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Franck-Noël LAPIERRE

2D, 3D / Lighting / Concept / Background Artist.

FILMS / TV SERIES / VIDEO GAMES

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Professional info

 

- Work on different Feature Films and TV Series.
- Easy to take part in new environment and creative.
- Hard worker and passionate, not afraid about new challenges.
- Knowledges and studying in Arts and Film fields.
- "SHARP EYE" about Lighting, Color, Balanced Composition, Perspective, 3D Space, Details.
- Often worked very close way with filmmaker or TV serie directors and few times as acompositing team leader
- Three times in India (17 months) to supervise 3D images compositing and rendering for 3D TV series.
- Strong links between Europe and Asia (Trip and Work) : India, Singapore, Vietnam, China, Thailand,

  Sri-Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and also Canada.

Work experience

 

 

"RICKY ZOOM (Season 2)"- 3D Animated TV Series.

April 2020 - November 2020 - TEAMTO (Paris - FRANCE).

Compositing Operator and lead, correcting errors coming from 3D rendering, on nuke.


"HENRIETTA - (MILLIE)"- 2D/3D Animated TV Series.

June 2018 - Mai 2019 - FABRIQUE D'IMAGES (Differdange - LUXEMBOURG).

 - Background Artist (Photoshop CS5 and CC 2018) 
Coloring various Matte-Painting
according to the style of the series and the comic strip. Conform the PSD files envue of their subsequent use on the NUKE compositing software.
 - Documents development for the team, explaining the different steps of Compositing for this TV series.
 - Lead Lighting, Rendering, Compositing (Maya 2017, 3Delight Render 2017 and Nuke 11). Preparation of the first tools and precomp for the Compositing Team.
 - Compositing Operator (Nuke 11).

PHOTOSHOP / NUKE 11 / MAYA2017 / 3DELIGHT / SHOTGUN / RV VIEWER / ROYAL RENDER


"THE LITTLE PRINCE" - Directed by Mark Osborne - CGI ANIMATED & STOP MOTION Film.

January 2015 - March 2015 - ONYX FILMS (Paris - FRANCE).

NUKE 3D Images Compositing Artist.

- Tracking, Restore, Shots Touch Up, Stereoscopic compositing with CG 3D Images.

 
"108 DEMON-KINGS" Directed by Pascal Morelli - 3D Animated / Live Action Film.

April 2013 - September 2014 - BIDIBUL PRODUCTION (LUXEMBOURG).

Senior 3D Images Compositing Artist  then  2D/3D Ambiences Compositing Supervisor on several Film Sequences.

- NUKE 7 : 2D (Live Action) and 3D Images Compositing (3D Heads) / Rotoscoping & Keying

  (Green Screen) / Restoring / Removing cable / Providing FX.

- MAYA 2013 : 3D Lighting and 3D Rendering (3D Characters Head).

 

"LADYBUG 3D" - 3D Animated TV Series.

September 2012 - October 2012 - METHOD ANIMATION (Paris - FRANCE).

Senior 3D Images Compositing Artist (FUSION 6) to get few shots for a Pilot

  broadcasted at the MIPCOM Festival 2012 at Cannes.

 

Marvel's "IRON MAN - The armored adventures" (Season 2) - 3D TV Series.

January 2011 - March 2012 - PICTURE FACTORY (LUXEMBOURG).

3D Ambiences Compositing Supervisor & 3D Senior Compositing Artist (FUSION 6).

- Setting up the Compositing workflows for the new Iron-Man 3D Animated TV Series.
- Search/Creation of the Compositing Artistic References on Fusion 6 to be used by the

  compositing team members, depending the director's needs.

- Special shots also done with After Effects.
- Managing and supervising  the rendered layers and datas between the different

  studios : Luxembourg / Paris (Method-Animation) and India (DataQuest).

 

"LE TABLEAU" (The Painting) Directed by J.F. Laguionie - 3D CGI Animated Film.

June 2010 - October 2010 - BLUE SPIRIT PRODUCTIONS (PARIS & ANGOULEME - FRANCE).

3D Images Rendering (3DSMax-VRAY) and 2D/3D Compositing Supervisor (FUSION 6).

- Setting up, Search and Creation of the ligthing and artistic ambiences with the VRay

  Renderer and 3DSMax.

- Setting up of the Compositing Workflows for artistic references on Fusion 6 to be used

  by the future team members.

 

"MIKIDO - The Millenium Kids" Directed by Thomas Astruc - 3D CGI Animated TV SERIES.

September 2009 - METHOD ANIMATION (Paris - FRANCE).

Senior 3D Images Compositing Artist (FUSION).

- Call to help the 3D Compositing team to end off the MIKIDO 3D TV Series last episodes

  with a very short dead line.

 

Marvel's "IRON MAN - The armored adventures" (Season 1) - 3D CGI ANIMATED TVSeries.

March 2008 - May 2009 - LUXANIMATION (LUXEMBOURG).

Working very close way with the team's Lead and Directors.

- Creating Artistic shots for references according the Directors artistic needs.

- Advising and helping the Compositing Team and doing also shots compositing (Fusion).

 

"FREEFONIX" - 3D CGI Animated TV Series.

August 2007 - February 2008 - TOONZ ANIMATION (TRIVANDRUM - INDIA).

For 7 months at TOONZ ANIMATION (Trivandrum, Kerala-India).

- Compositing Team Supervisor and Senior 3D Compositing Artist (COMBUSTION).

- Shots and Sequences Quality Control, Artistic Shots for References.

- 3D Lighting Supervisor.
- Following-up of the project. Sharing datas and deals with the production's staff

  between France and India.

 

"SKYLAND, The New World" (Season 1 part 2) - 3D CGI Animated TV Series.

July 2006 - March 2007 - DATAQUEST ENTERTAINMENT (HYDERABAD - INDIA).

For 9 months at DATAQUEST Entertainment (Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh-India).

- 2D/3D Compositing Supervisor and Senior 3D Compositing Artist (FUSION).

- Artistic Shots for references.
- Shots and Sequences Quality control.

- Help and explanations to the team about the visuals of the TV series.
- Following-up of the project.

- Following-up of the editing. Datas Sharing and deals between the French and Indian

  production staff.

 

"SKYLAND, The New World" (Season 1 part 1) - 3D CGI Animated TV Series.

January 2005 - July 2005 - ATTITUDE STUDIO (PARIS - FRANCE).

3D Compositing Lead Assistant and Junior 2D/3D Images Compositor.

- Pre-Compositing (COMBUSTION), Editing (FINAL CUT).

- Helping the team's Lead to manage the Compositors, the shots quality control and

  datas coming from India.

 

"KAENA, The Prophecy" Directed by Chris Delaporte - 3D CGI Animated Film.

September 2001 - July 2002 - CHAMAN PRODUCTIONS & XILAM (PARIS - FRANCE).

- Junior 3D Lighter (3DSMax) and Junior Compositing Artist (SHAKE).

  First French CGI Animated Film worldwide broadcasted June/04/2003.

 

INFOGRAMES ENTERTAINMENT PARIS / ATARI - FMV and Real Time Game.

1999 - 2001 (PARIS - FRANCE).

3D Kinematics and Real Time Game with modeling and Bitmaps.

- 3D movies conception, modeling, mapping, kinematics sequences, Editing, Special

  Effects conception, Motion Capture's chocking.

- Advertising for specialized Video-Games magazines.

- Advertising video clip worldwide broadcasted on different TV's channels.  

 

  VIDEOGAME PROJECTS: 

- "Supreme Riders" - Extreme Sports Game PS2. 

- "Duck-Dodgers" (Warner Bross - Looney Tunes) N64. 

- "3X - Science of War" (War Strategy Game) PC.

 

SONY PSYGNOSIS FRANCE - Full Motion Video department (FMV).

1995 - 1999 (PARIS - FRANCE).

3D Kinematics and Real Time Game with modeling and Bitmaps.

- 3D movies conception, modeling, mapping, kinematics  sequences, Editing,

Special Effects conception, Motion Capture's chocking.

- Advertising for specialized Video-Games magazines.

- Advertising video clip broadcasted on different TV's channels.

 

  VIDEOGAME PROJECTS:

- "O.D.T : Escape, Or Die Trying" - (Playstation One, PC, N64).

- "adidas POWER SOCCER INTERNATIONNAL 97" - (Playstation One).

- "THE CITY OF THE LOST CHILDREN" (The game) - (Playstation One).

- "adidas POWER SOCCER" - (Playstation One).

Languages

 

 

FRENCH  : Native

 

ENGLISH : Professional working

                     proficiency.

 

Skills

 

PHOTOSHOP CC
NUKE

FUSION

AFTER EFFECTS (Basics)

COMBUSTION

SHAKE

3DS MAX

MAYA

ZBRUSH (Beginner)

BLENDER (Beginner)

VRay (Basics)

PREMIERE PRO CC

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SYSTEMS :

- Windows

- Mac OS

- Linux

 

AND MORE SPECIFICALLY :

-"WORK of LIGHT"

-MODELING

-TEXTURING

-COLOR

-PERSPECTIVE DRAWING

-3D SPACE

-CAM ANIMATIONS

-CAMERA FRAMING

-SFX

-PHOTOGRAPHY

 

2010 - present

2010 - present

Reward
 
French Navy - "NATIONAL DEFENCE MEDAL" (audiovisual department of the French navy).

1994 S.A.V.R. TOULON - France (Service audiovisuel de la région maritime Méditerranée)

National Defence Medal for honourable service rendered by personal military participation in audiovisual.

Design and creation of a military pictorial cancellation (mail) to the anniversary of the landing in Provence at Toulon in 1994. "Winner" of a competition across all military services of the Navy in the whole France.

Education
 
ATI - ARTS and TECHNOLOGY of IMAGE (University - Paris 8).

1992 - 1993

Field of study : 3D Image and 3D Technology.

Degree : MASTER.

Student in Arts and Technology of Image to get the Master's degree.

 

ATI - ARTS and TECHNOLOGY of IMAGE (University - Paris 8).

1991 - 1992

Field of study : 3D Image and 3D Technology.

Degree : LICENSE 3.

Student in Arts and Technology of Image to get the License 3.

 

University  Vincennes / Saint-Denis (Paris 8).

1989 - 1991

Field of study : Cinema and Fine Arts.

Degree : LICENCE 1 and 2.

French degree (DEUG) obtained after the first two years of an undergraduate course specializing in Cinema and Fine Arts.

 

Private School for Careers in Creation "La Ruche" previously "AFA" (Paris - France).

1985 - 1988

Field of study : Architecture and Applied Arts.

Degree : BACHELOR OF APPLIED ARTS.

3 years studying all kind of arts, drawing (pencil, felt pen, ink, etc...), perspective drawing, painting (oil, acrylic, gouache, wash, watercolor), sculpting and clay modeling, making engraving, drawing architural plans with elevation, etc... with History of Arts...

TRAINING / COURSES
 
Le 40ème Rugissant (Paris - France)

2017

Field of study : PHOTOSHOP CC 2017.
Upgrade to the latest tools offered by the Photoshop CC 2017 software (1 week).


BABANE SPOT (Studio and Training Center) - Malakoff - France.

2015

Field of study : Compositing with NUKE 9.0v5 / NUKEX (The Foundry).

Training courses to acquire the production techniques with Nuke 9.0V5 (1 week).

 

VIDEO DESIGN (Training Center) - Paris - France.

2012

Field of study : Lighting / rendering with VRAY on 3DSMax.

Training courses to learn the basics of VRAY in 3DSMax software (1 week).

 

VIDEO DESIGN (Training Center) - Paris - France.

2009

Field of study : Compositing with NUKE 7 (The foundry)

Training courses to learn the basics of NUKE (7) software (2 weeks).

 

VIDEO DESIGN (Training Center) - Paris - France.

2008

Field of study : Compositing with AFTER EFFECT.

Training courses to learn the basics of AFTER EFFECT software (2 weeks).

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