Isabel Auphan

Isabel Auphan

Occasional faculty in the Visual Arts department at Universi

Senior Animator / 28 yrs

Rennes Area, France

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Senior character animator

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

Character Animator

Marmaduke (2010)

Animator

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Animation

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Animator

The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

Animator

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

Animator

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Character animator

Open Season (2006)

Animator

Robots (2005)

Producer

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

I am first and above all a story teller. I see each shot I work on as a small story of its own, which hopefully will add on to the bigger story and participate harmoniously to it.
I also love characters and I always tend to animate them from the inside out. If I don't know what they are feeling, I can't even make them move right.
I don't come from 2D and I never learnt animation at school. What my animation skills sum up to, is my own ability to act and move.

I love to work with directors who have a clear vision of the entire movie, and I hope to learn from them enough to be able to direct my own stories one day.
Work History

  • 3D animation instructor

    ESMA - Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques

    October 2014 - Present

    This year, building 3D animation syllabus for both first and second years of the 3D course. Classes, workshops, supervision of final students projects, on site mostly.
    Instruction of keyframe animation, principles of weight, walk, body mecanic, acting, thought process, how to apply dramaturgy in animation, how to direct the spectator's eye, framing, composition and animation choreography.

  • Occasional faculty in the Visual Arts department

    Université de Rennes 2

    November 2013 - Present

    Topic here is more on visual translation, character development from script to images. Very interesting too, it's nice to extend my teaching from animation to live action cinema.

  • Freelance 3D animation instructor

    GOBELINS

    September 2011 - September 2011

    Classes, workshops, supervision of final students projects, on site and/or remotely by video-conferences.
    Instruction of keyframe animation, principles of weight, walk, body mecanic, acting, thought process, how to apply dramaturgy in animation, how to direct the spectator's eye, framing, composition and animation choreography.

  • Senior character animator

    Passion Pictures

    February 2010 - September 2011

    On Gorillaz video clips "Stylo" and "Melancholy Hill", and various pre-producton projects I enjoyed a lot.

  • Senior character animator

    Double Negative

    October 2009 - February 2010

    On the live Action feature "The sorcerer's apprentice"

  • Senior character animator

    Industrial Light & Magic

    January 2009 - April 2009

    On the live action feature "Transformers II"

  • CG animation teacher

    The animation Workshop

    October 2008 - October 2008

    A week workshop with second year students on walk cycles and their wonders...

  • Senior character animator

    Framestore

    April 2008 - September 2008

    On the full CG feature "A tale of Despereaux"

  • Senior character animator

    MPC

    August 2007 - April 2008

    On the live action feature "Narnia II, Prince Caspian"

  • Senior character animator

    Industrial Light & Magic

    January 2007 - March 2007

    On the live action feature "Pirates of the Caribbean III"

  • Character animator

    DreamWorks Animation

    June 2006 - December 2006

    On the full CG feature "Kung Fu Panda"

  • Character animator

    Sony Pictures Imageworks

    January 2005 - February 2006

    On the full CG feature "Open Season"

  • Character animator

    Blue Sky Studios

    April 2003 - July 2004

    On the full CG feature "Robots"

  • Character animator

    Mac Guff

    April 1999 - February 2003

    On commercials with Passion Pictures directed by Pyer Coffin

  • Character animator

    Cinesite

    February 2001 - April 2001

    on the live action feature "Tomb raider"

  • Character animator

    Mainframe Entertainment

    January 1997 - December 1998

    on the TV series "Reboot III", "Beast Wars II", "War Planets", "Weirdohs"

  • Character animator

    Virtual Studios

    November 1994 - December 1996

    3D video game for Playstation I

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