Francois-Maxence Desplanques

Work History

• Procedural Engineer

  Bifrost

  October 2021 - October 2023

  Singapore
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  Industrial Light & Magic

  June 2015 - October 2021

  

  
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  FX TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  November 2014 - May 2018

  London, United Kingdom

  

  
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  FX TD

  Double Negative

  March 2015 - May 2015
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  FX TD

  Industrial Light & Magic

  November 2014 - March 2015
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  FX TD

  Double Negative

  August 2013 - October 2014

  London, United Kingdom

  Exodus: Gods and Kings
  Thor: The Dark World
  Jupiter Ascending
  Muppets 2

  

  

  

  
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  Coordinator and Day-in-review presenter for SCOOP

  ACM SIGGRAPH

  August 2014 - August 2014

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  SCOOP produces video podcast for ACM SIGGRAPH to cover the conference
  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPhVMQuDB_ZmhTKElLi-_quy2pD3Qcw34P4?list=PLUPhVMQuDB_ZmhTKElLi-_quy2pD3Qcw3
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  FX TD

  SUPAMONKS Studio

  August 2013 - August 2013

  Paris

  In house short film
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  Coordinator for SCOOP

  ACM SIGGRAPH

  July 2013 - July 2013

  Anaheim

  SCOOP produces video podcast for ACM SIGGRAPH to cover the conference
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  FX TD

  Reliance MediaWorks

  May 2013 - July 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Blacksails
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  FX TD

  MPC

  March 2013 - May 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  RED 2
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  FX TD

  Pixomondo

  January 2013 - March 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Game of Thrones
  Start Trek Into Darkness
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  FX TD

  Reliance MediaWorks

  February 2012 - December 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  GI Joe Retaliation
  Ender's Game
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  Producer for SCOOP

  ACM SIGGRAPH

  August 2012 - August 2012

  Los Angeles

  SCOOP produces video podcast for ACM SIGGRAPH to cover the conference.
  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL723D8C37B8310A6E
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  FX TD & FX Sequence Lead

  Prime Focus World

  April 2011 - February 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  
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  Volunteer

  ACM SIGGRAPH

  August 2011 - August 2011

  Vancouver

  Siggraph Volunteer for the SCOOP Team, making podcasts for the ACM SIGGRAPH Youtube channel
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  FX TD

  Polygon Pictures

  January 2011 - April 2011

  Working on "Transformers" TV Series
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  Generalist TD

  SUPAMONKS Studio

  January 2010 - December 2010

  I created VFX for various productions (Raving Rabbids, Emergen-C)
  I worked on Pipeline development alongside the creation of various tools for animators and rendermen.
  I also worked on the implementation of a Stereoscopy plug-in for Autodesk Maya (www.3DSR1.com)
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  Student Volunteer

  ACM SIGGRAPH

  July 2010 - July 2010

  Los Angeles

  Student Volunteer for SCOOP Team, making podcasts for the ACM SIGGRAPH Youtube channel
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  IT Consultant specialised in Innovation and New Technologies

  Solucom

  November 2007 - August 2009

  Arcome - Solucom Group :
  Studies and Projects to assist major companies running innovative projects.
  
  *Conception of the Customer Relation Web Portal for the National French Railway Company.
  
  *Assisting Air France for the VoIP installation project.
  Change management including training and communication. Process definition for the deployement of the new phone solution
  
  *Study on the development of mobile banking applications for mobile phones for a major French Bank
  
  *Assisting the creation of an entity responsible for the global management of all the projects in the IT branch of a major French Bank
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  MSc Project : Procedural Animation of Human Motion

  University of Bristol

  May 2007 - September 2007

  Research project on the creation and real-time customization of biped walk cycles.
  By using maths and signal processing algorithms, I could easily generate strongly characterized walk cycles (angry, sad, happy, sexy...)
  This project was awarded a Distinction by the University of Bristol.

• Video Editing Internship

  ECPAD (Ministère de la Défense)

  July 2006 - August 2006

  I was a video editor for the French army, working on news and providing edited videos to broadcast TV channels.
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  Creation and Development of an Image Processing Software

  INSA Toulouse

  April 2006 - June 2006

  Creation of a "light Photoshop" using Java within a group of 4 students.
  I was personaly responsible for writing the specifications and find and create the algorithms for the following effects: gaussian blur, levels, contrasts, exposure, black and white, sepia, crop, rotation, scale of the input image.

• BtoB Marketing Intershing

  SONY - Professional Services Europe

  July 2005 - September 2005

  I helped developing marketing ideas and tools for the development of service contracts for HD professional video cameras.

• Digital photo salesman

  Evolution 2

  July 2004 - August 2004

  I was responsible for the photo shop. This included being a salesman alongside creating poster and other commercial materials.
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  Lucasfilm

  ? - Present