Alexandra Lefève-Gourmelon

Work History

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  Lead Production Tools

  SUPERPROD STUDIO (Vanilla Seed)

  January 2021 - Present

  Paris et périphérie

  Manage the Team of Developers implementing tools connected to Shotgun (reflex scripts, AMI, conformation scripts), the Review tools, the Delivery Tool , the Account Management.
  
  Support the Production Directors, CG Supervisors and Heads of Pipeline to optimize the Shotgun workflows used by the different projects.
  
  Maintain the documentation about these workflows.
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  Head of R&D

  SUPERPROD STUDIO (Vanilla Seed)

  March 2019 - January 2021

  Paris Area, France

  In charge of building the common pipeline for the various projects of Superprod Studio, and therefore of executing the long-term vision defined with the CG Sups, the TD and the CTO, in accordance with the budget constraints and planning defined by the Director of Operations and Productions.
  
  Lead a team of developers and ensure the realization of a clear road map for each of them. Track their progress and provide support and technical mentoring. Ensure the internal or external recruitment of reinforcements according to the objectives and the schedules of production.
  
  Support the CTO in the definition and the follow-up of the roadmap of the department: Implementation of evolution strategies for the studio's tools, prioritizing of the tasks, optimization of the costs and the resources.
  
  Guarantee the quality of the code produced by the R&D team, the respect of the coding rules and the documentation of the tools released in production.
  
  Lead the deployment of tools, and arbitrate UI adjustments, workflow, performance, etc ... that can result.
  
  Because of her central position, and her global vision of the pipeline, guarantee the consistency of the solutions proposed to the requests of the various actors.
  
  Stay available to guide the TDs in their mission of deploying and adapting the pipeline to the needs of their projects.
  
  Ensure a technological watch and offer innovative solutions for the improvement and optimization of the production chain.
  
  Support the CTO in the definition and deployment of Security and Privacy policies for the in-house tools.
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  Head of VFX Software

  MPC Film & Episodic

  April 2017 - February 2019

  Région de Paris, France
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  Shotgun Pipeline Toolkit and Rez Specialist for VFX Studio

  MPC Film & Episodic

  September 2015 - May 2017

  Paris

  - Manage environment for artists and TDs
  - Manage Shotgun Pipeline Toolkit interaction with all softwares and tools used in VFX Studio
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  Pipeline TD

  Mikros Image

  January 2009 - April 2017

  Paris, France

  Shotgun / Tank / Rez

  
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  Pipeline TD Anim/VFX

  MPC Film & Episodic

  September 2014 - September 2015

  Paris Area, France

  - Develop an environment for artists and TDs based on Rez for Anim and VFX Studios
  - Integrate Shotgun Pipeline Toolkit in VFX Studio
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  Pipeline TD on Asterix: The Land of the Gods

  MPC Film & Episodic

  September 2013 - September 2015

  Paris Area, France

  - Shotgun Referent
  - Sync tool between Octopus (Mikros Asset Manager) and Shotgun
  - Taking over the project cleaning tool
  - Modeling check tool support in Maya
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  Asset Management Lead

  MPC Film & Episodic

  March 2012 - April 2013

  Paris

  Manage Pipeline tools connections with Asset Manager on "Asterix: The Land of the Gods"
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  Pipeline TD

  MPC Film & Episodic

  April 2010 - February 2012

  Paris Area, France

  Adapt pipeline for vfx advertising productions.
  Integrate Mikros' pipeline tools with HD3D Artforge.
  Support pipeline tools for all Mikros Image Studio projects on all sites.
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  Pipeline TD on Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Alpha

  Mikros Image

  January 2010 - December 2010

  Paris
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  Pipeline Engineer on L'Autre Monde

  MPC Film & Episodic

  January 2009 - December 2009

  Paris

  Pipeline TD
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  Pipeline Lead on Bunyan and Babe

  SPARX* - A Virtuos Studio

  July 2008 - November 2008

  Paris

  
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  Pipeline Lead on IGOR

  Sparx Animation Studios

  November 2006 - June 2008

  Technical Pipeline implementation on the feature film Igor (released in 2008).
  Technical support for graphists and animators throughout the production.
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  Pipeline Developer

  SPARX* - A Virtuos Studio

  June 2005 - October 2006

  Pipeline management and tools implementation on some tests and on Gazoon production.
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  Developer

  Sparx Animation Studios

  June 2004 - January 2005

  Develop tools (custom playblast, send to dispatcher...) in Maya MEL to help artists with their work.
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  Production Assistant on Mickey's Twice Upon Xmas

  SPARX* - A Virtuos Studio

  March 2004 - May 2004

  Paris Area, France

  
  Manage retakes from Disney
  
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  Checker

  SPARX* - A Virtuos Studio

  November 2003 - February 2004

  Paris Area, France

  Check rendering process
  Minor tools to handle image sequences
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  Developer Trainee

  La Maison

  April 2002 - September 2002