Mat Ninat — 360° Artist & Creative Visionary
This is the official Mat Ninat biography — a French-British musician, filmmaker, and photographer with 30 years of experience as a sound engineer, TV director, and official photographer for Canal+.
Over three decades, he has covered TV shows, red carpets, festivals, and screenings, while also working on legendary programs like
Nulle Part Ailleurs and Le Grand Journal. He is one of the official photographers of the César Awards — the French Oscars — where he has captured portraits of iconic actors and cinema legends.
What sets him apart is how each craft fuels the others:
- 🎵 Musician — rhythm and tension sharpen his editing and cinematic pacing.
- 📸 Photographer — his eye for light and framing elevates both visuals and stage presence.
- 🎬 Director — clarity, confidence, and style carry into every project, whether behind the lens or on stage.
This rare fusion of sound, vision, and instinct lies at the core of everything he creates — from
analog rock records to high-end visual campaigns.
He is also the founder of Mat Ninat Studio and Night Angel Records, an independent label and creative house based in France, producing both his own work and select projects for artists and brands worldwide.
➡️ Discover the analog journey with the Night Angel vinyl.
Mat Ninat Studio & Night Angel Records
The DNA of a Creative Powerhouse
Mat Ninat Studio is a Paris–Versailles based creative production company and independent label founded by multidisciplinary artist Mat Ninat. Together with its label Night Angel Records, it unites music, film, and photography under one roof.
We craft cinematic content with a musical soul — born from three decades of experience in music, cinema, and television.
Our clients are artists, festivals, broadcasters, and cultural brands who seek bold storytelling, uncompromising quality, and analog authenticity combined with digital innovation.
What we deliver:
- 🎥 Music videos with narrative depth and emotion
- 📸 Editorial photo shoots & album artwork
- 🎬 EPKs, documentaries & behind-the-scenes films
- 📺 Multicamera live concerts for stage and broadcast
- 💿 Full record production with Night Angel Records — from studio sessions to mixing, mastering, CD & vinyl pressing
From intimate shoots to large-scale productions, we adapt to every project’s ambition.
Mat Ninat Studio & Night Angel Records also produce and release original music, rooted in analog sound and timeless rock’n’roll aesthetics, while supporting select projects for artists and brands worldwide.
Clients include Canal+, Savarez, Guitare Village, Barrière Enghien Jazz Festival, and more.
🔥 Born to Create — The Fire That Started It All
The spark came from my father. At six, he handed me a tape recorder and a pile of rock’n’roll tapes — Stones, Hendrix, Zeppelin, Mountain. I’d sit for hours, rewinding riffs and rewinding dreams. He shaped my taste and gave me the discipline that still drives my work as an artist and entrepreneur.
By eleven, my mum — Vivienne Chandler, actress, photographer, and former model — gave me my first Nikon 35mm camera. She had lived it for real, acting in legendary films like Duck, You Sucker (Sergio Leone), A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick), and Star Wars – Return of the Jedi (George Lucas). I grew up inside the Bush family, where music, photography, and cinema weren’t hobbies — they were life.
I learned to shoot and develop film in the same darkroom where Kate Bush’s album covers were created. I practiced martial arts with John Bush, prepped lights and backdrops for shoots, and absorbed everything — vision, rhythm, intention.
I didn’t grow up around creativity. I was raised by it.
From the very start, I lived inside a photo–video–music environment. That’s why today, I never separate my crafts.
Photography, music, and directing are one language — my way of freezing time, telling stories, and leaving something real behind.
This is my legacy. Analog soul. Timeless vision. Born to create.
Vivienne Chandler with Sergio Leone and James Coburn, Rome — behind the scenes of Duck, You Sucker!
Photo by Angelo Novi.
Mat Ninat practicing Kyudo — traditional Japanese archery — in a dojo in Kent, circa 1988.
Photo by John Bush.
Mat Ninat with Slash (Guns 'n Roses) and Norbert “Nono” Krief (Trust), backstage at Le Zénith, Paris — November 13, 2014.