Awards, Features:
Rolling Stone
Kodak Film
Mubi
Director’s Library
Revolt
Vibe Magazine
Essence
Vevo
Vogue
Architectural Digest
Apple Music
Billboard
Cannes Lions
Young Director Awards shortlist 2024
Berlin Commercial official selection 2024
*additional work available upon request
Jean Estene is a director, writer, and creative director whose work centers on bold, catalyzing imagery and a provocative visual language. She crafts emotionally charged worlds that prioritize visceral feeling over linear narrative, using precise framing, editorial texture, and sound to leave a lasting emotional imprint.
Drawn to outliers and enigmatic storytelling, her work often blurs boundaries — between reality and dream, beauty and distortion, performance and identity.
Originally from Los Angeles, Jean studied at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, focusing on experimental filmmaking and arthouse cinema. During her time at NYU, she lived in France, an experience that expanded her creative lens through immersion in cross-cultural cinema, sculpture, photography, theatre, and dance. These influences continue to inform her interest in melding the worlds of fashion, cinema, and multi-medium visual art.
She is currently based in Los Angeles, working at Architectural Digest / Condé Nast while developing original film and branded content projects.
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