Thomas Poirier, self-proclaimed “The last terrible child”, is a young self-taught French director based in Paris.
« I grew up in the suburbs far from the cinema industry. When I decided to be a director, I quickly understood that
I was going to have to do everything by myself. Invest, not sleep, undertake, approach, even harass sometimes… » In 2013, he created an artistic collective named « Shining » bringing together key crews friends, in order to prove the industry
they were capable of undertaking projects through the whole process of filmmaking.