curriculum vitae

SENIOR LIGHTING ARTIST
LOOK DEV - COMP
Stephan GUERIN
3, rue des grands champs
75020 Paris FRANCE
Mobile: +33 6 09 33 64 38
Home: +33 9 50 28 31 70
[email protected]
Born 28th July 1968 in Basel (Switzerland)
French nationality
Single
Driving licence
Summary
Reel 2015: https://vimeo.com/124954265
Features – live:
- "En Mai fait ce qu'il te plaît" (Christian Carillon, 2015)
- "L'Elan" (Etienne Labroue, Marc Bruckert, 2015)
- "Taken 3" (Luc Besson, Olivier Megaton, 2015)
- "Benoît Brisefer: Les taxis rouges" (Manuel Pradal, 2014)
- "Les vacances du petit Nicolas" (Laurent Tirard, 2014)
- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (Jonathan Liebesman, 2014)
- "Jacky in Women's Kingdom" (Riad Sattouf, 2014)
- "R.I.P.D." (Robert Schwentke, 2013)
- "Taken 2" (Luc Besson, Olivier Megaton, 2012)
- "Le petit Nicolas" (Laurent Tirard, 2009)
- "8" (Jane Campion, Gael García Bernal, Jan Kounen, Mira Nair, Gaspar Noé, Abderrahmane Sissako,
Gus Van Sant, Wim Wenders, 2008)
- "Brice de Nice" (James Huth, 2005)
- "Iznogoud" (Patrick Braoudé, 2005)
Features – 3D:
- "The Lorax": stereoscopic feature (Chris Renaud, Universal/illumination, March 2012)
- "Despicable Me": stereoscopic feature (Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Universal/illumination 2010)
- "Dragon Hunters" (Arthur Qwak, Guillaume Ivernel, 2008)
TV Feature:
- "Flight of the Storks", TV series (Jan Kounen, 2012)
- "Odyssée de la vie: Le mystère des jumeaux", TV documentary (Nils Tavernier, 2009)
- "The howl", 3D CGI TV series (52 episodes, 2007)
- "Les rois maudits", TV series (5 episodes of 90' each, Josée Dayan, 2006)
Skills:
- Lighting and sufacing: Renderman (3delight, prman) , Arnold, V-Ray, Mental-Ray
- Compositing: Nuke, Shake - Tracking: Pftrack , Matchmover, on set supervision
- Linux - Shotgun - Maya generalist
Professional record
CG Supervisor at ProdigiousFilm (Publicis)
Since July 2015 – Paris - France
CG supervisor on various commercials.
Senior Lighting – Lookdev Artist at Mac Guff Ligne
April 2014– May 2015 – Paris - France
Senior Lighting Artist - Lookdev & Compositor on Film: "En Mai fait ce qu'il te plaît" (Christian
Carillon, 2015)
VFX Supervisor on Film: "L'Elan" (Etienne Labroue, Marc Bruckert, 2015)
CG Supervisor on Film: "Taken 3" (Olivier Megaton, 2015)
Senior Lighting Artist - Lookdev & Compositor on Film: "Benoît Brisefer: Les taxis rouges" (Manuel
Pradal, December 2014)
Senior Lighting Artist - Compositor on Film: "Les vacances du petit Nicolas" (Laurent Tirard, summer
2014)
Senior Lighting Artist - Compositing and Fx on commercial EDF SUEZ - GDF SUEZ
Senior Lighting Artist - Compositing on commercial Vache Qui Rit
Senior Lighting – Lookdev Artist at Image Engine
September 2013– February 2014 – Vancouver – Canada
Senior Lookdev and Lighting Artist on Film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" (Jonathan Liebesman summer 2014)
CG Supervisor at Mac Guff Ligne
February 2013– September 2013 – Paris - France
- CG Supervisor on "Jacky in Women's Kingdom" (Riad Sattouf, release in January 2014).
Tracking, Look dev and key lighting, some matte painting and comp, whole team supervision.
- Senior Lighting Artist and Comp. on commercial: Groupe Babybel
- Senior Lighting Artist and Comp on TV documentary "ANGKOR"
Senior Lighting Artits at Image Engine
July 2012– February 2013 – Vancouver - Canada
- Senior Lighting Artist on "R.I.P.D." (Robert Schwentke, 2013) - key shots lighting, light rigs building
and maintenance for team members and some look dev.
Senior Lighting Artist/Digital Compositor at Illumination Mac Guff
August 2007– May 2012 – Paris - France
- Senior Lighting Artist/Matchmove Artist/Compositor: "Taken 2" (Luc Besson, Olivier Megaton, 2012)
- Senior Lighting Artist/Matchmove Artist/Compositor: "Fly of the Storks" (Jan Kounen, 2012)
- Senior Lighting Artist/TD: Team leading , lighting, surfacing, on "The Lorax" (Chris Renaud,
Universal/illumination entertainment, 2010)
- Senior Lighting Artist/TD: Team leading, lighting, surfacing, compositing on "Despicable Me" (Chris
Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Universal/illumination entertainment, 2010)
- Senior Lighting Artist/TD: lighting and tracking on "Le petit Nicolas" (Laurent Tirard, 2009)
- Lighting Supervisor: Team leading, look dev, lighting , compositing TV documentary (Odyssée de la
vie: Le mystère des jumeaux, Nils Tavernier, 2009)
- Senior Lighting Artist/TD: lighting, surfacing, compositing on "Dragon Hunters", 3D feature (Arthur
Qwak, Guillaume Ivernel, 2008)
- Senior Lighting Artist/TD: lighting, shading, tracking and modelling on "8", live feature (Jane
Campion, Gael García Bernal, Jan Kounen, Mira Nair, Gaspar Noé, Abderrahmane Sissako, Gus Van
Sant, Wim Wenders, 2008)
- Lighting Supervisor: Team leading, look dev, lighting, compositing on commercials (Coca-Cola,
Desperado, Toshiba, L'Oréal, Aubert, Caisse d’Epargne, Renault, Nike, Nissan...)
Lighting Supervisor at Akama Studio
June 2007 – August 2007 – Paris - France
- Lighting Supervisor: Team leading, lighting, look dev. and compositing on commercials for
Wilkinson
Lighting Supervisor at Studio Hari
November 2006 – May 2007 – Paris - France
- Lighting and Compositing Supervisor, look development: "The howl", 3D CGI TV series: 52 episodes
Lighting Artist, Shading Artist, Modelling Artist, VFX Artist at Duran, Éclair Lab, Vivendi
Universal, JLA, and Artrack
1998 – 2006 Freelancer (intermittent du spectacle), various positions. – Paris - France
- TV feature: Look dev, lighting and compositing, shots supervisor on "Les rois maudits", 5 episodes of
90' each (Josée Dayan, 2006)
- Lighting and Comp. Supervisor: team leading, artistic direction, lighting, look dev. and comp. on
stage CGI projections "Flash Back Tour" J. Hallyday, 2005
- Feature: "Brice de Nice", James Huth, released in 2005. "Iznogoud", Patrick Braoudé, released in 2005
Education
1998
Les Gobelins, school of applied art, Paris France. Animated film, 3d on Maya
http://www.gobelins.fr/presentation-gb.htm
1992
Master of Children’s Psychopathology, Lille III University, France
Hobbies
- Coastal and deep-sea sailing:
Transatlantic crossing as crew member in 2009
Transatlantic crossing as single handed sailor in 2015 and 2016 with a 25 feet racing sailing vessel:
The Winterless project http://47winterless.over-blog.com/
- Sea kayaking
- Running & Trail
- Photography and DSLR Cinematography
(Canon 5D MarkIII, 24-70 f2.8, 70-200 f2.8 Is, Macro 100 f2.8 Is).
- Drawing and painting (oil painting)
- Piano (beginner)