Raoul Barbet

Raoul Barbet

Creative Director Life is Strange / Founder Capsule Studio

Creative Director / Studio Founder / 19 yrs

Paris, France

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Life is Strange

Creative Director

Life is Strange 2 (2018)

Creative Director

The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (2018)

Film Director

The Surge (2017)

Motion Capture Technician

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Creative Director

Life is Strange (2015)

Game Designer - Motion Capture Technician

Heavy Rain (2010)

Layout Artist

The Lorax (2012)

Cinematic and Game Designer

Remember Me (2013)

Raoul is a videogame and animated film director living in France. After studying engineering, Raoul Barbet specialized himself in cultural and audiovisual fields, working in France, Canada and Cambodia.
After several experiences in the industry (Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain, Illumination Mac Guff's The Lorax), he finally joined Dontnod Entertainment.
He's the co-creator and creative director of Life is Strange 1 & 2 and The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit.
In parallel, he has cofounded in 2016 a new animation studio in Paris: Capsule Animation Studio. It is specialized in high quality CGI images, trailers, VFX, videoclips...
He’s now working on new projects in game and film industry, always interested in new partnerships and great stories to tell.
Work History

  • Founder - Film Director

    Capsule studio

    July 2016 - Present
    Paris, France

    Founder.
    Film Director.

  • Creative Director

    DONTNOD Entertainment

    October 2011 - Present
    Paris

    Creative Director.
    Music Supervisor.

  • Motion Capture Technician

    Wētā FX

    March 2016 - May 2016
    Paris, France

    Motion Capture Technician

  • Layout Artist

    Illumination Mac Guff

    September 2010 - August 2011
    Paris, France

    Camera Layout.

  • Motion Capture / Game Design

    Quantic Dream

    May 2008 - January 2010
    Paris, France

    Motion Capture Technician.
    Game Designer / Builder.
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Education

  • Engineer

    ECE Paris

    September 2001 - June 2006

  • Université de Montréal - Ecole polytechnique de Montréal

    September 2004 - December 2004

  • UV Project Manager

    Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM)

    September 2003 - December 2003

  • Electronics - Computer Science

    Staffordshire University

    September 2002 - December 2002

  • MPSI - Deug MIAS

    Université de Caen Basse Normandie

    September 1999 - June 2001