Stéphane Martineau
Contact Information:
● Location: Berlin, Germany
● Email: ********.**********@*****.***
● WhatsApp: +49-178-**-**-***
● Motion Design Showreel
● Animation Supervision Showreel
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● Visual CV
● Latest Work with After Effects + AI
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Education:
Graphic Design at Collège Ahuntsic, Montréal, Québec, Canada Arts at UQAM, Montréal, and Paris VIII, Paris, France Skills:
Languages: French (spoken and written), English (spoken and written), German (conversational) Other Skills: Storytelling, Sound Design, Videography, Painting, Illustration, Electronic Music Composition, Video Editing, Special Effects, Compositing, Translation (German to French, English to French), Songwriting, Voice Talent
Software & Platforms:
Windows 10, Mac OSX, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word), Shotgrid, F-tracks, SPI, Kitsu, Google Docs, Autodesk Maya, Logic Pro X, Final Cut Pro X, Ableton Live, Sound Forge, Toonboom Harmony, Storyboard Pro, TV Paint Pro, Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Animate, Premiere, Photoshop, Audition, Dreamweaver, Adobe Firefly), multiple AI platforms Hobbies:
Music Composition, Video and Sound Editing, Cinema, Visiting Galleries and Museums, Travel, Reading, Life Drawing, Cycling, Painting, Sculpture, Writing Professional Experience:
2023-2025
● Position: Exploration and Innovation
● Focus: Combining AI with Traditional Software
● Details: Exploring the creative possibilities of combining AI with traditional software such as Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Audition, Illustrator, and Photoshop and possible workflows.
● Projects: Production of short films integrating innovative techniques and storytelling.
● Position: Film Festival Participation
● Achievements: Active participation in film festivals world-wide with nominations and selections in various international film festivals.
● Position: Art Exhibitions
● Events: Exhibited paintings during the 59th and 60th Venice Biennale, held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
2023-2022
● Position: Animation Supervisor
● Project: "Mr. Magoo Season 2"
● Client: Xilam Animation, Paris, France
● Location: Berlin (remote with France and Tooncity in the Philippines)
● Software: Adobe Photoshop, Kitsu, Word, Toonboom Harmony, Adobe Premiere, QuickTime
● Tasks: Supervision of animation and layouts remotely, animation and layout briefings 2021-2022
● Position: Overseas Animation Supervisor and Episodic Director
● Project: "Tortoise"
● Client: Wahoo!, Belgium
● Location: Live Pixel, Navi Mumbai, India
● Software: Adobe Photoshop, Shotgrid, Word, Toonboom Harmony, Adobe Premiere, QuickTime
● Tasks: Overseas animation supervision and direction, supervision of rigs, models, and layouts, animation briefings
2021-2020
● Position: Assistant Director
● Project: "Treasure Trekkers"
● Client: B-Water
● Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
● Software: Pmt, Storyboard Pro, Adobe CS, QuickTime, Google Docs
● Tasks: Supervision of layouts and animation, confo, setup of D.O.F., animation and layout briefings
2019
● Position: Animation Supervisor
● Project: Feature Film "Pets United"
● Client: Euro Sino, Cologne
● Location: Studio Octmagnus, Beijing, China
● Software: Google Docs, F-tracks, Word, Photoshop, QuickTime, RV, Autodesk Maya
● Tasks: Supervision of animation and blocking
2018
● Position: Animation Supervisor
● Projects: "Gribouille" (Season 2) and "Mick the Mini Chef" (Season 1)
● Client: Red Frog, Lille, France / Brussels, Belgium
● Location: Berlin, Germany
● Software: Google Docs, F-tracks, Word, Photoshop, QuickTime, Autodesk Maya, Flash
● Tasks: Supervision of animation and layouts
2018-2017
● Position: Animation and Layouts Supervisor
● Project: "A Kind of Magic S2"
● Client: Xilam Animation, Paris, France
● Location: Berlin, Germany and Inspidea, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
● Software: Shotgun, SPI, Excel, Word, Flash, Photoshop, QuickTime
● Tasks: Supervision of animation and layouts, animation and layout briefings 2017
● Position: Animation and Blocking Supervisor and In-house Animation Director
● Project: "Luna Petunia Season 3"
● Client: Base Animation in Bali for Netflix
● Location: Berlin, Germany
● Software: QuickTime, Word, Photoshop, Autodesk Maya
● Tasks: Supervision of animation and blocking
2016
● Position: Production Director
● Project: "Maya the Bee 2"
● Client: Marc 13
● Location: Stuttgart, Germany
● Software: Tactic, Shotgun, F-tracks, Excel, Word, Autodesk Maya
● Tasks: Managing the production of character and environment models, ensuring communication between studios, production, and the modeling team 2015-2012
● Position: Overseas Animation Supervisor
● Project: "Doc Mc Stuffins" Seasons 2 and 3
● Client: Brown Bag Films for Disney Junior Channel
● Location: Sparky Animation, Singapore
● Software: Autodesk Maya, Photoshop, QuickTime, Shotgun, Word, Excel
● Tasks: Supervision of animation and blocking
2011
● Position: Co-Studio Manager
● Project: Feature Film "Pinocchio"
● Client: Iris Animation
● Location: Kehlen, Luxembourg
● Software: Toonboom Harmony, QuickTime, Word, Excel, Photoshop
● Tasks: Supervision of cleanup and in-betweening, recruitment, co-management of the studio 2010-2009
● Position: 2D Animation Director
● Project: TV Series "Le Petit Nicolas"
● Client: 2D 3D for Method Films
● Location: Angoulême, France
● Software: TV Paint and Photoshop, Word, Excel, QuickTime
● Tasks: Direction and supervision of 2D dream sequence animation 2007-2006
● Position: Overseas Animation and Layouts Supervisor
● Project: TV Series "Kung Foot"
● Client: Labelanim, Paris, France
● Location: Hosem, Shanghai, China
● Software: QuickTime, Word, Excel
● Tasks: Supervision of animation and layouts
2005-2003
● Position: Overseas Animation and Layouts Supervisor
● Project: "Lilly the Witch"
● Client: Trixter, Munich and Vivatoon, Montréal, Québec, Canada
● Location: Animation Services, Nanjing, China
● Software: Word, Excel, QuickTime
● Tasks: Supervision of animation and layouts
2002-2001
● Position: Overseas Animation and Layouts Supervisor
● Project: TV Series "The Lost World"
● Client: Neuroplanet, Angoulême, France and Vivatoon, Montréal, Québec, Canada
● Location: André Lee Entertainment, Seoul, Korea
● Software: Word, Excel, QuickTime
● Tasks: Supervision of animation and layouts