside George LUCAS
The students had been looking forward to it for weeks. Thibault GAURIAU (ESRA Animation 2006), FX Lead at Industrial Light & Magic Singapore, alongside George LUCAS, came specially from Singapore to spend a week in France with the students...
Khalil CHANINE, SACEM member at ISTS Tuesdays
On Tuesday, April 3, 2018, we had the pleasure of welcoming Khalil CHANINE, who came with a double artist label as part of ISTS Tuesdays. Khalil CHANINE began his guitar career alongside Jacques DUTRONC, then Michel LEGRAND, Diane...
Guillaume CANET at ESRA Thursdays
The amphitheatre was packed for Guillaume CANET's appearance on Thursday February 8, 2018, which came as no surprise to anyone. The actor having directed five films, we had chosen to show one of them, Blood Ties, the only one that wasn't successful, and which has...
Daniel PREVOST at ESRA Thursdays
ESRA students had the pleasure of meeting Daniel PREVOST this Thursday, February 1, 2018. Comedians present at ESRA Thursdays are rare. And Daniel PREVOST is a rare actor. In the sense that his career is atypical. Extremely popular (not...
Nicolas BARY at ESRA Thursdays
ESRA alumnus Nicolas BARY introduced himself to the students on Thursday, November 30, 2017. He had already visited us just over ten years ago. At the time, he was preparing his first feature film, Les Enfants de Timpelbach, the film that was...
Start of masterclasses with Olivier SNANOUDJ, Senior Vice President, Film Distribution, Warner Bros Entertainment France
Start on November 22, 2017 of masterclasses by Olivier SNANOUDJ, Senior Vice President, Cinema Distribution at Warner Bros Entertainment France and also patron of DHEC - Département des Hautes Études Cinématographiques. As he does every year, he will host 3...
Masterclass with Stéphane CELERIER - General Manager of Mars Films
On November 13, 2017, we had the pleasure of hosting Stéphane CELERIER, Managing Director of Mars Films as part of a DHEC - Département des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques masterclass with students from the Screenwriting/Directing and...
ESRA Côte d'Azur collaborates with Ecole Régionale d'Acteurs de Cannes for a masterclass
This year, ESRA Côte d'Azur begins a collaboration with the Ecole Régionale d'Acteurs de Cannes (ERAC). The latter delivers a National Superior Professional degree in Acting (DNSPC) and will soon be joining the ranks of the Université Côte d'Azur (UCA). The...
Jean DUJARDIN at ESRA Thursdays
This Thursday, October 19, 2017, students turned out in large numbers to watch the screening and take part in the debate with Jean DUJARDIN. Jean DUJARDIN didn't seek to defend an original approach to the acting profession, but rather sought to define in a way...
Thomas LANGMANN at ESRA Thursdays
In front of a packed auditorium, Thomas LANGMANN kicked off the new season of Jeudis de l'ESRA. He didn't go back over his interesting acting career. Nor did he talk much about his father Claude BERRI, except to confirm that he had adopted a...
Jean-Marie DREUJOU at ESRA Thursdays
A cinematographer rounded off the 13th season of ESRA Thursdays. A great director of photography, to whom Jean BECKER, Patrice LECONTE and Jean-Jacques ANNAUD are loyal. The students were able to see a film by the latter: Le Dernier...
Feature film adventure with Alice ISAAZ
On April 6, as part of the Aventure d'un Long Métrage (ALM) program, we had the pleasure of welcoming actress Alice ISAAZ for a masterclass, to talk about her role in the film "Espèces menacées". She spoke of her delight...
Safy NEBBOU at ESRA Thursdays
Safy NEBBOU is the author of half a dozen feature films, all projects in which he has never failed to take risks. After a diptych playing with strong emotions, he surprised us with Alexandre...
Feature film adventure with Gilles BOURDOS
As part of the DHEC - Département des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques - students in the Script/Directing and Production/Distribution sections took part on March 27 in a masterclass with Gilles BOURDOS, director of the film "Espèces menacées". He was able to...
Eric TOLEDANO and Olivier NAKACHE at ESRA Thursdays
The amphitheatre was packed for the appearance of the two co-writers of Intouchables. Is there a link between the attendance at the masterclass and the guests' box-office performances? After all, Intouchables is the second biggest box-office success of the...
Robert ALAZRAKI at ESRA Thursdays
Students in ESRA 3, image option, turned out in force to meet Robert ALAZRAKI, one of our greatest cinematographers, with over a hundred feature films to his credit in his forty-year career. The film screened as the first part of...
Elie CHOURAQUI at ESRA Thursdays
Elie CHOURAQUI first responded to our invitation in January 2008. That's a century in the history of ESRA. So it was a new and highly motivated audience, given the questions asked, that welcomed him. And it has to be said...





