Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Biography
Jean-Baptiste Mondino (born Aubervilliers, France on 21 July 1949) is a French fashion photographer and music video director. He has directed music videos for Madonna, David Bowie, Sting, Björk, Don Henley, Neneh Cherry, Axel Bauer and Les Rita Mitsouko. Mondino has also photographed the covers and album packaging for the Marianne Faithfull albums Before The Poison (2005) and Easy Come, Easy Go (2008), Shakespear's Sister's Hormonally Yours (1992), Alain Bashung's Osez Joséphine (1991), Chatterton (1994), Mylène Farmer's Désobéissance (2018), J.'s We Are the Majority (1992) and Prince's Lovesexy (1988). He also designed the titles for the Anglo-French TV music show Rapido. The video for Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer", which Mondino directed, swept the MTV Video Music Awards in 1985, winning "Best Video", "Best Direction", "Best Art Direction" and "Best Cinematography". This video paired him with compatriot cinematographer, Pascal Lebègue, with whom he would later shoot several other notable music videos in black and white, such as "Russians" for Sting and "Justify My Love" for Madonna. Source: Article "Jean-Baptiste Mondino" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Self
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Self
A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Self
Movies, music and Madonna: behind the scenes with Arianne Phillips, the award-winning costume designer and stylist. See how a shy misfit rebel became such a powerful creative force in both the fashion and movie industries.