Perennial Lens
About us
PERENNIAL/ pɝˈɛniəɫ / - enduring or continually recurring
LENS / ˈɫɛnz / - (metaphor) - a channel through which something can be seen or understood.
Perennial Lens is a film production company with offices in Hesse (Germany), London and Los Angeles, producing international, fiction and documentary feature films, as well as TV.
The Team
Rodney Charles
Co-CEO
Rodney Charles is a passionate writer, director, producer and actor, raised in London, USA and Grenada. After his first award-winning script was produced and the critically acclaimed production premiered at Venice International Film Festival, he moved to the US, where he acted in films such as Mike Figgis’ Sundance film “The Loss of Sexual Innocence” and Antoine Fuqua’s “Tears of the Sun”. His debut as a director, “The Disciple” won Best Director Honors.
Through his work as an actor, author and international model, Rodney Charles has been exposed to different world cultures at an early age and quickly understood how film, images and advertising affect self-esteem and identity worldwide. This has strongly influenced his view of the film industry and the choice of his material.
Rodney is a Binger-lab and Berlinale EFM Toolbook alumnus.
Yasmin C. Rams
Co-CEO
Yasmin C. Rams is a film producer and director and runs the production company Perennial Lens together with Rodney Charles.
She has produced films such as the documentaries “In Exile” or “10s Across the Borders” which premiered at TIFF, Busan IFF, DOK Leipzig and other festivals. Her award-winning directorial longform debut “Go Heal Yourself” screened amongst other at DOC NYC and ran successfully in German cinemas for 10 weeks.
Yasmin loves collaborating with people around the world, creating films that explore artistic boundaries whilst having something to say.
Yasmin is an alumna of Eurodoc and the IDFA Academy, and AG DOK representative on the cultural labor committee of the German Cultural Council.
Mark Wiesmann
Assistant
Mark is a filmmaker in his own right, studying Motion Pictures at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences.
What he loves about filmmaking is the collaboration of many people on a shared cinematic vision. Ultimately, the diverse perspectives and ideas are what make creating a film so appealing.
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