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FILMOGRAPHY BY POSTERS: (Posters illustrations are property of their respective owners)



2010:	Twilight: Eclipse Digital Matte Artist for Rodeo FX
2009:	Terminator Salvation Digital Matte Artist for Rodeo FX	Amelia Digital Matte Artist for Rodeo FX	Jonah Hex Digital Matte Artist for Rodeo FX	10 1/2 Digital Matte Artist for Rodeo FX
2008:	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Matte Artist and Concept Artist for Rodeo FX	The Day the Earth Stood Still Matte Painter for Rodeo FX	Mr. Nobody Matte Painter for Rodeo FX	Death Race Matte Painter for Rodeo FX	The Greatest Journey - Journey to Mecca Matte Painter and Concept Artist for Rodeo FX	Changing Times - Les Temps Changent Matte Painter and Concept Artist for Mokko Studio
2007:	The Golden Compass (Best visual effects Award Winner 2008) Matte Painter and Concept Artist for Rodeo FX	Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D Matte Painter for Rodeo FX and Meteor Studios	The Legend of Secret Pass Lead Matte Painter for Digital Dimension	Race to Mars Lead Matte Painter for Digital Dimension	Mars Rising Matte Painter Freelancer for Mokko Studio
2006 / 2005:	Babel Matte Painter Freelancer for Intelligent Creatures	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Matte Painter Freelancer for FX Cartel	Silent Hill Matte Painter Freelancer for Mokko Studio	Sin City Concept Artist and Matte Painter for Hybride	The adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl Concept Artist and Matte Painter for Hybride	The Covenant Matte Painter for Digital Dimension	The wind in the Willows Lead Matte Painter for Digital Dimension
2004 / 2003:	Sky captain and the world of tomorrow Matte Painter for Hybride	Racing Stripes Concept - Texture Artist for Hybride	Spy Kids 3 Game over Concept Artist and Matte Painter for Hybride	Nouvelle-France Matte Painter for Hybride	The last sign Matte Painter for Hybride	A different loyalty Generic Artist for Hybride
2002 / 99 / 98:	Once upon a time in Mexico Texture Artist for Hybride	Spy Kids 2 - the island of lost dreams Concept - Texture Artist for Hybride	Napoleon Texture Artist for Hybride	The adventures of the young Jules Verne Storyboard Artist for Jules Vernes Productions	Legend of Sleepy Hollow Matte Painter for Sleepy Hollow Production






FILMOGRAPHY BY LIST/ CREDITS IN MOVIES:

2010: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Directed by David Slade)


2009: Terminator Salvation (Directed by McG)
2009: Amelia (Directed by McG)
2009: Jonah Hex (Directed by Jimmy Hayward)
2009: 10 1/2 (Directed by Daniel Grou)

2008: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - (Directed by Steven Spielberg)
2008: The Day the Earth Stood Still - (Directed by Scott Derrickson)
2008: Mr. Nobody - (Directed by Jaco Van Dormael)
2008: Death Race - (Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson)
2008: The Greatest Journey - Journey to Mecca - (Directed by Bruce Neibaur)
2008: Changing Times / Les Temps Changent (Directed by Marion Milne, Jean-Christophe de Revière)

2007: The Golden Compass - Academy Award Winner 2008 for Best Visual Effects - (Directed by Chris Weitz)
2007: Journey to the center of the earth 3D (Directed by Eric Brevig)
2007: Mars Rising documentary for Discovery Channel (Directed by Michael Jorgensen, Jon Kalina, Francine Pelletier and Brian Murphy)
2007: The legend of Secret Pass (Directed by Steve Trenbirth)
2007: Race to Mars (Directed by George Mihalka)

2006: Babel (Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu)
2006: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Directed by Zach Helm)
2006: The Wind in the Willows (Directed by Rachel Talalay)
2006: The Covenant (Directed by Renny Harlin)
2006: Silent Hill (Directed by Christophe Gans)

2005: The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
2005: Sin City (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)

2004: Racing Stripes (Directed by Frederik Du Chau)
2004: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Directed by Kerry Conran)
2004: A Different Loyalty (Directed by Marek Kanievska)
2004: The Last Sign (Directed by Douglas Law)
2004: Nouvelle-France (Directed by Jean Beaudin)

2003: SPY KIDS 3 Game Over (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)

2002: SPY KIDS 2 The Island of Lost Dreams (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
2002: Once upon a time in Mexico (Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
2002: NAPOLEON (Directed by Yves Simoneau)

1999: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Directed by Pierre Gang)

1998: TV series The Secret Adventure of Jules Verne (Created by Gavin Scott)
1998: Revenge of the land (Directed by John N. Smith)




WORK EXPERIENCE / COMPANIES:

2009: Senior Matte Painter at Rodeo FX (Montreal, Canada)
2009: Matte Painting Teacher at UQAT University (Longueuil, Canada)

2008: Matte Painter freelancer at Rodeo FX (Montreal, Canada)
2008: Matte Painter freelancer at Mokko Studio (Montreal, Canada)

2007: Lead Matte Painter at Digital Dimension (Montreal, Canada)
2007: Matte Painter freelancer at Rodeo FX (Montreal, Canada)
2007: Matte Painter freelancer at Meteor Studios (Montreal, Canada)
2007: Matte Painter freelancer at Mokko Studio (Montreal, Canada)

2006: Matte Painter freelancer at Intelligent Creatures (Toronto, Canada)
2006: Matte Painter freelancer at FX Cartel (Montreal, Canada)
2006: Art Director and Matte Painter Consultant/Teacher at Alpha-Vision (Laval, Canada)

2005: Matte Painter and Concept Artist at Hybride (Piedmont, Canada)

2004: Matte Painter and Concept Artist at Hybride (Piedmont, Canada)

2003: Matte Painter and Concept Artist at Hybride (Piedmont, Canada)

2002: Visual Effects (Concept Art, textures, lighting) at Hybride (Piedmont, Canada)

2001: 3D animator for Fly Studio, a TV commercials company based in Montreal

2000: Character animator for TV series projects for Klik Animation

1999: 3D animator, Storyboard artist for a 3D company called Enzyme
1999: Character animator for short 2 minute film for the National Film Board of Canada
1999: Modeler for an article of the National Geographic Magazine

1998: Character animator for Tube Image
1998: Storyboard artist for the TV series The Secret Adventure of Jules Verne
1998: Storyboard artist for the Canadian movie Revenge of the land
1998: One of ten winners of the '98 Teletoon Contest Award

1997: Freelance layout/posing artist for Cinar Animation
1997: Short animated cartoon for a videoclip for Musique Plus
1997: Storyboard artist for a videoclip of the band Groovy Aardvark




BIO:



Born in the french province of Quebec (Canada) in the mid seventies, his passion for drawing was distinct at a very early age. His inspirations are drawn from a wide range of movies, comic books and TV series of the fantasy, horror and science-fiction genres. St-Arnaud originally intended to pursue his life as a movie make-up effects artist while in his teens, until the first important computer generated visual effects appeared on screens such as the Abyss, Terminator 2 and Toy Story. After studying Fine Arts and Communication Arts at Université Laval, he moved to Montreal (Canada) in 1997 to study 3D animation and traditional cartoon animation. He began his career as a storyboard artist and character animator. In 2001, he decided to become a texture artist to finally end-up in digital matte painting and concept art field.



GENERAL:

Name: Frederic St-Arnaud
Languages: french and english
General Interests: Photography, Fine Arts, Rock Climbing, Hiking,
Trekking, White water kayaking, Mountain biking, Traveling

EDUCATION:

2006: Matte painting Master Class by Yanick Dusso.com (NAD Center, Montreal, Canada)
1997: Cartoon Animation and 3D intensive program at ICARI (Montreal, Canada)
1996: One year of Communication Arts at Université Laval (Quebec City, Canada)
1995: College of Fine Arts at Cegep de Sainte-Foy (Quebec City, Canada)
1992-94: Polyvalente Le Boisé (Victoriaville, Canada)

HONORS AND AWARDS:

This is a quick overview. For more information on honors and awards, go to the recognition section.

2009: Conference Speaker at School Design of UQAM University for the program Graphic Design and Culture
2009: Jury Member of the CGtantra Digital Matte Painting Challenge
2008: Speaker at the ADAPT Montreal Conference 2008
2008: Coverpage artist of the book D'artiste Matte Painting II from Ballistic Publishing
2007: Jury Member of the Unofficial Matte Painting Challenge on CGsociety
2007: Award Winner at Pixel Theory 3D with the artworks "Decline of Babel myth" and "bear vs. hiker"
2007: Excellence Award at 3Dtotal with the artwork "Decline of Babel myth"
2007: Artwork "Decline of Babel Myth" featured in the book EXPOSE 5
2006: Excellence Nomination Award for the book EXPOSE 4 with the artworks "Tourism on Venus" and "Time Square"
2005: CG Elite on www.CGchannel.com
2005: Award Winner in the book EXPOSE 3
2003: Award Winner at CGsociety with the artwork "Waterfall Castle"
2002: Award Winner of the Graphika Awards Contest 2002 with the Fly Studio team
1997: Canada's Teletoon Animation Scholarship Award Finalist

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:

Adobe Photoshop: Power user (since version 1.0 in 1992) - Average time spent in this software: 70%
(Wacom tablet painting, texturing, multi-layering, photos retouching, 8 bits / 16 bits)

Softimage XSI: Power user (since version 1.0 in 2001) - Average time spent in this software: 20%
(Camera-projection complexe techniques, texturing, modeling, camera and props animation)

Softimage 3D: Old power user (since 1997) - Has been replaced by Softimage XSI

Adobe After Effect: Power user - Average time spent in this software: 5%
(Compositing and pre-compositing before to send 3D renders ans elements to compositing department)

Shake: Good user - Average time spent in this software: 5%
(Compositing and pre-compositing before to send 3D renders ans elements to compositing department)

Corel Painter: Normal user - Average time spent in this software: 5%
(Concept art, specific paint effects)

3D Studio Max: Normal user - Used it for character animation in the past

Maya: Normal user - Used it for character animation in the past

Adobe Illustrator: Power user - Used it for design print work in the past

TRAVELING:

2009: Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba
2008: Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, India
2007: Shanghai, Zhu Zhuang, China
2007: Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Ito, Japan
2007: San Blas Islands - Kunas Indians, Panama
2006: Boston (Siggraph Convention 2006), New York, USA
2005: Miami, Los Angeles (Siggraph Convention 2005), USA
2004: Marrakesh (Hiking of Jbel Toubkal Mountain), Morocco
2003: Bora Bora, Tahiti, Maupiti, French Polynesia
2000: Maui (Hiking of Haleakala Volcano), Kauai, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
1999: Las Vegas, San Fransisco, Los Angeles, USA
1993: France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Europe





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