Matthieu Grospiron

Matthieu Grospiron

A lighter, a compositor and a photographer. With experience

Senior Lighter/Compositor / Mid-level Photographer / 21 yrs

Tarendol, France

Hire Me

Lighting Artist

Megamind (2010)

Lighting Artist

Madagascar (2005)

Lighting Artist

Shark Tale (2004)

Lighting/Compositing Artist

Shrek (2001)

Lighting/Compositing Artist

SharkTale

Lighting/Compositing Artist

Madagascar: Operation Penguin (2005)

Lighting/Compositing Artist

Over The Hedge (2006)

Lighting/Compositing Artist

Flushed Away (2006)

Lighting/Compositing Artist

Bee Movie (2007)

Lighting/Compositing Artist

Shrek 4-D (2009)

Lighting/Compositing Artist

Puss in Boots (2011)

Lighting/Compositing

the great attractor (2020)

Based in France. I started computer graphics in the late 80s, and have worked in Korea, Vietnam, India, the USA and on a wide range of projects. As a lighting designer, composer and photographer, I have a deep passion for well-finished images.
Work History
  • Photographe

    Self Employed

    October 2012 - Present
    Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
  • Teacher

    free lance

    September 2024 - May 2025
    France
  • Lighter/Compositor

    Freelance

    March 2024 - May 2024
    france
  • head of campus

    École des Nouvelles Images

    July 2022 - July 2023
    Carpentras, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
  • Lighting/Compositing Referent and Photography teacher

    École des Nouvelles Images

    September 2017 - June 2023
    Avignon

    Seeding visual story telling thru lighting, composition and photography to first, third, fourth and fifth year students

  • Lighting/Compositing, Photography Referent

    AIX YNOV CAMPUS

    November 2018 - June 2022
    Aix-En-Provence Area, France
  • Student Mentor

    Ecole MOPA

    April 2013 - May 2021
    Arles

    Visual Integration workshops, with 4th year students
    Lighting/Compositing advisor on final films with 5th year students

  • Lighter/Compositor

    free lance remote

    May 2020 - October 2020
    France
  • CG compositing

    Self Employed

    May 2020 - July 2020
    Montpellier, France

    very exciting project where a CG turntable rotate around itself inside the international space station for 13 minutes. In 8k
    Project for Anri Sala an internationally acclaimed contemporary artist

  • Lighting Compositing

    Tu Nous ZA Pas Vus Productions

    October 2018 - April 2019
    Arles

    Un coup de main au lighting et au compositing du court métrage "Deux oiseaux"

  • Look Management

    pourquoi j'ai pas mangé mon père

    July 2014 - September 2014
    At home, Chamonix

    Received precomped shots and tweaked them to match Art Direction

  • Compositing, Etalonnage

    Planktoon

    January 2014 - February 2014
    Paris Area, France
  • CG lighting

    Dwarf Labs

    May 2013 - July 2013

    Lighting

  • Lighting/Compositing

    DreamWorks Animation

    September 2009 - August 2012
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    back in LA
    Lighting/Compositing on Shrek 4, Megamind, Puss n' Boots and Rise of the Guardians.

  • Photography

    Freelance

    June 2009 - September 2009
    elsewhere

    a lot of photography

  • Art Direction

    DSK International Institute of Industrial Design, Animation

    September 2008 - June 2009
    Pune Area, India

    art directed students projects

  • Light Sup

    Attitude Studio

    October 2007 - November 2007
    Paris Area, France

    Lighting Supervisor on Nine.

  • Lighter

    Mac Guff

    July 2007 - October 2007
    Paris Area, France

    Good to see old friends...

  • Lighting/Compositing Artist

    DreamWorks Animation

    February 2004 - January 2007
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Lighting/Compositing on Shark Tales, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, Flushed Away

  • Lighting Supervisor

    "Immortel - Ad Vitam"

    September 2001 - December 2003
    Paris Area, France

    Organisation of the CG department at Duran in regard of the production of Enki Bilal's movie "Immortel Ad vitam"
    Lighting supervision.

  • Lighting Supervisor

    Duboi

    September 2001 - November 2003
    issy les moulineaux

    Super challenging project for the early 2000's
    Had to propose a pipeline from scratch, which was adopted early the production
    Had to resolve 1200 shots, some full CG, some with CG over live action plates and loads of green screen live shots we had to comp over CG.
    As a result the movie is esthetically a bit uneven but the pathway was full of great lessons

  • Lighting/Compositing Artist

    Pacific Data Images

    October 1999 - December 2000
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Lighting/Compositing on Shrek

  • Lighting Technical Director

    Industrial Light & Magic

    October 1998 - July 1999
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Star Wars episode One ^^

  • Lighting TD

    Ex Machina

    September 1996 - September 1998
    Paris Area, France

    Lighting TD on different projects, mainly large format (70mm,35mm).

  • CG supervisor

    PixiBox

    September 1994 - April 1996
    Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Recruiting, training and managing a 12 people production team in Saigon Vietnam

  • Lighting TD

    Ex Machina

    February 1989 - August 1994
    Paris Area, France, Seoul South Korea

    Every field of the CG production, including, modeling, animation, texturing, lighting, compositiong, rendering, thus mainly on large formats (35/70mm) films
    A six months experience in Séoul South Korea

  • technical director

    fantome

    1989 - November 1990
    Paris Area, France

    Insektors, various projects.

  • runner

    Mikros Image

    1989 - 1989

    it all started with an awesome flying logo for a cheap retailer

  • posing

    label 35

    1988 - 1989

    taupe model

Education
  • bachelor

    Ecole Emile Cohl

    September 1985 - June 1988
  • DEUG, Histoire de l'art

    Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III)

    1986 - 1988