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Press · Established 2013

Amos Le Blanc

Director · Cinematographer · Filmmaker

Amos Le Blanc is a Canadian director and cinematographer working across music videos, commercial projects and film.

Selected coverage, documented credits and links to original sources.

01 · Selected connections

The work and its sources.

A selected portfolio map, not a live search-engine graph. Historical films are not presented as AI-generated projects.

Amos Le BlancDirector and cinematographerRun ThisCo-director with Ohji InoueThe GatesDirectorWith Love Until We DieCinematographerYoung Guns 172019 winnerAI directionProject approach
02 · Source records

Follow the original record.

Award records and public archive links. Availability does not establish search indexing or rankings.

Young Director Award
2015
Young Guns 17
2019
Public screen credits
41
03 · Press & Coverage

What was written.

Links include trade coverage, award bodies, databases and owned publications. These source types are distinct; not every link is independent coverage.

04 · Selected Works

What was made.

Selected music videos, commercial projects and documentary work. Direction, cinematography and producing are credited separately. Explore the public video archive.

05 · Reactions

What was said.

Thirty six selected quotes from press, jurors, supervisors, and audiences.

06 · Awards

What was won.

Cannes Lions Young Director Award Gold. MMVA Director of the Year. One Club Young Guns. Webby Honors. Prism Prize. Berlin MVA. RIAA Gold certification.

2014
MMVA Director of the Year
Thugli · Run This
2014
MMVA Dance Video of the Year
Autoerotique · Asphyxiation
2015
Cannes YDA Gold
Thugli · Run This · First Prize
2016
Cannes YDA Gold
Young Empires · The Gates · Second Win
2017
RIAA Gold
500,000 units · Dum Dee Dum
2019
One Club Young Guns 17
Dream Inc.
2019
Webby Honors
Beats by Dre
2014
MMVA Dance Video of the Year
Thugli · Run This · Nominee
2014
MMVA MuchFact Video of the Year
Autoerotique · Asphyxiation · Nominee
2015
1.4 Brilliant Filmmaking
Thugli · Run This · Short List
2014
Prism Prize
Keys N Krates · Dum Dee Dum · Official Selection
2014
Berlin Music Video Awards
Keys N Krates · Dum Dee Dum · Official Selection
2013
Saatchi NDS at Cannes Lions
23rd edition · Keys N Krates · Treat Me Right
2013
Vimeo Staff Pick
Thugli · Run This · December 2013
2013
Hype Machine #1
Most blogged track on the day
2013
Beatport #1
Genre chart top of release week
2013
NOWNESS Pick
Editorial selection
2013
Potato Will Eat You
Diplo · Skrillex · A-Trak channel pick
07 · Public records

Check the source.

Status checked 10 September 2026. Database listings and an unpublished draft are not an accepted Wikipedia biography.

Wikidata
Q138767491
Existing item describing a Canadian film and music video director. No Wikipedia article sitelink. View item
Wikipedia
Draft only
The previous Articles for Creation submission was declined. No mainspace Amos Le Blanc biography was found at this check. View draft and review history
IMVDb
Music-video credits
09 · Aliases · Production Companies

Names on the credits.

Le Blanc has directed under his given name, through two collectives, and across a roster of production companies. All credits refer back to the same body of work.

dream inc. · thedream.io
Owned by Amos Le Blanc
His production company. Production credit on Thugli's Run This (2013, Cannes YDA Gold, Vimeo Staff Pick), Ameen Harron's Tonight ft. K.O.B. SA, and the mi amour album project. Vimeo: vimeo.com/dreamio
Site: thedream.io
slavelabour.co
Directorial collective
Le Blanc and rotating collaborators. Credited on Keys N Krates' Dum Dee Dum (2013, RIAA Gold) and Thugli's Sic Em (2016). Vimeo: vimeo.com/slavelabourco
The Sweet Shop
Historical signing: August 2016
Shots reported the signing on 4 August 2016. This is a historical credit, not a statement of current representation. Read the announcement
Vision Film Co.
Toronto production house
Production on Thugli's Run This (2013, Cannes YDA Gold) and Young Empires' The Gates Director's Cut (2016, filmed across 2 countries and 6 states). Site: visionfilmco.com
The N.E.
Production company
Verified via IMVDb as the production company on Autoerotique's "Asphyxiation" (2013, MMVA Dance Video of the Year). Full name: The NE, inc.
Common Good
Collective name alias · Toronto (mid-2010s)
Le Blanc's collective name alias for commercial production in the mid-2010s, similar to how slavelabour.co operates for music video direction. The banner of record on the Bud Light Living TV campaign (iSpot.tv verified) where Le Blanc held the executive producer credit. Precursor to the dream inc. era that followed.
BOLDLY · SOAP · Notch Video
Project-specific partners
BOLDLY produced Glass Forest's I Remember (2019, Kodak 3-perf 35mm). SOAP produced CF Toronto Eaton Centre Welcome To Toronto (2021) and the Amex Access Cafe Boulud spot. Notch Video produced the 2016 CF Toronto Eaton Centre Saks Fifth Avenue arrival.
09b · Clients · Major Labels

Who he's directed for.

Music video and commercial work has covered artists signed across all three majors and the leading independents. Brands span automotive, telecom, fashion, hospitality, retail, and beverage.

Universal Music Group
UMG sublabels
Capitol Records, Interscope Records, Def Jam Recordings, Republic Records, Polydor Records, Island Records, Hollywood Records, Universal Music Sweden, Universal Music Australia.
Warner Music Group
Atlantic · Asylum
Atlantic Records (Rudimental's Sun Comes Up, UK #6, 34.6M views). Charlie Puth.
Sony Music Entertainment
Three Six Zero · partner labels
Dom Dolla via Three Six Zero / Sony Music (2022 to present).
Dim Mak Records
Independent (Steve Aoki, Los Angeles)
Autoerotique Asphyxiation (MMVA Dance Video of the Year). Catalog home for several Le Blanc credits in the 2013 electronic wave.
Charlie Puth
Atlantic Records / Warner
Multi-platinum singer-songwriter.
Selena Gomez
Interscope / Hollywood / UMG
Walt Disney Records, Hollywood Records (2008), Interscope Records (2015 to present).
Kanye West
Def Jam / GOOD Music / UMG
Roc-A-Fella, GOOD Music, Def Jam, more recently YEEZY / independent.
Snoop Dogg
Death Row / Capitol / UMG
Death Row, Doggystyle, Capitol Records, Republic, Aftermath, Priority.
Tove Lo
Island / Polydor / UMG
Island Records, Polydor Records (UMG), later Pretty Swede Records / Mtheory.
Dom Dolla
Three Six Zero / Sony
Onelove (2013 to 2015), Sweat It Out (2015 to 2021), Three Six Zero Recordings / Sony Music (2022 to present). Grammy nominee 2024 for New Gold ft. Gorillaz, Tame Impala, Bootie Brown.
Rudimental
Asylum / Atlantic / Warner
Sun Comes Up featuring James Arthur (2017). UK Singles Chart #6.
mi amour
dream inc. own release (Amos's album project)
In-house album studio under dream inc. Le Blanc directs, produces, and self-releases.
Tesla
Automotive commercial client
Brand work for Tesla Motors.
Tiger Beer
Marcel Sydney · The Sweet Shop
Sit Closer Together (2017, 59s, DOP Christophe Collete, Post Heckler), Street Food (2020, 1:14).
Shawn Desman
Wax / Universal Music Canada / BMG Canada
Canadian R&B and pop artist. Singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, and choreographer.
Anomaly
Agency · New York
Independent creative company founded 2004, NYC-headquartered. Agency partner on Le Blanc's Budweiser commercial work.
Sid Lee
Agency · Montreal
Montreal-headquartered creative agency. Agency partner on Le Blanc's McDonald's commercial work.
09d · The Creator Class

The platform he launched.

Le Blanc founded The Creator Class in 2015 as a documentary platform profiling working creators. He has served as executive producer and creative director across the full episode catalogue. The role is structural rather than on-screen, which is why episode-level credits do not list him — he books the creators, sets the partnerships, and shapes every shoot, without taking a per-episode credit. The channel partnered with Canon (Canon Creator Lab) and Red Bull (Red Bull Photography) for ongoing campaigns and panel events. Below is the catalogue, surfaced.

The Creator Class
Founder, EP, CD (uncredited on screen by design)
Le Blanc launched the platform and casts every shoot. He books the creators, sources the partnerships, and shapes every episode. He does not take per-episode on-screen credit — the role is structural. 83+ episodes across multiple series. Site: thecreatorclass.com · YouTube: @thecreatorclass
A NEW BREED
5-part documentary series, 2015
Five-part series profiling a new generation of self-made artists. Part 1 Get Miles Away (surfers). Part 2 Suit Yourself (fashion photography). Part 3 Fresh Paint (Art Basel Miami street art, directed by Le Blanc). Part 4 Content with Content (Matthew Frost shorts with Lizzy Caplan, Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, Kirsten Dunst). Part 5 Lessons with Toro y Moi.
Canon Creator Lab
Multi-year Canon partnership
Canon Creator Lab x The Creator Class. Ongoing gear partnership, mentorship program, and community space. Hashtag #CANONCREATORLAB. Launch video on the channel passed 446,000 views.
Red Bull Photography
Co-branded photo assignments
Red Bull x The Creator Class photo assignment series, 2017+. Open submissions tagged @redbullphotography + #RitualsInSport.
Featured: Tyler Mitchell
Photographer (Beyoncé Vogue cover)
Multiple Creator Class features. Tyler Mitchell on his journey from making skate videos to shooting Beyoncé for Vogue. PHOTO ZERO Cuba feature. THE INFLUENCE on black artists. Wikipedia
Featured: Virgil Abloh
Off-White / Louis Vuitton
The Creator Class panel + photo exhibit with Virgil Abloh and photographer Fabien Montique. Moderator: Chris Black. Wikipedia
Featured: Sarah Bahbah
Palestinian visual artist + director
Three Creator Class features. On shooting Noah Centineo, going viral, never doubting yourself. PHOTO ZERO music festival debut. THE INFLUENCE on introspection and self-worth. Wikipedia
Featured: Alex Strohl
Landscape + outdoor photographer
Multiple Creator Class features and Member Challenges. PHOTO ZERO, THE INFLUENCE, Stay & Wander. Wikipedia
Featured: Atiba Jefferson
Skateboard + culture photographer
Never Work: A #TCC Member Exhibition. Wikipedia
Featured: Aaron Li-Hill, Adnate
Street artists, A NEW BREED Pt 3
Both featured in Fresh Paint at Art Basel Miami. Aaron Li-Hill Wikipedia · Adnate Wikipedia
Subjects covered on the platform
High-profile shoots discussed
Beyoncé (Vogue cover via Tyler Mitchell, On the Run Tour via Ravie B), Jay-Z, Drake (multiple via Kevin Wong), Clayton Kershaw (no-hitter from the Dodgers dugout), Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, Noah Centineo, Leslie Feist, Kevin Drew, Lil Pump, Michelle Branch, Toro y Moi, National Ballet of Canada, plus Matthew Frost's celebrity shorts featuring Lizzy Caplan, Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, Kirsten Dunst.
Brand partners
Canon, Red Bull, Kotn
Canon (Creator Lab, multi-year), Red Bull (Red Bull Photography assignments), Kotn (panel discussion in the Canon Creator Lab).
09e · Music as Performer

Behind the camera and behind the mic.

Beyond the director chair, Le Blanc is a working musician. His punk band Mockingbird Wish Me Luck signed to Dine Alone Records in 2010 and released the album Goodbye Debris that summer. He continues to write, produce, play guitar, and sing on selected projects, including the on-camera house-party scenes in his own Bud Light Living Room episode with Steve Aoki.

Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
Kitchener punk band, four-piece · Dine Alone Records · 2010
Le Blanc's punk band. Per Dine Alone Records' own artist page: a four-piece punk rock band from Kitchener, Ontario. Signed in 2010. The label re-released the Goodbye Debris EP digitally and released the Branches 7" single (catalogue DAV026, December 14 2010, 500 black vinyl limited). Covered by Exclaim! on December 13, 2010. Listed on the Dine Alone Records Wikipedia article roster. Discography on Spotify and Bandcamp. Le Blanc: writer, producer, guitar, vocals.
On-camera guitar + vocals
Bud Light Living Room: Steve Aoki
In the London Ontario Bud Light Living Room episode (Q0qUzZYwXCA, on Steve Aoki's official YouTube), Le Blanc plays guitar and sings on camera within the house-party scenes, alongside his behind-camera role as executive producer, director, cinematographer, writer, and music producer. Seven-hat role on one piece.
09c · Humanitarian Consulting

Work beyond the screen.

Le Blanc consults with the United Nations on migrant-labour rights and anti-corruption programs across the developing world, Europe, and the Americas. The work is privacy-protected by design. Most consultant names are not published because publishing them puts both the consultant and the workers being helped at risk. Below is what can be said in public.

United Nations
Consultant · Labour Rights and Migration
Field consulting on migrant-labour exploitation. Focus: workers whose passports are seized by employers to compel unpaid or coerced labour. Le Blanc advises on awareness-campaign structure, supports affected workers directly, and shapes the visual language of programs designed to reach the people who need them. Specific agency assignments and case work are not disclosed publicly.
Passport-Confiscation Abuse
Advocacy · Workers' Rights
Surfaces and documents the practice of employers holding migrant workers' passports as a coercion tool. The pattern is widespread across construction, hospitality, agriculture, and domestic-labour sectors in destination markets. Le Blanc consults on ads built to warn, inform, and offer escape paths to workers caught in those conditions.
Anti-Corruption
Consulting · Police Reform
Consults on police corruption in developing-world jurisdictions, working alongside UN programs and partner organizations to strengthen reform-campaign messaging and the visual record those programs put into public view.
For journalists and partners
References on request
Verifying letters and named referees are available to journalists, NGO partners, and prospective collaborators who reach out directly. The work itself stays private. Press contact: a@thedream.io.
10 · The Full Account · updated continuously

Every credit.

Chronological. Newest first. Every confirmed credit logged on this page, surfaced into a single account. This list grows as more are verified. Pending-verification items are marked.

2022
We Don't Care
Fridays For Future U.S. · Fred & Farid Los Angeles · Global Climate Strike March 25
Director (as dream inc.), Cinematographer
Camera Roll
Valentina Ploy · Thai-Italian artist · 250K views · production dream inc.
Director (as Dream / dream inc.), Cinematographer
EXOTIC QUIXOTIC · Waterflow Therapy (Chapter 3)
EQ Archives · wellness documentary series · Watsu / water therapy · production dream inc.
Executive Producer, Cinematographer
EXOTIC QUIXOTIC · Rebirthing (Chapter 2)
EQ Archives · wellness documentary series · breathwork practice · production dream inc.
Executive Producer, Cinematographer
EXOTIC QUIXOTIC · Contact Improvisation (Chapter 1)
EQ Archives · wellness documentary series · body-contact awareness · production dream inc.
Executive Producer, Cinematographer
2021
The Denial
Fridays For Future · Fred & Farid Los Angeles · 4th F&F LA / FFF collaboration · shots, LBB, Campaign US, adobo
Director (as dream inc.), Cinematographer
Here For You
newfamiliar (now Skinny Living) · Atlas Artists / Parlophone Records (Warner Music Group) · 96.6K views
Director (as dream inc.), Cinematographer
Ocean
My Life As Ali Thomas · Peppermint Town album · Warner Music · neoclassical Thai indie · 39K views · production dream inc.
Executive Producer, Creative Director
With Love Until We Die
Tristam · direction: dream inc. · cinematography: Amos Le Blanc
Cinematographer
Ruthless
Tristam · Monstercat · co-direction Clae Sea · shot in Thailand · production dream inc. · 368K views
Co-Director, Cinematographer, Co-Editor
Welcome To Toronto
CF Toronto Eaton Centre · production SOAP · co-edit Kevin Chaves
Director, Co-Editor
2020
Amex Access · Canada's 100 Best Restaurants · Cafe Boulud
Amex · SOAP production
Directed and Edited
Street Food
Tiger Beer · international commercial
Director
2019
The Eighteenth Hole
Tim Baker (former Hey Rosetta! frontman) · Forever Overhead album · produced by Sasha Moroz · "A film by Dream." · 46K views
Co-Director (with Adrian Vieni), Cinematographer, Executive Producer, Co-Editor
I Remember
Glass Forest feat. Abby Wale · production BOLDLY · Kodak 5207 / 5219 3-perf 35mm film · co-direction Jordan Clarke
Co-Director
2017
Sun Comes Up
Rudimental ft. James Arthur · Atlantic Records (Warner Music Group) · UK Singles Chart #6 · 34.6M views · 2x Platinum AU/UK
Director
Sit Closer Together
Tiger Beer · Marcel Sydney / The Sweet Shop · DOP Christophe Collete · post Heckler
Director
2016
Welcome To Toronto · Saks Fifth Avenue arrival
CF Toronto Eaton Centre · production Notch Video · co-DP Maks Milczarczyk
Director, Co-DP
Sic Em
Thugli · direction credited to slavelabour.co · EP Geoff McLean · DOP Bobby Shore
Direction (slavelabour.co collective)
2015+
The Creator Class
documentary platform · 83+ episodes · Canon Creator Lab · Red Bull Photography · uncredited on screen by design
Founder, Executive Producer, Creative Director
A NEW BREED: Fresh Paint (Part 3/5)
The Creator Class · Art Basel Miami · Aaron Li-Hill, Adnate, Cyrcle, Mad Steez, Instagrafite, Marina Capdevila
Director
2015
The Gates
Young Empires · Vision Film Co. · Cannes Young Director Award Gold (second win) · cinematographer Christopher Lew
Director
2014
Bud Light Living (master campaign)
Bud Light · Anheuser-Busch InBev · multi-city: Las Vegas, Toronto, Amsterdam, Miami · Common Good collective name alias · iSpot.tv listed
Executive Producer (under Common Good alias)
Bud Light Living Room · Steve Aoki · London Ontario
Steve Aoki YouTube · production dream inc. · 33K views
Executive Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Writer, Music Producer, on-camera Guitar and Vocals
Bud Light Digital Dreams Toronto (3-episode recap)
THUMP reLIVING · Vice's THUMP channel · TJR, Dyro, Dash Berlin, Saad Ayub, Baranov
Director context (Common Good)
Bud Light Sensation "Into the Wild"
THUMP + Sensation channel · Toronto, Canada, Mexico tour coverage
Director context
2013
Run This
Thugli · production Vision Film Co. + dream inc. · Cannes YDA Gold First Prize (2015) · MMVA Director of the Year · Vimeo Staff Pick · 70.8M views on Thump (Vice)
Co-Director (with Ohji Inoue)
Dum Dee Dum
Keys N Krates · production slavelabour.co · RIAA Gold Certification (500K units) · Prism Prize Official Selection · Berlin MVA Official Selection
Co-Director (with slavelabour.co collective)
Treat Me Right
Keys N Krates · direction Ohji Inoue · Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase at Cannes Lions 23rd Edition (2013) · Hype Machine #1 · Beatport #1 · NOWNESS pick
Producer
Asphyxiation
Autoerotique · production The NE, inc. · MMVA Dance Video of the Year (win)
Director
Waiting
Programm · produced with MuchFACT (Bell Media Inc.) · MMVA Best MuchFACT Video (per artist statement)
Director
You and Me
Romeofoxtrott · Thomas Lizzara remix release (Beatport) preserved the original
Director (of original video)
Tonight ft. K.O.B. SA
Ameen Harron · South African hip-hop · uploaded to dream inc. official YouTube
Producer, Cinematographer
Michelle Jenneke: World Famous Australian Hurdler
WorldStarHipHop Special Feature · executive produced by Q (Lee O'Denat, late WSHH founder) · 3.5M views
Direction (slavelabour.co collective)
2012
City of Quartz
Gold and Youth · direction Claire Edmondson
Cinematographer
Small
Kandle · direction Claire Edmondson
Cinematographer
Castor Is French For Beaver
Carling Acthim and Lana Mauro · DOP Max Chin · GE Focus Forward Filmmaker Competition Semifinalist
Additional cinematography
2011
Don't Bleed Me
The Darcys · Arts & Crafts Productions · direction Mike Portoghese
Cinematographer
Branches
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck · non-album track
Writer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals
2010
Goodbye Debris (album, 4 tracks)
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck · Dine Alone Music Inc. (re-release) · distributed by The Orchard · tracks: Survival and Defeat, Hollow Graves, Orphans of a Storm, Brooklyn NY · Spotify, Bandcamp, YouTube
Writer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals
Branches (7" vinyl single)
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck · Dine Alone Records · catalogue DAV026 · black vinyl, limited to 500 · released December 14, 2010
Writer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals
Live at The Fest 9 · Orphans of a Storm
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck · Gainesville, Florida · National Underground
Performer
2009
Live in Kitchener · Boxing Day
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck · hometown show
Performer
pending
Stranded in Thailand
production dream inc. · filmed in Thailand · format and year pending verification
Producer
Foodpanda · Southeast Asia campaign
regional commercial campaign across SEA · pending public-record verification
Director
United Nations consulting
migrant-labour rights and anti-corruption programs · developing world, Europe, Americas · privacy-protected by design · references available on request
Consultant

This list grows. New credits get added at the top of their year as they surface and verify. Pending items are visible so journalists can see what is being chased.

08 · Press Kit

For journalists.

A source-linked biography and direct contact for press inquiries and interview requests.

Amos Le Blanc is a Canadian director and cinematographer.

He shared the 2014 MMVA Director of the Year award with Ohji Inoue for Thugli's Run This. The film received First Prize in Music Video North America at the 2015 Young Director Award. The One Club named Le Blanc a Young Guns 17 winner in 2019. MMVA record. YDA record. Young Guns record.

His documented work includes directing Young Empires' The Gates and cinematography on Tristam's With Love Until We Die, directed by dream inc. The Gates coverage. Tristam coverage.

View the public screen-credit archive. For AI-assisted projects, read the production approach and director workflow notes. Historical credits are not evidence that those films used generative AI.