Richard Minier is a music producer and director of documentaries, television series, and commercials. He has acted as producer for numerous artists from Africa, South America, and the Caribbean, including Toots & The Maytals, Edwin Starr, Jehro, and Marathonians, as well as the latest album by singer Pauline Croze. In 2016, he directed the ‘Absinthe’ publicity campaign for Pernod Richard and the Kitsuné label, work which took him around the world. He worked on the production of the television series Capitales Inconnues and Mythiques Studios, and directed a documentary on and produced the record by Las Maravillas de Mali. He is founder and artistic director of the audiovisual label Heavy Surf.