Gobelins, l'école de l'image (French: ) also known as Gobelins Paris is a school of visual communication and arts in

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, France, with its main location near the

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. A consular school funded by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, it provides several programs at a range of fees. It is best known for the Cinéma Department of Animation, founded in 1975 by Pierre Ayma. Its former students include many strip cartoonists and animation artists such as Didier Cassegrain, Cromwell, Yacine Elghorri,

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, and

Pierre Coffin Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin (born 16 March 1967) is a French animator, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. He is best known for co-directing the first four installments in the Despicable Me, ''Despicable Me'' franchise and being the prima ...

. The faculty includes

Michel Bouvet Michel Bouvet (born 1955 in Tunis) is a French designer and poster artist. He is professor of visual culture at ESAG Penninghen (Paris). Biography Bouvet studied and graduated at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSB-A). His des ...

. The Animation Department is currently directed by American storyboard artist and director John Coven. Over the years, Gobelins has introduced major innovations in multimedia content, developing products for the web, CD-ROM, Interactive DVD, and public installations. The video department, created by Daniel Boullay and Guy Chevalier for the training of adult students, has since 1985 been prominent in the French technical audiovisual landscape. Led by Daniel Desmoulins, the video department allows professionals to create or analyze techniques, keeping current with the rapid evolution of industry technologies. Gobelins also offers instruction in photography and graphic design.

Notable alumni

* Pascal Charrue, co-founder of ''

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'', the studio behind ''

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'' *

Virginie Augustin Virginie Augustin (11 March 1973, Chatou) is a French comics book artist. She has also worked on animated features with Walt Disney Animation Studios and France 3. Biography After studying at Gobelins, Augustin worked with Walt Disney Animation ...

, comic book artist *

, director of ''

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'' *

Bibo Bergeron Eric "Bibo" Bergeron (born July 14, 1965) is a French animator and film director. His work includes ''The Road to El Dorado'' (2000), ''Shark Tale'' (2004) and '' A Monster in Paris'' (2011). Bergeron has served as animator on films like '' Aster ...

, director of '' A Monster in Paris'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' * Kristof Serrand, supervising animator at

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* Marion Montaigne, author of ''Tu mourras moins bête...'' *

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, co-creator of '' Lastman'' * Olivier Grunewald, photographer *

Riad Sattouf Riad Sattouf (; born 5 May 1978) is a French cartoonist, comics, comic artist, and film director. Sattouf is best known for his graphic memoir ''L'Arabe du futur'' (''The Arab of the Future'') and for his film The French Kissers, ''Les Beaux Goss ...

, creator of ''

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'' * Yves Bigerel, co-creator of '' Lastman'' * Olivier Cotte, animation historian * Rikke Asbjoern, co-creator of ''

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'' * Violaine Briat, storyboard artist on ''

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'' * Bertrand Mandico, film director * Lucrèce Andreae, film director * Simon Otto, head of character animation at

* Thomas Romain, co-creator of ''

Code Lyoko ''Code Lyoko'' (; stylized as ''CODE: LYOKO'' in season 1 and in all caps in seasons 2–4) is a French anime-influenced animated series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop ...

'' and co-producer of ''

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'' *

Pierre Perifel Pierre Perifel is a French filmmaker and animator. He is best known for his work at DreamWorks Animation, including directing the short film '' Bilby'' (2018) and the feature films '' The Bad Guys'' (2022) and its upcoming sequel ''The Bad Guys ...

, director of '' The Bad Guys''

Notable student films

* ''

Le Building ''Le Building'' is a 2005 French animated short film directed by a team of final year students at Gobelins, l'École de l'image. The story depicts a series of slapstick accidents that cause destruction to a three-story apartment complex. ''Le Bu ...

'' (2005) - by Marco Nguyen,

, Xavier Ramonède, Olivier Staphylas, and Rémi Zaarour * '' Oktapodi'' (2007) - by Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, and Emud Mokhberi *
Louise
' (2021) - by Constance Bertoux, Camille Bozec, Pauline Guitton, Pauline Mauviere, and Mila Monaghan
Last Summer
(2022) - by Nicola Bernardi, Alessandra De Stefano, Chloé Van Becelaere, Camille Van Delft, and Elodie Xia

External links

www.gobelins.fr
The Official School Site
www.gobelins-school.com
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References

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