Gilles Mingasson began his career working as a photojournalist traveling extensively for international magazines, commercial clients, and National Geographic Books before turning to set photography. Recent credits include features directed by Rodrigo Garcia: "Raymond & Ray" (Apple), with Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke, "Four Good Days", starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis, and "Last Days in the Desert", starring Ewan McGregor with cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki, as well as "Wakefield" (with Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner), and the Netflix Sundance drama, "To The Bone" (Keanu Reeves, Lily Collins), and unit stills and key art for television shows, and commercial campaigns.
Gilles also filmed and co-directed two documentaries, "Les Exécutants" (The Executioners), about the people who apply the death penalty in the U.S., and "The NASCAR Dads", about sports and politics, both for Capa/Envoyé Spécial.
Clients include: Apple, Netflix, ABC, HBO, Hulu, Mockinbird Pictures, Indigenous Media, Lionsgate, Freeform, Disney +, NBC, WB-Discovery, Smuggler, The Travel Channel, BBC America, BBC Worlwide, The Food Network.
Exhibits / Awards: Gilles' photographs of an Alaska Native village threatened by climate change were exhibited at the International Center of Photography in New York and museums in the U.S. and Europe.
His photo essay on Latinos in the U.S. won an American Photography Award.
Gilles speaks English, French and Spanish.
(photo Sarah Levy)