THE TEAM
Alexandre Poncet
Director / Composer / Film Historian
Alexandre Poncet has written for renowned magazines such as Mad Movies, Classica, Science & Vie Junior and PlayStation Official. Thanks to Mad Movies, he has signed books and special issues analyzing iconic film series such as Alien, Predator, Jurassic Park, A nightmare on Elm street, Evil Dead or The Lord of the Rings.
He co-founded the production company Frenetic Arts in 2007 and in 2012 produced Gilles Penso's documentary Ray Harryhausen – Special Effects Titan. He worked again with Gilles Penso on the award-winning documentary The Frankenstein Complex (2016). Alexandre Poncet and Gilles Penso concluded their "Monster Trilogy" with Phil Tippett: Dreams and Monsters (2019), which gave birth in 2022 to a book, Mad Dreams And Monsters: The Art of Phil Tippett And Tippett Studio, published by Cameron+Company / Abrams.
As a composer, Alexandre Poncet has written the soundtrack for A Better World (2012) and Last Door to the South by Sacha Feiner (Magritte for "Best Animated Short Film" in 2016). He also composed the music for Behind the Mask of Superheroes (2013), a documentary produced by the Disney Channel. In 2014 and 2017, he composed original themes for the exhibitions The Art of Marvel and The Art of DC at Art Ludique - Le Musée in Paris. Between 2021 and 2023, he curated several exhibitions for the Centre des Arts d'Enghien-Les-Bains and the Musée Cinéma & Miniature de Lyon, including The Art of Batman: The Hero with a Thousand Faces in collaboration with renowned filmmaker Jay Oliva, and Magnifying Pop-Culture: The Art of Drew Struzan in collaboration with the Struzan family.
Alexandre Poncet is currently working on The Prophecy of Starship Troopers and Walking With Animators, two feature-length documentaries set to be released in 2025.
DOCUMENTARIES
2025
Walking With Animators (Co-Director, Composer, Producer)
The Starship Troopers Prophecy (Co-Director, Composer, Producer)
2019
Phil Tippett: Of Dreams and Monsters (co-director, composer, producer)
2015
The Frankenstein Complex (co-director, composer, producer) [SFCC Critics' Prize 2017]
2012
Ray Harryhausen – The Special Effects Titan (composer, producer)
VIDEO ACHIEVEMENTS
2018
Short film: Exhibition "Special Effects" - La Villette (director)
2008- today
Special features (director, editor): Climax (Wild Side, Arrow), Killer Klowns From Outer Space (Arrow), Robocop (Arrow), Matinee (Carlotta), Dédo: Prince of Darkness (Free Dolphin), Heartless (Free Dolphin), Inside (Pathé)...
2008-2017
Web-series (director, editor, producer): Vu par Dédo un Con: Cinema seen by Dédo
2008-2009
TV Show – Nolife (director, editor, producer): The Incredible Horror Show
2001
Short film (co-director) : Un Ver de Trop with Johann Garcia
COMPOSITION
2015 - today
All documentaries produced by Frenetic Arts
2015
Last Door to the South by Sacha Feiner [Winner of Best Animated Short Film – Magritte 2016]
2013
Behind the Mask of Superheroes by Gilles Penso
2012
A Better World by Sacha Feiner
BOOKS
2025
The Art of Doug Chiang - co-written with Gilles Penso (Abrams Books / Lucasfilm Publishing)
2024
Editor-in-Chief of Mad Movies Special Issues
2022
Mad Dreams And Monsters: The Art of Phil Tippett And Tippett Studio - co-written with Gilles Penso (Abrams Books / Cameron + Company)
2017- today
"Mad Movies Classic" Collection : Alien, Predator, Jurassic Park, Freddy, Evil Dead, The Lord of the Rings
2016
Film Music in France - collective (Symétrie Editions)
Gilles Penso
Director / Critic / Film Historian
A film critic and historian specialized in fantasy and special effects, Gilles Penso has been contributing to numerous magazines since the early 1990s, including SFX, SonoVision and L'Ecran fantastique.
In 2003, he published a comprehensive book on Stop-Motion, which quickly became a staple in the animation world. An eclectic documentary filmmaker, Gilles Penso directed Les Bronzés, le Père-Noël, Papy et les autres (2002), retracing the cinematographic history of the "Splendid" troop (released on DVD), and We all grew up with Louis de Funès (2007, broadcast on France 3). Ray Harryhausen – The Titan of Special Effects was released in 2012, after eight years of gestation (released on DVD in England by Arrow Films).
In 2013, he directed the documentary Behind the Mask of Superheroes, broadcast on Disney Channel, then in 2014 he took charge of the artistic direction of the series Dossier Paranormal for the Planète channel. Between 2013 and 2015, he co-directed The Frankenstein Complex with Alexandre Poncet, which won an award from the French Union of Film Critics. In 2019, Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters closes the Monster Trilogy begun ten years earlier with Ray Harryhausen – The Titan of Special Effects.
The film was adapted into a book in 2022 under the title Mad Dreams And Monsters: The Art of Phil Tippett And Tippett Studio.
In 2022, Gilles Penso released the book Spielberg before Spielberg published by Michel Lafon and the following year the biography of Ridley Scott published by L'écran fantastique collections.
He is currently working on The Prophecy of Starship Troopers and Walking With Animators, two Frenetic Arts productions that are set to be released starting in 2025.
DOCUMENTARIES
2025
Walking With Animators (co-director, editor)
The Starship Troopers Prophecy (co-director, editor)
2019
Phil Tippett: Of Dreams and Monsters (co-director, editor, executive producer)
2015
The Frankenstein Complex (co-director, editor, producer) [SFCC Critics' Prize 2017]
2013
Behind the Mask of Superheroes (director, editor)
2012
Ray Harryhausen – The Titan of Special Effects (director, editor)
2007
We all grew up with Louis de Funès (director)
2002
Les Bronzés, le Père-Noël, Papy et les autres (director)
VIDEO ACHIEVEMENTS
2018
Short film: "Special Effects" exhibition - La Villette (director)
2014
Documentary Series: Paranormal Dossier – Planet (Creative Director)
2010 - today
Sepcial features (director, editor): Killer Klowns From Outer Space (Arrow), Matinee (Carlotta), The Collector (CTV)...
2001-2003
TV Show: The Blouze Lab - Disney Channel (producer, presenter)
BOOKS
2025
The Art of Doug Chiang - co-written with Alexandre Poncet (Abrams Books / Lucasfilm Publishing)
2024
Ridley Scott: The Last Emperor of Hollywwod (The Fantastic Screen Collections)
2022
- Mad Dreams And Monsters: The Art of Phil Tippett And Tippett Studio - co-written with Alexandre Poncet (Abrams Books / Cameron + Company)
- Steven Before Spielberg (Michel Lafon)
2001
Stop-Motion (Dreamland)
Dédo
Dédo discovered stand-up comedy in high school, when an American friend brought him a videotape of Richard Pryor from the United States.
He then has a real passion for this art still little known in France. Dédo then took classical theatre classes in his spare time and passed his first auditions.
After a few roles in theatre, Dédo crossed paths with Kader Aoun in the middle of preparing for the Jamel Comedy Club. He tells him about his dream of doing stand-up comedy and sends him a 4-minute improv teaser.
Kader immediately contacted him again and offered him to participate in the adventure that would lead him to perform on stage from 2006 to 2011, host for a year "Live Comedy Club" show on Le Mouv', and participate in the series Inside Jamel Comedy Club on Canal +.
At the same time, Dedo imposes his off-the-beaten-track humour on the internet with short programmes such as, Vu Par Dédo un Con: film critics or travels around the world (Japan, United States, etc.), The Story Told by Socks, co-written with his accomplice Yacine Belhousse. An immediate hit on the web with several million views, coupled with a critical success with the 2010 prize for Best Web Fiction at the La Rochelle Fiction Festival and the Best Teleshort Prize at the Luchon Festival.
Dédo appears in several successful series (We are not Saints on Comédie; Bref on Canal +) and wrote two one-man shows, which he performed hundreds of times. Dédo is also one of the members of Princesses Léya, a humorous heavy metal band.
In 2021, he begins his tour with Biafine, his third show. That same year, he played the role of Lenny, video game salesman, in seasons 1 and 2 of the comedy series Space Game, broadcast on France 3 Paris Ile de France and on the France.TV platform.
In 2023, The Story Told by Socks, the film, is released, directed with Yacine Belhousse.
His show Biafine is captured in 2024 and broadcast on Comédie + and Canal+ platforms.
His currently developing several feature film scripts.
DOCUMENTARIES
2019
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (Associate Producer)
SHORT FORMATS
2017
Le Trône des Frogz (TV series – actor)
2015
- Les Dissociés (movie – actor)
- Reboot (TV series – actor)
2012 – 2014
Golden Moustache (shorts – actor)
2008-2019
History told by Socks / Web-series (co-author, co-director, voice, puppet operator)
2011
Bref (TV series – actor)
2008 – 2017
Vu par Dédo un Con / Web-series (author, actor)
2009
We Are Not Saints (TV series – actor)
2008 – 2009
The Incredible Horror Show (TV Show – himself)
VOICE DUBBING
2017
L'Epopée temps, audio fiction Youtube
2008
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (movie – voice)
STAND-UP SHOWS
2020
Dédo: Killing joke part 2 (Stand-Up – author, performer)
2015
Dédo: Killing joke part 1 (Stand-Up – author, performer)
2009
- Dédo: Prince of Darkness (Stand-Up DVD – author, performer)
- Inside Jamel Comedy Club (TV series – actor)
2006 – 2011
Jamel Comedy Club (Stand Up TV Show – actor, author)
Johann Garcia
Johann Garcia directed his first short film in 2001 (Un Ver de trop), after winning a screenplay competition.
He made two other shorts in 2005 (The Lord's Answer) and 2006 (The Sequel...). In 2008 he co-founded Frenetic'Arts with Alexandre Poncet. Between 2008 and 2017, he participated in the show The Incredible Horror Show and co-directed several episodes of the web-series Vu par Dédo un Con written by the comedian.
He also produced special features for Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo's À L'Intérieur and for Philip Ridley's Heartless.
In 2013, he directed with Dedo the pilot of the web series Director's Cut – Bilbo, for Golden Moustache. Johann Garcia works as a photographer and develops scripts for Frenetic Arts.
DOCUMENTARIES
2019
Phil Tippett: MAd Dreams and Monsters (Associate Producer)
2015
The Frankenstein's Complex (Associate Producer) [SFCC Critics' Award 2017]
2012
Ray Harryhausen – The Titan of Special Effects (Associate Producer)
PHOTOGRAPHY
2017
Exhibition In the Footsteps of Compostela in Vézelay (Yonne)
SHORT FORMATS
2013
Director's Cut - Bilbo / web series (director)
2008-2017
Vu par Dédo un Con / web series (co-director, camera operator)
2008-2009
The Incredible Horror Show / TV Show (camera operator)
2006
The sequel... / Short film (director)
2005
The Lord's Answer / short film (director)
2001
Un ver de trop / short film (director)
Our company
Frenetic Arts is an audiovisual and film production company that was created in 2007 around a common passion for cinema. We imagined it so that it resembles us and above all that it brings together “frenetic” cinema enthusiasts around discoveries, legends, know-how and audiovisual heritage in general.
Since 2009, we have been developing feature-length documentary projects to raise awareness of the cinema we grew up with and the one that is shaping up for tomorrow. In these projects, we are fortunate to work with wonderful artists and to be able to count on the support of today’s biggest studios.
While special effects and genre cinema play an important role in our business, we also produce institutional films, DVD/Blu-ray special features and specific media for exhibitions or special events.
In recent years, Frenetic Arts has also been at the service of various projects by offering services adapted to the specific needs of companies, institutions or associations: everyone has their own field, their needs, their own universe.
Frenetic Arts is run by Alexandre Poncet and his three partners: Gilles Penso, Dédo and Johann Garcia.
