Summary
Director / Writer / Production Designer / VFX Art Director / Senior Concept Artist / IP Generator and Story Consultant / Sculptor / Game Designer / Toy Designer / Storyboard and Comic Book Artist.
Working for movies and video games for the past 30 years.
Clients:
Warner Brothers
2Oth Century Fox
Universal
Dreamworks
Walt Disney Studios
Marvel Studios
XBOX
SONY
MPC
Red Barrels
Massive Black
Blizzard
Ubisoft
Axis Animation
The Jim Henson Company
Toyota
Gaumont
DNEG
WORKED ON:
2021 / 2022 - Concept Artist - Character design - Environment design - various undisclosed projects - Massive Black
2021 - Conept Artist - Various undisclosed projects - Luma Pictures
2021 - Concept Artist - Various undisclosed projects - AOD
2019 - Concept Artist - The School Of Good And Evil - AOD
2019 - Concept Artist / Storyboard Artist - Red Notice - AOD
2017 / 2018 - Concept Artist - character design - MORTAL KOMBAT - MPC
2017 - Concept Artist - Project Power - MPC
2016 - Concept Artist - ECHO SQUAD - Gear Prod
2016 - Concept Artist - Undisclosed project - Liberty films UK
2016 - Concept Artist - KONG vs GODZILLA - Warner Brothers
2015/2016 (ongoing) - Comic Book Artist - "Outlast, The Murkoff Account" - Official comic book adaptation of Red Barrels' horror video game "Outlast"
2015 - Concept Artist - Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" - Nikolaj Arcel - Columbia Pictures - MPC
2015 - Concept Artist - "A Monster Calls" - J. A. Bayona - Focus Features & Universal Pictures - MPC
2014 - Concept Artist - "The BFG" - Steven Spielberg - Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
2014 - Concept Artist - "King Arthur, Legend of the Sword" - Guy Ritchie - Warner Brothers
2014 - Creature designer - "King Arthur, Legend of the Sword" - Guy Ritchie - Warner Brothers -MPC
2014 - Asset design - Undisclosed project - Tokkun Studio
2014 - Concept Artist - "Kong Skull Island" - Jordan Vogt-Roberts - Warner Brothers - MPC
2014 - Pitch Storyboards for a video game - Undisclosed project - for Xbox - Axis Animation
2014 - Mech design test - Undisclosed project - Tokkun Studio
2014 - Pitch Storyboards for a video game - "Guild Wars 2" - for Xbox - Axis Animation
2014 - Pitch Storyboards for a video game - "Supernova" trailer - Banday Namco - Axis Animation
2014 - Pitch Storyboards for a video game - "Grey Goo" trailer - for Xbox - Axis Animation
2014 - Pitch Storyboards for the video game Crackdown for Xbox - Axis Animation
2014 - Level and landmark designer for the video game company Gameloft - Undisclosed project - Montreal
2013 - Comic Book Artist and writer on the first chapter of Batman "The Sweet Smell Of Rot"
2013 - Mood illustration and design for Dracula Untold - Production designer Grant Major - Director Gary Shore - Universal
2012 - Comic Book Artist and writer on the 40 pages in 4 days comic experiment "The Good King And The Liar"
2012 - Storyboarding of the animatic sequences for Halo 4 Spartan OPS series - Axis Animation
2012 – Dungeon Hunter 4 Level and landmark designer for the video game company Gameloft -Montreal
2011 – Director/Writer/Sculptor/Designer/Art Director/Decorator of trailer and first episode of the "Boom Spectrum Space Pilot" TV series for Ankama Animations
2011 - Comic Book Artist and writer on the "all Black Frog" Art Book/Magazine "La Dynamo - Le Catalogue paradoxal de dynamografika"
2010 – Cover Artist on Captain america, and Namor / X-Men series – Marvel
2010 – Storyboard Artist on "Project Hawx" – Ubisoft
2007/2009 - Comic Book Artist and writer on the 300 pages graphic novels Maggot, Conscient de Vacuité, The Moo Factory, Les Fondateurs and 2nd Generation.
2005/2009 – Production designer and co-writer of Tusk – 3D Animated feature film – Director : Tim McGovern - Whisper Pictures
2005 – Illustrator for the trading card game "Hecatombe" - Wizards of the coast
2005 – Illustrator for Dungeon & Dragon's companion book – Wizards of the coast
2005 - Teacher at the Gnomon School for cinema industry professionals – Los Angeles
2004 – Game design collaboration with Atomic Toy Box – The Pumpkin King – game sold to Sabbaba Toys – Los Angeles
2004 – Game design – Toaster, Toaster kids, Die Winner Shnitzel Opperatzion, Drone the Iron Bubble Tournament, Notil, Fog, A Venusian Xmas. - Los Angeles
2004 – VFX conception for Solace - Director: M.Night Shyamalan– Rythm & Hues – Los Angeles
2004 – VFX designer on X-Men 3 The Last Stand – Rhythm & Hues – Director Brett Ratner - Warner Brothers – Los Angeles
2003 – VFX Art Director on A Sound Of Thunder – Director: Peter Hyams – Prague and Los Angeles
2003 – VFX Art Director on Feardotcom – Director: Bill Malone – Milan
2002 – Designer on John Stevenson's "5 Children and it" - the Jim Henson's Creature Shop – London
2001 – Designer and Art Director of "the Gevaudant's beast" for Christophe Gans' "Brotherhood of the wolf" - the Jim Henson's Creature Shop – London
2000 – Conceptor/Writer/Designer on 3D Animated Movie "The Moonmongers" for the Jim Henson's Creature Shop – London
1999 – Mood illustrator on "The Snow Queen" for the Jim Henson's Creature Shop - Hallmark Entertainment - London
1999 – Designer on the Sprite Gobelin for the Jim Henson's Creature Shop – Sprite – London
1999 - Designer on Saachi & Saachi's "Larry & Sally" for the Jim Henson's Creature Shop – Saachi & Saachi - London
1999 – Designer on the music icon robot "Sonic Boom" for the Jim Henson's Creature Shop – London
1998 – Designer on Arabian Nights for the Jim Henson's Creature Shop and Hallmark Entertainment – London
1998 – Designer on the movie "Seven Deadly Sins" for the Jim Henson's Creature Shop – London
1998 – Sculptor and designer on Flinstones 2 "Viva Las Vegas" for the Jim Henson's Creature Shop – London
1997/1998– Video game designer/3D illustrator – Starshot and the Space Circus – Atari - Lyon
1997 – 3D low polygon animator for In Utero - Paris
1993/1996 – Board and rôle playing Game design for Ludoxyd Cellule – Istres
1994/1995 – Video game designer – Starshot and the Space Circus – Atari – Lyon
1992 – 2nd year - International comic book school of St-Luc – Brussels
1991 – Culturel event organisation for Bec Benzen Production - Istres
1988/1991 – Lycée Camarge – F12 Section – Applied Arts – Nimes
1973 – Birthday – Reims - France
MISCELLANEOUS
Options sold for movies and TV concepts
• Cyber Geisha – Movie Concept - sold to Shrek's Vangard Production – Los Angeles
• The Happy Meteor – TV series Concept – sold to The Jim Henson Company – Los Angeles
EDUCATION
School of Applied Arts (architecture, furniture, illustration, communication/advertising, fashion design.) in the F12 section in Nimes (France) International Comic Book School of St-Luc - Brussels (Belgium).
TUTORIAL DVDs
• Environment Art Techniques with The Black Frog - Tokkun Academy
• Character Design Techniques with The Black Frog - Tokkun Academy
ART BOOK / MAGAZINES
• “Doodles” a 200 pages sketchbook - Published by Design Studio Press
• "La Dynamo #1" - 96 pages - Published by Ankama
GRAPHIC NOVELS / COMICS
• Maggot - 300 pages - Full color - Published by The Dynamo Press
• The Good King And The Liar - 40 pages in 4 days - black and white - Published by The Dynamo Press
• Kamikaze Pirate Doll - 30 pages color - Published by The Dynamo Press
• Batman - The Sweet Smell Of Rot - Issue #1 -
Black and white
Les Carnets de La Grenouille Noire #0, #1, #2, #3 - Published by The Dynamo Press
• #0 Conscient de Vacuité - 300 pages - Black and white
• #1 The Moo Factory - 300 pages - Black and white
• #2 Les Fondateurs - 300 pages - Black and white
• #3 2nd Generation - 300 pages - Black and white
COLLECTIVES
• CFSL Artbook #1 & #2 - Published by CFSL.Ink
• Les Autres Gens #1 & #2 - Published by Dupuis
• Brume - Published by CFSL.Ink
• Shuffle #1 - Published by CFSL.Ink
• Shuffle “Robots” - Published by CFSL.Ink
SEMINARS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• Analogue instructor at the Gnomon VFX school for professionals “advanced production design” and “Character design” for the entertainment industry.
• Massive Black Workshop’s instructor - Montreal
• Massive Black Workshop’s instructor - Seattle.
• Massive Black Workshop’s instructor - Wellington.
• Made Workshop’s instructor - Berlin.
• 2009 - St-Luc School – Brussels
• 2009 - CFSL workshop #0 - Paris
• 2010 – CFSL workshop #1 - Paris
• 2010 - St-Luc School - Liège
• 2015 - FUTURO workshop - Varna
• 2016 - FUTURO workshop - Varna
SOLO EXHIBITS
2010 - First Strike – Sixmorevodka gallery – Berlin
2014 - Galerie Arludik - Paris
BOOK SIGNINGS / EVENTS / DEMOS
2004 - LACMA Museum – Los Angeles
2006 - Japan Expo - Paris
2008 - Japan Expo - Paris
2009 - Japan Expo – Paris
2009 – PPIFBDM – Nimes
2009 – Festiblog – Paris
2010 - Librairie Brüsel – Brussels
2010 - Librairie BD Fugue – Annecy
2010 - Librairie Quai Des Bulles – Annecy
2010 - Angoulême comic book festival - Angoulême
2011 - Librairie BD Fugue – Annecy
2011 - Librairie Brüsel – Brussels
2011 - Librairie BD Fugue – Annecy
2011 - Aludik/MK2 – Paris
IN THE WORKS
• "Unfinished Business" - The Art of The Black Frog
• “Machines For A Better Living - or how to successfully survive the atomic age” Whimsical
post cards set
• “La Dynamo magazine #2”
• Les Carnets de La Grenouille Noire #4 “82 & 84”
• The 300 pages graphic novel “The Doors Of Nihiland”
• Versus” The Ultimate Robot Duel.
• “Stone Monkey” 3500 pages adaptation of « Journey To The West ».
• “The Black Frog’s Brain Farts” silly Scribble book.
• “So Far” - The Art Of Tusk” Animated feature Artbook.
• "Maggot" graphic novel and feature film concept, English version.
• "Krugg" Script and feature film concept.
• "The Truth" 400 page graphic novel
• "ESC-APE The Cities Of The Machine Men" 400 page Sci-Fi Art Book
• Batman "The Sweet Smell Of Rot" 100 page graphic novel
Skills
Software proficiency
