I live in Paris and I'm a freelance Director & Cinematographer. I directed music videos for Fakear, Ibeyi and other artist. Now I'm making commercials for french TV. Besides that, my passion is to make documentaries during my travels.

If you want to see my videos, feel free to visit my website :) www.leobigiaoui.com

As you can imagine i'm a big cinema fan. I especially South-Korean directors like Park Chan Wook.

I'm also a compulsive consumer of music from Jazz to Breakcore !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hi all ! I'm travelling the US for the first time and I'm really excited ! I want to discover the different lifestyles in the USA, meet people that love what they are doing everyday, passionate guys.

For each of my travels, I made a video
Middle East : Documentary about the water crisis
Vietnam : Lifestyle travel video
Indonesia : Lifestyle travel video

For my 1 month trip across the East of the USA, I want to try new things. I want to film passionate people I their daily activities, and produce a 2mn portrait of them. For example I'm already in touch with an Instrument maker in NY, a pinball collector in Chicago, and a former death row inmate in Saint Louis. I can't wait to meet them.

So if you have a passion, if you now passionate people, I look forward to meeting you :)

Interests

• photography
• documentaries
• chinese food
• indian food
• film photography
• house music
• cinematography
• korean food
• directing
• urbex
• explore new places
• korean movies
• old school hip hop

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC
J. Cole
Todd Terje
Bibi Bourelly
King Krule
Gojira
DJ Krush
SBTRKT
Birdy Nam Nam
Tame Impala
Mr Oizo
The Faceless
& much more :)

MOVIES
Old boy
Despues de Lucia
Demolition
Some like it hot
Before sunset
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
The Shining

SERIES
Stranger Things
Fargo
Breaking Bad
The Peaky Blinders

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Filming Leonardo di Caprio & Alejandro González Iñárritu for the French grand premiere of The Revenant !

Teach, Learn, Share

If you want to join me during my daily shootings and learn how to shoot movies and take pictures, feel free, I always like to share my passion !

What I Can Share with Hosts

It will be my first experience as a couchsurfer, and I like the idea of couchsurfing, I think it's the best way to step into a new culture :) also I see it as a two-way exchange : i love to cook and if you go to Paris i would be honoured to welcome. you in my flat.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Palestine, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Viet Nam