After attending the New York Film Academy (NYFA), USC’s School of Cinematic Arts Summer Program in Los Angeles, CA and receiving the UCLA Extension Business & Management of Entertainment Certificate (Earned with Distinction), Jean de Meuron graduated with a Bachelor’s degree (Film & Media Studies) from The New School in New York, NY. He was honored with Outstanding Academic Achievement for his consistency on the Dean’s List.

Jean was an Executive at internationally renowned director Roland Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment, where he worked on ‘Tides’/’The Colony’ (2021) and the epic sci-fi disaster film ‘Moonfall’ (2022), which was theatrically released globally in February 2022. Upon its streaming release on Netflix, ‘Tides’/’The Colony’ was the #1 Movie in the U.S., claiming the top spot in the Top 10 ranking of the most watched films.

Jean’s professional directorial debut, the epic ‘Edge of Space’ (2024), made the 97TH OSCARS® Shortlist – Live Action Short Film. Since 2019, Jean has been a Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the Short Films Branch.