CGI/VFX Layout & Storytelling Mentor + Jury Panelist

2025-present

Mentoring 4th & 5th year 3D Animation & VFX students in french and english

Clients: ARTFX (Lille), E-ARTSUP (Paris), BRASSART (Paris)

Projects mentored include: 11 CGI & 6 VFX

Key contributions:
– Layout & previs supervision: narrative coherence, camera language, rhythm, composition, blocking-to-final polish
– Script & pitch analysis: story arcs, character motivation, thematic clarity, page count optimization (target 4–7 pages)
– Creative & technical feedback: references (Pixar shorts, Robert McKee, Joseph Campbell, Gareth Edwards, etc.), shot efficiency, spatial readability, set dressing, VFX integration
– Layout Workshop: 9×3h sessions
– Hands-on rounds: Maya previs/layout iteration, slap comp guidance, animation & montage impact awareness

Previs Artist

ZAG Studios – Paris, France | 2025

Feature film development

Layout Artist

DNEG – Sydney, NSW, Australia | 2023-2024

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Layout Artist

DNEG – Montreal, QC, Canada | 2021-2023

Dune: Part Two, Fast X, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Shazam!: Fury of the Gods, Borderlands, Devotion, The Battle at Lake Changjin, Extrapolations, The Witcher: Blood Origins, Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts Ride

Layout Lead

Squeeze Animation Studios – Montreal, QC, Canada | 2021

Marvel’s What If…? Season 1

Technical Animator

Game On – Montreal, QC, Canada | 2020

Gotham Knights

Layout Artist

Mill Film – Montreal, QC, Canada | 2019

Cats, Finch

Layout Artist/Lead

Rodeo FX – Montreal, QC, Canada | 2016-2018

The House With A Clock in Its Walls, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Overlord, Bumblebee, The Greatest Showman, Game Night, Asura, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Downsizing, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Kong: Skull Island, Game of Thrones Season 6 & 7, Black Sails Season 4

Rough & Final Layout

L’Atelier Animation – Montreal, QC, Canada | 2014-2016

Ballerina

Layout Artist

TeamTo – Paris, France | 2012-2014

Yellowbird, Angelo Rules Season 2, Plankton Invasion, Calimero Season 1, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Season 1

Hard Surface Modeler

Illumination Studios – Paris, France | 2010-2012

Despicable Me 2, The Lorax, Despicable Me Mini-Movies