Sylvain Despretz - Los ángeles Deluxe (EN)

The book - Deluxe Edition

About the books:

Storyboards, concept art, paintings and illustration – Despretz's palette of talents have been all been deployed in various combinations to bring the movies that we have loved to the screen, among them being:  The Fifth Element, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, and Eyes Wide Shut.

Los ángeles is neither catalogue nor instruction manual – it is both, and more wonderful when brought together, an artist and craftsman putting his talent to work on the dream machine that is Hollywood. Littered with anecdotes and observations of the past two decades, Los ángeles is a unique must-have for all those interested in cinema and art in general.

About the artist:

Sylvain Despretz is an independent writer-director who has worked extensively in the USA and Europe in storyboarding and illustration.
He created storyboards for Madonna’s Like a Prayer music video, and worked alongside Michael Jackson for the Dangerous album. At the end of the '90s Despretz began working for Ridley Scott on numerous feature film projects and television events.

For the past two decades Sylvain Despretz has been involved in successful, high-profile films, notably The Planet of the Apes, Harry Potter and Alien Resurrection.

More info on the publisher's website: Editions Caurette, where you can also read a PDF of the first chapters of the book.

Visit the crowdfunding project page here (English).

This book is also available in English here.

Sylvain's IMBd page