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FX TD at DNEG ArtFx alumni (graduated in 2022)

Biography

My story begins in Montbéliard, I started my studies in webdesign and multimedia in 2014, but my interest for VFX became a passion when I discovered "Cosmos : A spacetime Odyssey", in a design conference festival in Barcelona I was attending, called “OFFF”. Filipe Carvalho did a brilliant presentation of his projects, mostly opening sequences of prestigious movies or TV shows. He started by showing us his reel but he only talked about few of them in detail. And there was "Cosmos" ... I was blown away by the poetry and the quality of this opening sequence. A few months later, I was studying in Montreal, surfing on Netflix, when I stumbled upon the series. I binge watched it but stopped before the last episode because I didn't want this beautiful journey to end. From that moment I knew I would work in the cinema industry. I graduated from my webdesign school and started a Bachelor in Cinema in Strasbourg followed by a Bachelor in Multimedia in Valenciennes. I graduated and immediately began working at CGEV, Paris for 8 months. There I really confirmed my passion for VFX. But my dream was a bit different than what I could accomplish in that studio. Everyone there encouraged me to believe in my project so I took the step. In January 2019, I began learning Houdini by myself. The story of "Cosmos" continues a bit later in 2019, during a Houdini HIVE event in Paris, I met a friend of mine who told me that he was working on the next season. I was so happy yet so frustrated not being able to work on such an inspiring project. That day, I made a promise to myself : I will try anything to work on the next season if ever another is produced. Later on, I graduated from ArtFx's Master's Degree which I completed in June 2022, our promo worked on 13 movies and I helped 5 of them by creating FX : Macula, Quit Smoking, Fady, My Dog ate the Moon, La Mouche (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smx2RAGxlu0&list=PL20q3EkSTh9F0Bb_8YhzfQ3tVj2xZ7Sks) This experience combined to the knowledge acquired at The Mill Paris during my internship (summer 2021) enabled me to get hired at DNEG London. I'm working there since mid-November 2022 and my contract is due in August 2023.

Skills

Technical Skills

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Intermediate

Software

  • Advanced
  • Intermediate

Soft Skills

  • Intermediate

Work Experience

2022 – 2023

FX TD

DNEG (London)
First position as a FX Artist. Worked on a wide variety of FX (water detritus, RDB destruction, dust/smoke, sand, ...) for "The Meg 2" and "Aquaman 2".

2021 – 2021

FX Artist Intern

The Mill (former Mikros) (Paris)
Worked on smoke sim, flip sim, procedural volumes, LiDAR meshing, Heightfield terrain for : - Doja Cat & The Weeknd - You Right - Totems - Noel à tous les étages - Notre Dame Brûle

2021 – 2021

FX Artist (intern)

Mikros (Paris)
Between the first year of my master's degree and the second year, I was working as an FX Artist on several projects (Doja Cat video clip "You Right", Amazon's series "Totems", "Notre Dame Brûle",...)

2018 – 2019

2D Compositing

CGEV (Paris)
First job in the industry. I started 2 months as an intern then got hired for 8 months. (Mostly rotoscoping, restoring, compositing) I ended this contract in order to learn Houdini by myself.

Education

2020 – 2022

Master's

ArtFx

VFX/CG

Working on several Student Short Films : Macula Quit Smoking Fady My Dog ate the Moon La Mouche

2019 – 2020

Self Taught Houdini

Unknown

I've been learning Houdini by myself

2017 – 2018

Bachelor's

University of Valenciennes

Multimedia

Bachelor's degree in multimedia, visual and audio production.

2016 – 2017

Bachelor

MMI

Webdesign & Multimedia

Webdesign, programmation, arts and communication