Steven ADA is born in June 1970 in Paris, France. He studied Communication & Advertising at school during the early 90’s, while playing music in a pop band. Creative and highly passionated by CG Design, Steven becames firstly, as fully autodidact, a pioneer in Europe in the mastery of After Effects technics and started his artistic career in the mid 90’s by directing Motion Design and Graphic Titles Sequences for french TV channels and shows (MCM, FRANCE TV, M6, …).

During the late 90’s, he teamed-up with his childhood friend (Eric Poulet) to form the directing duo LES SP6MEN (pronounced « the speci-men »), and founded a famous Studio named “SPECIMEN” (1999). By leading one the 1st creative and independant digital Studio in Paris, the duo boosted their creativity through their own post-production solutions, equipment and teams, and went on to quickly become in the early 2000’s amongst the most notable Music Video french directors, working for the major Artists from the Pop Music scene (Zazie, Marc Lavoine, Raphael, Johnny Hallyday, Florent Pagny, Calogero, Superbus, …). In the wake, they launched a successful start in TV Commercials through a key representation with the leading french production company LES TELECREATEURS / INSURRECTION, featuring great campaign Directions and VFX craftings for PMU, VOLVIC, COTE D’OR, BNP PARIBAS, CARTE NOIRE, ORANGINA, … The 2 talented SP6MEN extended their activity through business in producing by their own renowned music videos, few TVCs, and famed CG design works (such as the spectacular opening titles sequence designed by Laurent Brett for HOSTAGE movie, a Miramax US feature film with Bruce Willis and directed by Florent Emilio Siri), also directed and produced a 17 min thriller short movie shot in 35mm (RIVE GLAUQUE – SCUM).  In 2008 Steven left the duo to focus on a solo career.

Aside from having become through time an international renowned TVC Director, Steven has always placed the post-production work in the heart of his projects, allowing to constantly feed up with an earnest passion his different occupations (Director, Producer, VFX Supervisor, or Digital Artist). As often as possible, he crafts for his films his own Editings, Color Gradings, VFX supervisings, leading his most complex Compositing jobs from his own stylet and even a full post-production management / production service (LANCÔME, VEET, MAROC TELECOM, RENAULT, GILLETTE, …), while staying always open to working with the famous CG Studios from around the world. Also he never hesitates to bring his Technical, Artistic and Managerial talents in Post for other director’s projects (ARMANI, VIKTOR AND ROLF Perfume, RAMBLA, BERGER, …).

Versatile and experienced, creative and accurate, he is able to collaborate within solid teams in Studios, as much as working remotely and independantly from his own equipment. And with his fine visual style, Steven is fully suitable to different categories of  projects (Beauty, Perfume & Fashion spots, Car & Technology TVCs, Storytelling films & series, Documentaries, Digital or Corporate films, Music videos, Graphic & Design contents, …).
Whether being a specific link within an imposing making chain, setting-up and supervising an entire CG team / a specific technical pipeline while optimizing timings & costs, managing clients and leading / following up artistic guidelines, or just simply being involved in the visual making of any type of project through elegant Visual Treatments, fine VFX, or beautiful image adjustments in Color Grading intents, Steven is surely one of your your best partners to reach custom made crafts, successful films, and qualitative post-production requirements !