Mason Ewing

Mason Cyrille Elong Ewing (born April 9, 1982) is a French, Cameroonian and American producer, director, scriptwriter and fashion designer living in France and the United States. Created in 2011, the Mason Ewing Corporation’s headquarters is based in Los Angeles. Although he is blind, he has built a thriving business and artistic career.

Early life

Ewing was born in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. His father, Frederik Ewing, is an American businessman who died in November 2010. Mason lived until age four with his Jewish Cameroonian mother, Marie Francesca Elong, who was a model and seamstress. She inspired him and gave him a taste for fashion. Mason spent a lot of time with her as she made clothes for her children. His beloved mother died in March 1986.

His great-grandmother Élise then took care of him for three years. In 1989, he moved to the Paris region where he lived with his uncle and aunt Lucien and Jeannette Ekwalla, where he suffered extreme child abuse. Not only was he locked in a room for eight years and beaten, but also chili pepper was thrown in his eyes for a number of years. In 1993, distraught, he ran often away to seek help from the police and judges, asking to be removed from the care of his uncle and aunt.

Due to their mistreatment, Mason tragically lost his sight in April 1996 and fell into a coma for three weeks at the Necker-Enfants malades Hospital in Paris. He miraculously survived. In 2001, he was homeless and ended up at SAMU (Emergency medical services in France). He won a court judgment against his uncle and aunt, for €5000 (which was never paid) and a one-year suspended sentence.

Career

Rebecca Ayoko, a favorite muse of Yves Saint-Laurent in the 1980s, closed Mason's Ewing's fashion show with a magnificent wedding dress twice in 2017. For a number of years, L’Oréal in France has supported his work.

September 20, 2006, his first fashion occurred at Les Salons Vianneys in Paris. There were many famous people like Celine Balitran, Laurent Petitguillaume and Olivier Lapidus. In November 2008, he organized his third fashion show on the La Planète barge on the Seine river with Rachel Legrain-Trapani (Miss France 2007), closed the show wearing a spectacular wedding dress. In 2017, he worked with the chocolatier Andreï Kanakine to create a dress for the Chocolate Salon's fashion show in Russia.

Some well-known personalities in France have supported his work, including: TV host Laurent Petitguillaume (who presented several of his fashion shows), Olivier Lapidus (Lanvin’s former Artistic Director) soccer players Emmanuel Petit, Bruno Bellone, Luc Sonor, Olivier Dacourt, and Alioune Touré, former manager of Paris Saint-Germain soccer team Luis Fernandez, former European basketball champion Paoline Ekambi, actress Firmine Richard, French politician Frédéric Mitterrand and Secretary of State for Child Protection Adrien Taquet, and the TV journalist Dominique Torres, who is his godmother.

Alongside his fashion projects, Mason Ewing works on film projects in France and the U.S. He created the children's series The Adventures of Madison highlighting Baby Madison and the Mickey Boom series. In 2011, he moved to America to become a film producer. His holding company, Mason Ewing Corporation, in Los Angeles has various projects in film and TV production. He wrote a television series Eryna Bella and produced Descry, a short film.

Starting in April 2015, his French subsidiary Les Entreprises Ewing, subsidiary of Mason Ewing Corporation is based in Clichy, France. He is member of the French production trade union UPC.

After living in Los Angeles for a few years, he returned to France to focus on his popular TV series Mickey Boom, supported by French and international channels. This series was inspired by the American television shows he loved to watch as an adolescent.

He produced the feature film Love in Yaoundé, a romantic comedy, in 2019.

In 2018, Mason Ewing was awarded the A.I.M. Award by Afrimpact Magazine in Pennsylvania for his community work. For many years he has supported the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Le Comité Contre l'Esclavage Moderne. He is also an Ambassador for the Humanity & Inclusion NGO and the Le Refuge association for youths LGBTQ+ at risk. He is supports by theSecretary of State for Child Protection Adrien Taquet.