Frederic Schindler
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Frederic Schindler (born 1980) is a French-Argentinean music supervisor who has worked on over 1000 commercials[1] and several films, most notably Aaron Brookner and Jim Jarmusch documentary Uncle Howard,[2] Emir Kusturica feature On The Milky Road.,[3] Berlinale Golden Bear winner Alcarrás and the Prada L'Homme et la Femme worldwide campaign featuring a bespoke cover by Perfume Genius of the iconic Pop Ballad Can't Help Falling in Love.[4] He won a Music Week Sync Award in 2017 for Best Online Advert[5] and was awarded Music Supervisor of the Year in 2025[6] by the Association of Independent Music (AIM)
Frederic Schindler was born in Argentina where he attended the Lycée Franco-Argentin Jean Mermoz. He started his career working for the French Ministère des Affaires Etrangères as a Deputy Attaché for the Cultural Services, promoting French cinema & music in South America. He then became Managing Director of the Spanish language version of the French music magazine Les Inrockuptibles.[7]
He's the Founder of the independent music supervision company, Too Young Ltd[8]., the curated music supervision platform Catalog and the music curation service Movement.[9] He worked on campaigns for Prada, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chanel, Hôtel Costes,[10] Renault,[11] Nina Ricci, Nike,[12] Paco Rabanne, Ford, Diesel,[13] Mac Cosmetics, NGOs Casa Do Menor [14] and 30 Millions d'Amis,[15] among others. His work also includes management and A&R for artists such as Benjamin Biolay,[16] Colder,[17] Andrea Balency [18] and Little Dragon.
He has been nominated for Best Sync at the Music + Sound Awards (2015,[19] 2017 [20] ), in several categories (Best Music Supervisor, Best Film Soundtrack, Best Online Advert [21][22]) at the Music Week Sync Awards and at the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards in 2023 in the Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Synch) category.[23] He teaches at Pompeu Fabra University[24] and had speaking engagements at the Future Music Forum,[25] London Sync Sessions,[26] Spot +,[27] Linecheck,[28] AIM Connected and Primavera Sound.
In September 2024, Frederic Schindler announced the launch of Catalog,[29] a curated music supervision platform. Catalog is designed to streamline the music licensing process for music supervisors and other visual media professionals by offering access to independent music from labels such as !K7, Beggars Group, Warp, Kompakt and Ninja Tune. The platform aims to address inefficiencies in the sync market and promote fairer artist compensation[30] as an alternative to the prevalent use of stock music in visual media.[31] Schindler presented Catalog at the AIM Connected conference at the Barbican Centre.
He is a Guild of Music Supervisors full member.
References
- ↑ "Frederic Schindler (Too Young Ltd.)". www.primaverasound.com. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ↑ Harvey, Dennis (2016-01-28). "Sundance Film Review: 'Uncle Howard'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ Bellucci, Monica; Kusturica, Emir; Micalovic, Sloboda; Trifunovic, Sergej (2017-02-25), On the Milky Road, retrieved 2017-03-18
- ↑ "Perfume Genius Covers Elvis for New Prada Ad: Watch | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
- ↑ "Music Week Sync Awards 2017: Winners in full". Retrieved 2017-12-24.
- ↑ "Sync Awards | Celebrate Independent Syncs". AIM SYNC Conference. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ↑ "Los Inrocks" (PDF). Los Inrockuptibles. 2017-03-20.
- ↑ "Too Young Ltd. — Music supervision and audio post". Too Young Ltd. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ↑ "Movement". Movement. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ↑ "Credits - hôtel costes". hotelcostes.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ↑ "Renault: As unexpected as life | Ads of the World™". adsoftheworld.com. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ UK, Televisual Media Ltd. "Televisual | NEWS & COMMENTS". www.televisual.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ "Diesel: Spirit of the Brave • Ads of the World™ | Part of The Clio Network". Ads of the World™. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ↑ "Casa do Menor: The Burden (Director's Cut) - Video - Creativity Online". Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ "30 Millions D'Amis Foundation 30 Millions D'Amis Foundation: 30 MILLIONS D'AMIS IS BARKING LOUDLY AGAINST ABANDONMENT. - Adeevee". Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ "La Superbe - Benjamin Biolay | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ Hutchinson, Kate (2016-06-30). "Colder: The Rain and Goodbye review – kraut-punk-dub for Lynchian dancefloors". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ Dazed (2015-03-25). "Watch Andrea Balency's statically charged new video". Dazed. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ UK, Televisual Media Ltd. "Televisual | NEWS & COMMENTS". www.televisual.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ↑ "2017 Finalists - Re-Records". Music+Sound Awards. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ↑ "Music Week Sync Awards 2016 finalists revealed". Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ↑ "Music Week Sync Awards: first finalists revealed". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ↑ Tangcay, Jazz (2023-01-23). "Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Taylor Swift Nominated for Guild of Music Supervisors Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ↑ "Academic directors and faculty - Postgraduate Course in Global Music Business Management - UPF Barcelona". www.barcelonaschoolofmanagement.upf.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ↑ "El Future Music Forum, el secreto mejor guardado de las conferencias profesionales de música en España (2a parte)". Industria Musical (in European Spanish). 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ↑ "2017". London Sync Sessions. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ↑ Jensen, Mille Raaby (2025-02-17). "Let's Talk Sync // SPOT+ 2025". SPOT Festival. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ↑ "Node approda al Linecheck 2019 con IMPERDIBILI WORKSHOP – Node" (in Italian). 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ↑ "Music supervision firm Too Young launches curated sync platform Catalog with indie label partners". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ↑ "Music supervisor Frederic Schindler on tackling the 'broken' sync system". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ↑ "'80 percent of music in media today is stock': New sync marketplace Catalog wants better licensing for independent artists · News ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2025-05-14.