Xavier Ramonède Explained

Xavier Ramonède
Nationality:French
Occupation:Animator, illustrator
Years Active:2002-present

Xavier Ramonède is a French animator and artist, best known for his work on various French films and international co-productions, such as Nocturna and The Illusionist, the French webseries , and his award-winning student film Le Building. Ramonède's artwork has also been featured in multiple publications.

Early life and education

Ramonède hails from Toulouse.[1] He first became interested in drawing at the age of fourteen, after discovering manga. Over the following two years, he developed a strong passion for animation.[2] After meeting Romain Grandjean in high school, Ramonède was brought on as an animator and designer on Grandjean's 2002 stop motion short film Abraxas.[1] [3]

Although Ramonède was inspired by Toy Story to pursue a career in computer animation, he changed course to pursue traditional animation after applying to Gobelins, l'École de l'image.[1] He attended there from 2002 to 2005.[4] [5] In 2004, he created the short student film Récré Fighter,[6] [7] and collaborated with classmates Pierre Perifel, Jun Frederic Violet, and Rémi Zaarour on a second short film, Festival Qualité.[8] [9] The following year, he reteamed with Perifel and Zaarour to create his group thesis film, Le Building, which was also co-directed by Marco Nguyen and Olivier Staphylas. Le Building uses a combination of 2D and 3D animation.[10] Ramonède colored most of the film's traditional animation and also handled most of its compositing.[11] Le Building screened at numerous international film festivals and won several awards,[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] including Best Undergraduate Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.[15]

Ramonède has named Bruce Timm,[2] [17] Jamie Hewlett, Milt Kahl, James Baxter, Robert McGinnis,[2] Mary Blair, and Miroslav Šašek as being among his artistic influences.[17]

Career

The same year as his graduation from Gobelins (2005), Ramonède received credit as an animator on the short film Imago, directed by Cédric Babouche.[18] The following year, Ramonède worked as an animator on Everyone's Hero.[19] Imago afforded Ramonède the opportunity to work with Perifel again, who served as one of the film's supervising animators.[18] The two further collaborated as animators on Nocturna and The Illusionist.[5] [20] [21] [22]

Other animation credits of Ramonède's include various French films and international co-productions, such as 99 Francs,[23] Zarafa, Titeuf,[24] and April and the Extraordinary World,[25] as well as the French webseries ,[26] [27] and the music video for C2C's song "Delta".[28] Ramonède has occasionally returned to Gobelins as a teacher and has also worked on various commercials. A 2013 commercial that he worked on for Deezer uses Mcbess characters and received a Bronze Clio Award.[29] [30]

Notes and References

  1. Laura. Xavier Ramonède. Xavier Ramonède. Online. animationinsider.com. September 27, 2015. September 19, 2017.
  2. Xavier Ramonède. Special interview with Xavier Ramonède. Pinuparena.com. Online. October 30, 2015. September 19, 2017.
  3. 2002. Abraxas - Credits. Zarf Productions and Alcancia Films.
  4. Web site: There's Something in the House. Xavier Ramonède. Indiegogo. September 16, 2017.
  5. Web site: There's something in the house, Dip N' Dance et Brigada (projets crowdfunding). Marc Aguesse. . July 12, 2012. fr. September 15, 2017.
  6. Web site: Récré Fighter (2004). Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. fr. September 16, 2017.
  7. Web site: Projection de court-métrages français inspirés par le Japon. Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. fr. September 16, 2017.
  8. Web site: Festival qualité (2004). Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. September 16, 2017.
  9. Web site: Le Building and Festival Qualité. Xavier Ramonède. Sushixav.blogspot.com. April 15, 2009. August 18, 2016.
  10. "Le Building" - Student Film. December 4, 2005. Stash staff. Stash DVD Magazine. 15. Stash Media. San Antonio, Texas. August 11, 2016.
  11. Web site: Le Building – Team: Xavier Ramonède. Xavier Ramonède. le-building.com. August 18, 2016.
  12. Chilemonos. Santiago. Chilemonos International Animation Festival. 9. es. July 17, 2017.
  13. Web site: Le Building - News, pg. 1. Marco Nguyen, Pierre Perifel, Xavier Ramonède, Olivier Staphylas, and Rémi Zaarour. le-building.com. August 21, 2016.
  14. Web site: Toons Catch Continental Drift. Leo Barraclough. Variety. July 26, 2006. August 26, 2016.
  15. Web site: Talk to the Snail: OIAF Category E – Student Animation Competition. Eric Homan. Frederator Studios. September 26, 2006. August 23, 2016.
  16. Web site: Olivier Staphylas - Bio. Olivier Staphylas. staphylas.com. August 18, 2016.
  17. Andrew Plein. Xavier Ramonède. Artist of the Week: Xavier Ramonède. PixelatedGeek. Online. January 13, 2010. September 19, 2017.
  18. 2005. Imago - Credits. Sacrebleu Productions and La Boîte Productions.
  19. Web site: XAV - profile. Xavier Ramonède. Sushixav.blogspot.com. September 16, 2017.
  20. Web site: Crowdfunding: "There's Something In The House" von Xavier Ramonède. Severin Auer. animationsfilme.ch. de. July 15, 2012. September 21, 2017.
  21. Rise of an animator: Pierre Perifel reveals secrets of the Guardians. Jérémie Noyer. Pierre Perifel. Online. Animated Views. November 27, 2012. July 10, 2017.
  22. David Hubert, Jason Ryan, Pierre Perifel. March 3, 2013. iAnimate interview Pierre Périfel - part 3. video. January 1, 2017. 0:15-2:02. iAnimate.
  23. Web site: [Job] Stage sur 99 Fr (Jan Kounen)]. Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. March 12, 2007. fr. September 16, 2017.
  24. Web site: Titeuf, le film. . fr. September 17, 2017.
  25. Web site: Et sinon cette semaine #48 (en bref). Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. December 6, 2015. fr. September 16, 2017.
  26. Web site: 2014 Official Selection, film index – Les Kassos "Épisodes 4, 6, 9" – The Dorks. Annecy staff. Annecy International Animation Film Festival. March 10, 2017.
  27. Web site: Moc & Darty – Sachatte & Pedro – Les Kassos #17. Xavier Ramonède. Sushixav.blogspot.com. February 19, 2015. March 10, 2017.
  28. Web site: C2C - Delta. On Animation staff. On Animation. February 19, 2016. September 20, 2017.
  29. Web site: McBess illustrates new Deezer spot. Gavin Lucas. Creative Review. January 24, 2013. September 20, 2017.
  30. Web site: Hippopolis (pub pour un carré de soie Hermès par Ugo Gattoni). Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. November 15, 2015. fr. September 16, 2017.
  31. Web site: Muffin Jack & Jeremy: Trailer (series project by Steak and Ankama). Marc Aguesse. Catsuka. May 25, 2016. fr. September 16, 2017.
  32. Web site: Howard M. Shum - News. Howard M. Shum. howardshum.com. August 12, 2017. September 20, 2017.
  33. Web site: All the Rage: Faster than Light. Blair Marnell. Comics Bulletin. June 18, 2005. September 21, 2017.
  34. Web site: Terrible Yellow Eyes (Un collectif hommage à Max et les Maximonstres). Marc Aguesse. September 23, 2009. Catsuka. fr. September 16, 2017.
  35. Web site: king and crown. Cory Godbey. July 31, 2009. terribleyelloweyes.com. September 16, 2017.
  36. Web site: Color Warz History from ISART Digital studies to FLUO Craft. Fabien Friess. . June 6, 2016. September 20, 2017.
  37. Web site: It's Not Just a Cartoon. emmys.com. November 12, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161231104812/http://www.emmys.com/events/animation-161112. December 31, 2016.
  38. Randall Sly. Chris Battle. Chris Battle Interview. Online. The Character Design Blog. August 12, 2010. September 20, 2017.
  39. 2013. Deezer | Music Unleashed - CRCR - WIZZdesign|publisher=QUAD Productions|url=https://vimeo.com/58089707}} A 2015 project that he worked on, called Hippopolis, was directed by French artist Ugo Gattoni and serves as a companion to a scarf that Gattoni designed.[30]

    Ramonède has been credited as an animator on Ankama's under-development television project Muffin Jack and Jeremy.[31]

    Pin-up art by Ramonède is featured in Volume #1 of Dave Sim and Howard M. Shum's comic book series Gun Fu, which was published by Image Comics in 2005.[32] [33] In 2009, Ramonède contributed to the book Terrible Yellow Eyes, which features artwork inspired by Where the Wild Things Are.[34] [35] Ramonède also created artwork for a proposed art book tie-in to the French board game Color Warz, which in 2016, unsuccessfully sought funding through the French crowdfunding website .[36]

    Daytime Emmy Award-nominated character designer Chris Battle, who has worked on such shows as The Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Laboratory,[37] has expressed admiration for Ramonède's body of work.[38]

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