ABOUT ME

Name : Maël François

Address : London, UK

Tel. : + 44 (0)7 515 682 414

Email : mael_francois@hotmail.com

 

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Employment history

 

September 2007 - present : Lighting TD at Framestore in London.
                   >"WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE" : face replacement/lighting/Mel/rendering
                   >"THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX" : lighting/Mel scripting/rendering/compositing
                   >"PRIMEVAL" / season 2 : lighting/creature lookdev/Mel scripting/rendering

July - September 2006 : Junior Lighting TD at Framestore-cfc in London.
                   > Lighting on "Underdog".

December 2005 : Junior 3D Artist at MAgic.lab, 3D animation Studio.
                   > Lighting, rendering and compositing for the cinematics in Ubisoft's video game "Splinter Cell : Double Agent".

July - September 2005 : Junior 3D Artist at MAgic.lab, 3D animation Studio.
                   > Modeling and Texturing for the cinematics in Ubisoft's video game "Splinter Cell : Double Agent".
                   > Modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering and compositing for the "Café Bouillu" music video.

July - September 2004 : Three month internship on a video game project at Polygon Production in Paris.
                   > Environement, Character and prop designs for a MMORPG concept (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game).

May 2004 : mobile phones videos at Nouveau Studio in Paris.

 

Education

 

2005 - 2007 : Graduated from Higher cycle specialised in computer graphics at SUPINFOCOM.
                   State-recognised level 1 degree - equivalent to an engineering or master degree
                   3D software - animation - compositing - post production

2002 - 2005 : Graduated from E-art sup Institut, Paris in Visual Communication and Special Effects. Equivalent to a four-year degree.
                   Marketing and communication - Project management - Video - Advertising

2001 - 2002 : Preparatoty class for the entrance exams to Schools specialised in Physics, Technology and Engineering Sciences.
                   Physics - Mecanics - Mathematics
                   Lycée Lesage, Vannes

2000 - 2001 :S Baccalaureate equivalent to A-Levels specialised in Sciences and a Physics option.
                   Lycée Ste Anne, Ste Anne d'Auray

 

Software skills

 

3D : Maya , XSI , 3ds max , ZBrush , Mental Ray , Renderman , Vray , Deep Paint 3d , Brazil (notions) , Reel Flow (notions).

2D / Compositing : Photoshop , Shake , After Effects , Combustion , Avid , Première , Painter.

Others : Dreamweaver , Flash , Illustrator , InDesign , Encore! DVD.

 

Interests

 

> roller, swimming, badminton, movies, video games.

literature : science fiction (Peter F. Hamilton, Dan Simmons, Kevin J. Anderson), Fantasy (George R. R. Martin, Tad Williams, Michael Moorcock), 19th (Bram Stocker, Robert L. Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe), Philosophy (Hannah Arrendt) and all the others (Franck Herbert, René Barjavel, Philip José Farmer, H.P. Lovecraft, Baudelaire…).

 

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