Founded in 2020, Studio Manette was born from an idea shared between Michael Bolufer and Thibault Noyer, to take the best of both worlds—animation and video games.
To create video games with universes as rich and compelling, both graphically and literarily, as those found in animation.
To produce REAL-TIME 2D/3D animation contents in a way as agile, open, and creative as video games, often involving a significant iterative process. It was about making it possible to produce animated series and films with as much flexibility and iteration as video game methodologies allow.
This idea gave rise to what is now Studio Manette : we built a real-time 3D series pipeline to create, first, Sam & Julia, then Big Lizard, and more projects to come. And we have been co-developping video games (Forgotten Playland (PC) and Unannounced project (PC, Android, Ios) by Draw Me A Pixel) and are currently expanding our activities in the gaming industry.
The company was built with a team coming from the video game industry, for a simple reason: all animation processes would inevitably end up in a game engine. Therefore, we needed profiles with strong expertise in video game workflows. This team has remained loyal, five years later, deeply tied to the studio’s DNA rooted in video games, R&D and and visionary storytelling.
Thibault NOYER – CEO
18 years’ experience in media industry (video game, animation, music, TV, Web) as Offer Manager, Media consultant.
Michaël BOLUFER – CCO
20 years’ experience in video game and animation industry.
As Art Director, Technique Director, game designer. Director of Mr.Carton (first 3D real-time series broadcast).
Sébastien ALZAMORA – Tech Art Director
19 years’ experience in the video game industry.
As Technical Art Director on The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos (PC, Mac, Switch, PS4, Amazon Luna), Yellowbird – As the Birds Fly (ios, Android), Garfield kart (ios, Android, pc, mac), MotoRacer 4 (PS4, XboxOne, PC, Mac, Switch), Alice in wonderland (PC, DS, WII), Vrally4, …
As Technical Art Director on Sam and Julia (series) and Big Lizard.
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