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Henry Padovani Biography
In December 1976, Henry Padovani lands in London, with the idea of spending 2 weeks. He will not leave. In January 1977, with Stewart Copeland and Sting, he sets up the band The Police. Meetings, rehearsals, tours, hard times and split after Andy Summers arrival and a short venture as a quartet. In his stride, he joins Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, then with Chris Musto and Paul Slack sets up the Flying Padovani's, and plays with everyone that goes on a stage, from Pete Townsend to Kim Wilde, from The Jam to The Clash.
In 1984, Henry Padovani joins IRS Records, Miles Copeland's label with whom they launch REM, The Cramps, The Lords of The New Church amongst others. In 1994, he becomes Zucchero's manager who goes and sell more than 10 millions albums during their 5 years collaboration.
Whether he is a guitarist, a record label Vice President, an artist manager or a post art punk rocker, Henry Padovani gives body and soul to each of his musical adventures.
He tells real life stories on the birth and the life of the legendary band as well as his life during the blessed period of the London New Wave and these precious years of complete innocence, always with a Corsican or English accent.
Lionel Guedj Biography
Born in 1974, Lionel Guedj studied history and philosophy and is a self-taught film-maker.
His projects include "Les Rendez-vous de la Tour-Eiffel" a book which involved taking one photograph per day during one year in front of the luminous Eiffel Tower. From Shimon Peres to Johnny Depp, Oliver Stone to Keziah Jones, Boutros Boutros-Ghali to Milla Jovovich, more than 300 celebrities appeared in this photographic record of the period leading to the turn of the millennium.
In 2000, Guedj joined the press agency Corbis/Sygma and was put in charge of their music department. He serendipitously began to direct films and after a request from legendary producer Ibrahima Sylla, went to Mali to direct Mandekalou, Words of Memory - a film which pays tribute to the tradition of African praise-singing.
In 2003, he joins the organizing team of the Silhouette short films festival, the unique outdoor short films festival in Paris.
Since then he has directed many EPKs, Videos and Live shows.
Stéphane Bébert Biography
Born in 1968, Stéphane Bébert is a musician who likes dabbling in everything. After five years studying law and economics at university, he started playing music.
In 1999, he decided to leave Nice to try his luck in Paris. There, he contributes, as the coordinator and art director, to the book "Les Rendez-vous de la Tour Eiffel" and at the same time he played his first concerts in the capital.
The media coverage of the book is a success. The following year he is offered the opportunity to take part in the video photographic subject called "Children's dreams" for Paris Match and for the TV programme "Celebrity" on the French Channel TF1. He also works for the musical Press as a freelance photographer and editor and gets the Press Card.
In 2002, he started the group The Squatters and made his first album at Warner. Quite naturally, he asked his close friend and cousin Lionel Guedj to direct the first video clip of the groups first single, which entered the Charts.
Stéphane likes not only sound but also picture (his brother and father are both photographers). He made the first DVD video of the Squatters "Enfin chez toi". In May 2007, he competed and won the national prize "My Space President" thanks to the video clip "La droite, la gauche".
In December 1976, Henry Padovani lands in London, with the idea of spending 2 weeks. He will not leave. In January 1977, with Stewart Copeland and Sting, he sets up the band The Police. Meetings, rehearsals, tours, hard times and split after Andy Summers arrival and a short venture as a quartet. In his stride, he joins Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, then with Chris Musto and Paul Slack sets up the Flying Padovani's, and plays with everyone that goes on a stage, from Pete Townsend to Kim Wilde, from The Jam to The Clash.
In 1984, Henry Padovani joins IRS Records, Miles Copeland's label with whom they launch REM, The Cramps, The Lords of The New Church amongst others. In 1994, he becomes Zucchero's manager who goes and sell more than 10 millions albums during their 5 years collaboration.
Whether he is a guitarist, a record label Vice President, an artist manager or a post art punk rocker, Henry Padovani gives body and soul to each of his musical adventures.
He tells real life stories on the birth and the life of the legendary band as well as his life during the blessed period of the London New Wave and these precious years of complete innocence, always with a Corsican or English accent.
Lionel Guedj Biography
Born in 1974, Lionel Guedj studied history and philosophy and is a self-taught film-maker.
His projects include "Les Rendez-vous de la Tour-Eiffel" a book which involved taking one photograph per day during one year in front of the luminous Eiffel Tower. From Shimon Peres to Johnny Depp, Oliver Stone to Keziah Jones, Boutros Boutros-Ghali to Milla Jovovich, more than 300 celebrities appeared in this photographic record of the period leading to the turn of the millennium.
In 2000, Guedj joined the press agency Corbis/Sygma and was put in charge of their music department. He serendipitously began to direct films and after a request from legendary producer Ibrahima Sylla, went to Mali to direct Mandekalou, Words of Memory - a film which pays tribute to the tradition of African praise-singing.
In 2003, he joins the organizing team of the Silhouette short films festival, the unique outdoor short films festival in Paris.
Since then he has directed many EPKs, Videos and Live shows.
Stéphane Bébert Biography
Born in 1968, Stéphane Bébert is a musician who likes dabbling in everything. After five years studying law and economics at university, he started playing music.
In 1999, he decided to leave Nice to try his luck in Paris. There, he contributes, as the coordinator and art director, to the book "Les Rendez-vous de la Tour Eiffel" and at the same time he played his first concerts in the capital.
The media coverage of the book is a success. The following year he is offered the opportunity to take part in the video photographic subject called "Children's dreams" for Paris Match and for the TV programme "Celebrity" on the French Channel TF1. He also works for the musical Press as a freelance photographer and editor and gets the Press Card.
In 2002, he started the group The Squatters and made his first album at Warner. Quite naturally, he asked his close friend and cousin Lionel Guedj to direct the first video clip of the groups first single, which entered the Charts.
Stéphane likes not only sound but also picture (his brother and father are both photographers). He made the first DVD video of the Squatters "Enfin chez toi". In May 2007, he competed and won the national prize "My Space President" thanks to the video clip "La droite, la gauche".
