Pozla Explained

Rémi Zaarour
Birth Place:Amiens, France
Occupation:Cartoonist, animator, graffiti artist
Years Active:2005–present

Rémi Zaarour, known by the pseudonym Pozla (born 1982, Amiens, France) is a French cartoonist and animator. He is best known for his graphic novels and for his award-winning student film Le Building.

Early life and education

Zaarour was born in 1982 in Amiens.[1] He has said that he has "always drawn in a rather obsessive way" and that he began experimenting with graffiti at an early age.[2] Through this latter pursuit, he often got into trouble with the police - he also adopted the pseudonym Pozla during this time, which is derived from the French phrase for "Put it there".[3] After high school, he attended ESAAT in Roubaix.[1] [2] He then continued his education at Gobelins, l'École de l'image.[1] [2] [4]

In 2004, Zaarour created the short student film Zob-Zob est amoureux (Zob-Zob in Love).[5] The same year, he collaborated with classmates Xavier Ramonède, Pierre Perifel, and Jun Frederic Violeton on a second short film, Festival Qualité.[6] [7] For his group thesis film, Le Building, Zaarour reteamed with Ramonède and Perifel, and also worked with Marco Nguyen and Olivier Staphylas. Le Building uses a combination of 2D and 3D animation.[8] Zaarour worked on the 2D segments and finalized the film's character designs.[9] [10] He also assisted Perifel in creating the film's backgrounds.[9] [11] Le Building screened in numerous international film festivals and won several awards,[12] [13] [14] [15] including Best Undergraduate Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.[15]

Career

After graduating from Gobelins, Zaarour joined the second season of Lascars as a co-director.[1] [4] He also animated the opening credits sequence for the 2009 feature film of the same name.[1] [4] [16] [17] While at Gobelins, Zaarour had studied Flash animation under one of the creators of Lascars, Boris Dolivet.[2] [18] In the same year that the Lascars feature film was released, Zaarour and Dolivet collaborated on a short film tied to the series - Les Lascars: Cuccarazza, which was directed by Zaarour and partially written by Dolivet.[4] [19]

Extending their partnership into the realm of comics, Zaarour and Dolivet co-created the graphic novel series Monkey Bizness.[1] [2] The first volume of this series was released in 2010.[1] [16] [20] Published under their respective pseudonyms, Pozla and ElDiablo, Zaarour is credited as the illustrator of this series and Dolivet as the writer.[2] Zaarour's wife, Miaw, handled the coloring.[2] [20] Monkey Bizness marked Zaarour's first foray into creating comic book art professionally. The series focuses on Jack Mandrill the baboon and Hammerfist the gorilla, as they navigate the criminal underworld of a post-apocalyptic city known as "Los Animales".[1] [2] [16] Volume 2 of Monkey Bizness was released in 2013,[1] [4] [21] and Volume 3 was released in 2017.[22]

In addition to Lascars, Zaarour has worked as an animator on the films Persepolis, The Rabbi's Cat, Ernest & Celestine, and A Monster in Paris.[1] [2] [4] He has also worked on the television series L'île à lili, ,[4] and Mouk.[4] [23]

The Rabbi's Cat offered Zaarour the chance to reteam with his Gobelins classmate and Le Building co-director Marco Nguyen, who served as an animation director on that film.[24] Zaarour also contributed to the music video for Tryo's song "Greenwashing", which was directed by Nguyen.[4] [24]

Other projects of Zaarour's include co-directing the music video for the song "Lollipop" by Mika, illustrating the book Les petits polars: Si près du malheur à Lille by Michel Quint,[1] and creating the graphic novel, Carnet de santé foireuse, which received a special award at the 43rd Angoulême International Comics Festival.[25] [26]

Zaarour has continued to pursue graffiti art as a side occupation. Unlike his youthful ventures, his work has now been officially recognized[1] [3] and has been exhibited at the Galerie Chappe,[1] [27] the Sergent Paper Gallery,[1] [28] the, and the Galerie l'Attrape Rêve. His work can also be seen in the streets of Arles,[1] Nantes, Aix-en-provence, and the Mile End area of London.[29]

Zaarour regularly returns to his hometown, Amiens, where he teaches a class at Waide Somme, a local animation school.[3]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Quint. Michel. Les petits polars - Si près du malheur à Lille. 2015. Le Monde. Paris. 9782363154910. 23 July 2017. French.
  2. ElDiablo, Pozla et leur géniale BD « Monkey Bizness » — Interview. Elsa Bordier. Pozla. Online. Madmoizelle. 23 August 2013. French. 20 July 2017.
  3. News: Fouquet. Jean-Christophe. Tombeur de tabous. 31 July 2017. Journal d'Amiens et d'Amiens Mètropole. 785. 2 February 2016.
  4. Web site: Monkey Bizness tome 2, par Pozla et Eldiablo. Marc Aguesse. . 25 October 2013. French. 4 July 2017.
  5. Anima Mundi 2005. São Paulo. Anima Mundi. 119. Portuguese, English. 14 September 2017.
  6. Web site: Festival qualité (2004). Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. 16 September 2017.
  7. Web site: Le Building and Festival Qualité. Xavier Ramonède. Sushixav.blogspot.com. 15 April 2009. 18 August 2016.
  8. "Le Building" - Student Film. 4 December 2005. Stash staff. Stash DVD Magazine. 15. Stash Media. San Antonio, Texas. 11 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170731195856/https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/9660345/dvd-magazine-outstanding-animation-vfx-and-motion-stash/36. 31 July 2017. dead.
  9. Web site: Le Building - Team: Rémi Zaarour. Rémi Zaarour. le-building.com. 18 August 2016.
  10. May 2006. Movers & Shakers - Le Building: Singing in the Shower Can Be Hazardous to Your Health. 3D World. 77. Future plc. Bath, Somerset.
  11. Web site: Le Building - Team: Pierre Perifel. Pierre Perfiel. le-building.com. 18 August 2016.
  12. Web site: Olivier Staphylas - Bio. Olivier Staphylas. staphylas.com. 18 August 2016.
  13. Web site: Le Building - News, pg. 1. Marco Nguyen, Pierre Perifel, Xavier Ramonède, Olivier Staphylas, and Rémi Zaarour. le-building.com. 21 August 2016.
  14. Web site: Toons Catch Continental Drift. Leo Barraclough. Variety. 26 July 2006. 26 August 2016.
  15. Web site: Talk to the Snail: OIAF Category E – Student Animation Competition. Eric Homan. Frederator Studios. 26 September 2006. 23 August 2016.
  16. Web site: Diabolica, Monkey bizness, Aleksi Briclot .... Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. 4 November 2010. French. 19 July 2017.
  17. Web site: Lascars, le film - Opening. Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. 2 July 2009. French. 25 July 2017.
  18. El Diablo - Lascar sur la Croisette. Boris Dolivet. Quinto. magazine. Brain Magazine. 19 June 2009. French. 25 July 2017.
  19. Brussels Animation Film Festival - anima. Brussels. Anima Festival. 48. French, Dutch, English. 25 July 2017.
  20. Web site: Monkey Bizness par Pozla et ElDiablo. Elsa Bordier. Madmoizelle. 25 August 2010. French. https://web.archive.org/web/20140410165059/http://madmoizelle.com/carnets/bd/2010/08/25/monkey-bizness-par-pozla-et-eldiablo/. 10 April 2014.
  21. Web site: Monkey Bizness tome 2 Les cacahuètes sont cuites. Elsa Bordier. Madmoizelle. 14 June 2013. French. https://web.archive.org/web/20140122115457/http://madmoizelle.com/carnets/bd/2013/06/14/monkey-bizness-tome-2-les-cacahuetes-sont-cuites/. 22 January 2014.
  22. Web site: Monkey Bizness - pilote de la série (par Pozla d'après sa BD, avec Passion Paris). Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. 27 January 2017. 31 July 2017.
  23. Web site: Pilote du Tour du monde de Mouk (adaptation de la BD de Marc Boutavant). Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. 31 January 2010. French. 23 July 2017.
  24. Web site: Tryo - Greenwashing (clip de Marco Nguyen). Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. 9 July 2012. French. 25 July 2017.
  25. Rencontre avec Pozla, auteur de "Carnet de santé foireuse". Hervé Ratel. Pozla. Online. Sciences et Avenir. 16 February 2016. French. 19 July 2017.
  26. News: . Un ovni graphique en or34 . . 34 . Bordeaux . 1 February 2016. 28 July 2017 .
  27. Web site: GM. 90bpm staff. 90bpm. 1 November 2013. French. 26 July 2017.
  28. Web site: Exposition Monkey Bizness par Pozla et Eldiablo x Sergeant Paper. Viacomit staff. Viacomit. 2 October 2013. French. https://web.archive.org/web/20151009005725/http://viacomit.net/2013/10/02/sergeant-paper-x-monkey-bizness-by-pozla-et-eldiablo-exhibition/. 9 October 2015.
  29. Web site: Street Paintings. Raphaël Chabassol. Dropr. 26 July 2017.

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