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Thomas Obrecht

Senior Motion Editor / Character Animator / 15 yrs

France

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Animator

Beyond: Two Souls (2013)

Work History

Senior Motion Editor

Ubisoft

November 2023 - February 2024

Strasbourg, France
Lead Motion Edit / Senior Motion editor

Goodbye Kansas

September 2020 - November 2023

Stockholm, Comté de Stockholm, Suède

Lead Motion Edit dept.
- assist animation directors on set during the motion capture shoot, technical advisor.

- shot prep and send to motion editors

- seamless blend and stitch of different motion capture sources / clips to reach the intention desired by animation directors.

- provide AAA quality animations for game trailers and game cinematics, based on motion capture.

- provide AAA quality key-frame to get seamless transition with motion capture.

- R&D for motion builder processes for both capture stage and post-animation.

- trainer for animator from junior to senior level on motion capture and post-animation techniques.
Senior motion capture editor / animator

Unit Image

November 2017 - September 2020

Paris, France
Senior motion capture editor / CG animator

Capsule studio

May 2020 - June 2020

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Iron Harvest // CG game tailer (2020)
Animation teacher

VFX-Workshop

September 2019 - June 2020

Région de Paris, France

teaching animation Keyframe and motion capture editing to third (last) year students
Senior motion capture editor / CG animator

Unit Motion Design

March 2020 - April 2020

Paris, Île-de-France, France
CG animator

Mikros Image

August 2018 - October 2018

Région de Paris, France
Motion Editor / CG animator

Mikros Image

April 2017 - September 2017

Région de Paris, France
Motion editor / Animator

Quantic Dream

March 2013 - March 2017

Région de Paris, France

Video Game : "Beyond : Two Souls"
"T-rex LookDev and Lighting in Maya" tutorial - creation of the Anima

The Gnomon Workshop Inc.

October 2016 - November 2016

I am proud to had the opportunity to participate to the creation of a Gnomon Workshop tutorial with two great artists : Gaêl Kerchenbaum and Charles Chorein.

I was in charge of the rigging and animation process of the T-rex, while Gaël took care of the modeling/ texturing. Charles Chorein was our supervisor and worked on the Look Development and Compositing steps.

You can follow the link bellow to get to the tutorial :
https://thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/trex-lookdev-and-lighting-with-maya-and-arnold
Animator

Chez Eddy

February 2013 - February 2013
CG Animator

Microbe Studio

July 2012 - January 2013

Animation / rigging / layout / MEL scripting

- HD1 // tv advertising
- FRANCE TONER // tv advertising
- MANGER-BOUGER // fr tv advertising
Modeling

Chez Eddy

June 2012 - June 2012
CG Animator

Microbe Studio

April 2012 - June 2012

Animation / rigging / layout on :

- " GSF" // TV's advertising
- "Louis Vuitton" // iPhone apps presentation
-" Ruinart" // in-house presentation
CG Character Animator Junior

Duboi

October 2011 - November 2011

feature film : Asterix & Obelix 4 ( by Laurent Tirard )
CG character animator Trainee

Duboi

July 2011 - September 2011

feature film : Black Gold ( by Jean Jacques Annaud )