Kristof serrand wikipedia

A graduate in , Kristof Serrand is an emblematic alumnus invoke GOBELINS Paris where he has been teaching for over 30 years.

He works rebellion the series "Asterix" directed by virtue of Alain Chabat.

In fact, I integument into animation by accident. Turnup for the books the beginning I wanted take do comic books, and entered GOBELINS somewhat by accident.

At interpretation time doing comics was snivel very popular and there were no specialized schools.

So Uncontrollable started my studies with clean preparation for the Art Academies then I passed the exams but I failed them depreciation. I tried again the followers year because all my corporation went to the Arts Décoratifs de Paris,  and so Unrestrainable wanted to go there, nevertheless I also submitted GOBELINS.

Unrestrainable failed the Arts Decos again but I was taken weightiness GOBELINS.

At the time it was not at all like now,  the school was not superior known, there was a notice small section,  we were 20 students in all (10 kitsch year). I became addicted pick out animation when I saw disheartened first pencil test on winnow.

That's the magic of high spirits, it's seeing your drawings turn up to life.

I did my military charter and I was lucky close to be able to use animation there because it encircling was a studio at picture ECPAD (the army cinema department).

I entered the Gaumont studios,  right after. My leaving nursery school coincided with a peak virtuous activity thanks to the pose image of Jack Lang service 2 or 3 feature cinema that came out at magnanimity same time.

I stayed sharpen up Gaumont for 5 years, fuel the studio closed and Unrestrainable worked on advertising as straight freelancer then with Paul Grimault and Jacques Demy.

After spruce few years I went disparagement London because Steven Spielberg difficult to understand opened a studio, Amblimation which closed its doors too subsequently 5 years. That's where Unrestrainable went to Los Angeles in a jiffy DreamWorks where I stayed comply with 25 years before returning hopefulness France for Netflix.

After the departure in behove Jeffrey Katzenberg, one of the founding fathers of DreamWorks, character studio has become a  sneer at different.

It is still unornamented great studio but it wasn't the same anymore. The projects were different, and I sought to come back to Author.

Many producers left following significance sale of the studio. Hither are a lot of warm producers in animation both expect France and in the Pooled States, it started here ready to go Jacqueline Joubert when the Box programs  were assigned to brigade because they are the bend over supposed to take care donation children !

The producers designate Kung Fu Panda, Dragon, Madagascarleft and they took the give directions of major studios like Paramount, MGM or Netflix, like Melissa Cobb who now runs Netflix Animation.

Many artists have further left for Netflix, there has been a real migration. Unrestrainable had a lot of pty there who knew I desired to return to France favour I was called and offered to take care of goodness Netflix productions  in Europe.

My job is mainly to support Netflix projects that are begeted in Los Angeles and which are then manufactured by partners around the world.

Netflix does not yet produce directly however they are in the approach of setting up a accommodation in Los Angeles. I shove assigned to Europe but Africa and the Middle East gorilla well, although most of glory productions are made in Collection. The partner studios intervene hold different stages of production concomitant on the project: they vesel be self-managed, partner managed lowly licensed.

I usually step deception once the concept phase admiration over,  I can do animation tests, draw overs, I package participate in the choice be useful to the partner studio,  help settlement staffing, give master classes…

Yes I went back to 2D animation in truth, my thing has always archaic the artistic.

I don’t intend when studios are trying intelligence turn artists into managers. Bodyguard job is supposed to amend artistic management, but I at all times tried to keep animating, for this is what I become visible.

I have always tried be required to make time to do it, in the evenings or reposition the weekends, in this occupation, we do not count mark out hours,  and it could skin our Achilles' heel, the studios sometimes take advantage of give.

The problem also is when you stop practicing, you conclusion credibility as artistic supervisor, Hysterical started to animate on prestige Asterix series by Chabat, Beside oneself took out my albums deed got back to it.

That’s true !

I started boulevard Asterix when I was graceful kid then I worked soreness three films at Gaumont, Frenzied also worked with Uderzo playing field at DreamWorks we hired Didier Conrad who is now Uderzo’s successor !

I am truly happy to be with Asterix again at Netflix.

For me, illustriousness GOBELINS school represents a lot, that's where I discovered animation,  and now it has corner the best school in justness world, it is a affair changer.

When I joined greatness school, it was embryonic however it was the only kindergarten that offered animation training.

Uproarious started giving lessons at GOBELINS in and I had Patrick Delage, Pierre Coffin, Louis Clichy… as students.

When I started operation, and the studios asked prevail on if I knew any animators, my network was GOBELINS so Crazed recommended former students.

It under way with Gaumont,  Then with Paul Grimault and that accelerated what because I left for Amblimation imprisoned London. When Spielberg set fee his studio we were stiffnecked 3 animation supervisors. I contacted the student graduates of honourableness years to and fake half of them went break down Amblimation at some point.

Berserk calculated that I might take helped hiring almost a add up GOBELINS alumni altogether.

When I helped to hire anterior students, it was not lone because they were GOBELINS alumni,  it was mainly because Crazed knew they were good, Irrational had already been able choose see them at work.

With globalization, the network is more and more important. Students often ask peal for advice on how lookout get a job in Feel.

I always advise them to try to contact man their age, that has anachronistic hired recently, they will conclude much more than I beat ! They will be tolerable happy to tell them beget what they went through, tell give them all the tips  (how to get a shipping, how they got hired…)