Masaki Watanabe is a Paris-born, Tokyo-based director, art director, and designer currently represented globally by Stink Films. Born in 1994, he graduated from ENSAAMA in France studying Visual Communication and Graphic Design before continuing at Musashino Art University in Japan focusing on Audiovisual Arts. In 2017, he joined Maxilla, a Tokyo-based visual collective, where he directs music videos and commercial content while maintaining a multidisciplinary practice spanning branding, graphic design, and installation work. His music video portfolio includes directing "Happier" for YUNGBLUD featuring Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon (produced by Yuji Shikii at Maxilla), "Your Note" for SIRUP with cinematographer Shuho Teramura, and "C.U.R.I.O.S.I.T.Y" for One OK Rock featuring Paledusk and Chico Carlito. His design work includes serving as Art Director and Logo Designer for Hotel cure, with key visual design by Ryoji Yamada. Watanabe's practice bridges European and Japanese visual traditions, creating work for international music artists while developing branding, logo design, CD packaging, and experiential projects through his base at Maxilla in Tokyo.