Benoît Léonard
Born 30/10/1982 (Belgium)
Married - 3 children
Now based in Santiago, Chile
+56 9 3055 2267
leonard@nicepixel.eu
Relevant Experience:
2021--->: Refuge (vfx) : fx artist
tv series (Erase una vez pero ya no, Papergirls S1, Westworld S4, Superman and Lois S2-S3, Shogun, Impossible Valentine, Manhunt, Righteous Gemstones S3, Fallout)
2018-2020: Loica (audiovisual) : 3d artist / compositor
commercials / institutionals / tv branding
2017-2018: EOTP (project) : concept artist / modeler (spaceships)
Illustrations for space opera book serie (Echoes of war)
2017-2018: VFI (film house) : compositor
Feature film (Asesiname)
2016-2017: BUF (vfx) : 3d artist / compositor
Feature films, tv series (Blade Runner 2049, American gods, Twin Peaks, Sous le meme toit)
2014-2016: Madis/Artsetup : 3d artist
scenic design display (festival de viña, teleton) / realtime archpreviz / network branding
2013-2014: Feels (audiovisual) : 3d artist / compositor
commercials
2010-2013: Bendita Imagen (audiovisual): lead 3d artist
commercials / institutionals / instructionals / on set cg supe
2009: Atenas Producciones (audiovisual): 3d artist / compositor
commercials
2008: Imagina (audiovisual) : 3d artist
commercials / institutional videos
2006: Voxel (arch previz) : 3d artist
architectural previsualization
2006: Graphic Dreams (multimedia) : 3d artist
short educational movie / cg animation serie pilot
Education-diplomas:
2020 : LiveActionSerie with Allan McKay
2005 : Company management (IFAPME)
2005 : Bachelor en Techniques graphiques - 3d (HEAJ. Namur, Belgium)
2002 : Bachelor in IT - interrupted
2001 : CESS (ISMA. Arlon, Belgium) (equivalent to french BAC)
Skills:
Modeling
Shading
Animation
Rigid bodies / Soft bodies
Fluids (smoke-fire-liquids)
Compositing
Matchmoving
Realtime previz
Languages:
French : mother tongue
English : fluent
Spanish : fluent
German : basic and rusty
Maxscript : basics
Filmography:
Blade Runner 2049
Sous le meme toit
Asesiname
Influenza
American gods (S1 4ep)
Twin Peaks (S3 1ep)
Sitting pretty (short)
Erase una vez pero ya no (1ep)
Papergirls (S1 4eps)
Westworld (S4 3eps)
Superman and Lois (S2 2ep S3 2ep)
Shogun (1ep)
Impossible Valentine (1ep)
Manhunt (3ep)
Righteous Gemstones (S3 1ep)
Fallout (1ep)
Stalker, Shadow of the Zone (short)
Software:
Graphics:
Max, blender, vray, fumefx, phoenix, tyflow
Zbrush, substance, embergen
Photoshop, after effects, nuke, natron
Syntheye
UE4, UE5
Bstudio, bcolor
Learning:
houdini
Environment:
Win, Linux, Macos
Interests:
Reading, writing, learning,
cinema, art, modeling,
DIY things, taichi, videogames, aeronautics, cooking.