Born in Toulouse in 1993, Ekiem Barbier is a writer, filmmaker, and musician. In 2012, he directed and composed the music for several fiction and animated short films. He then entered the Montpellier School of Fine Arts. In 2015, he joined the In Extremis collective, with which he contributed to several exhibitions. He obtained his Higher Diploma in Fine Arts (DNSEP) in 2017. That same year, he began taking an interest in documentary filmmaking and directed Anent, shot in the Ecuadorian Amazon, as well as Marlowe Drive, in collaboration with Guilhem Causse and Quentin L’helgoualc’h. He continues his research with a particular focus on a sensitive dimension of anthropology and experimentation, through a poetic and digital gaze.

Ekiem currently lives and works in Marseille.