Gilles Mingasson began his career working as a photojournalist, traveling extensively for international magazines, commercial clients, and National Geographic Books. Having spent six month cycling 12.000 kms across Russia and Siberia to document a changing country, Gilles was hired by Discovery Channel, the Travel Channel, and ABC to photograph adventure shows and documentaries. He fell in love with set photography, and soon joined IATSE. Film credits include Rodrigo Garcia's "Raymond & Ray" (Apple TV+), 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, and "Wakefield" (with Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Garner), the Netflix Sundance drama "To The Bone" (Keanu Reeves, Lily Collins), as well as unit stills and key art for television series 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.
When not on assignment, Gilles works on personal projects. His pictures of an Eskimo village threatened by climate change were featured at the International Center of Photography in New York, and exhibited in museums in the U.S. and Europe. A photo essay on Latinos in the U.S. won an American Photography Award. He is currently working on a personal project in Tokyo when time allows.
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 (fluent) and Spanish (working) and has U.S. and European passports.
(photo Sarah Levy)