Stephan Martinière
Stephan Martinière (born May 3, 1962) is an award-winning French science fiction and fantasy artist, using his considerable skill and experience to morph from cartoonist, to concept illustrator, to art director.
Biography
Stephan Martiniere was born May 3, 1962 in Paris, France. He attended high school at Chambre De Commerce Les Gobelins,[1] one of the most renowned art schools in Paris. After art school he attended animation school, but halfway through he was hired by DIC Entertainment and moved to Japan to work on Inspector Gadget.
After settling in California, Stephan continued as Animation Director for DIC Entertainment, and directed hundreds of episodes of Where's Waldo and Dennis the Menace. His 5 half-hour musical specials for the show Madeline were nominated for an Emmy, and went on to win the Children's Hall of Fame Humanitas, A.C.T., and the Parents' Choice Award. Stephan also drew the Where's Waldo Sunday syndicated strip for 1994-1997.[2]
His animation work lead him to Hollywood, where he designed for feature films such as Virus, The Astronaut's Wife, Red Planet, and I, Robot.[2]
Stephan has also contributed concept designs for Motion Rides, Theme Parks. His clients have included Universal Studios (Jurassic Park ride), Paramount (Star Trek ride), Landmark and Rhythm & Hues.[2]
He moved from Los Angeles, CA to Spokane, WA to work for Cyan, Inc. on Uru: Ages Beyond Myst from 2001–2004, and then moved to Chicago to work for Midway Games on Stranglehold from 2004-2007.
Martinière has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.
As of 2008, Stephan Martiniere resides in Dallas, Texas and works at id Software on Rage.
Works
Book covers
Concept designs (live action)
Honors
- British Science Fiction Association Award
- Winner, Best Cover of 2004[3]
- Nominated, Best Cover of 2005[4]
- Winner, Best Cover of 2009[5]
- Chesley Award
- Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist
- Nominated, Best Professional Artist (2006)[8]
- Nominated, Best Professional Artist (2007)[9]
- Winner, Best Professional Artist (2008)[10][11][12][13]
- Nominated, Best Professional Artist (2010)
- Locus Award
- Nominated, Artist (2006)[14]
- Nominated, Artist (2007)[15]
- Nominated, Artist (2008)[16]
- Nominated, Artist (2009)[17]
- Nominated, Artist (2010)[18]
- Spectrum Award
- Winner, Advertising Category, Silver Award (1997)[19]
- Winner, Comics Category, Gold Award (2004)[20]
- Winner, Book Category, Silver Award (2008),[21]
- A Thea Award for his work on the Paramount theme park Super Saturator in 2001.
- World Fantasy Award
- Nominated, Artist 2008[22]
- Nominated, Artist 2009[23]
- The Grand Master Award from Ballistic Media's Expose 4
- Four Master Awards and nine Excellence Expose Awards from Ballistic Media,
As a director for the animated special "Madeline," he won the Humanitas Award, the A.C.T Award and the Parent's Choice Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award.
References
- ^ See [1]. Accessed October 5, 2010.
- ^ a b c See Resume. Accessed October 5, 2010.
- ^ "2005 British Science Fiction Association Awards". Locus. 2005. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Bsfa2005.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2006 British Science Fiction Association Awards". Locus. 2006. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Bsfa2006.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2009 BSFA Award Winners". Locus. April 5, 2010. http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/04/2009-bsfa-award-winners.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2006 Chesley Awards". Locus. 2006. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Chesley2006.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2007 Chesley Awards". Locus. 2007. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Chesley2007.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2006 Hugo Awards". Locus. 2006. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2006.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2007 Hugo Awards". Locus. 2007. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2007.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2008 Hugo Awards". Locus. 2008. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2008.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ Wilson, Melissa. "2008 Hugo Award Winners". Firefox News. http://firefox.org/news/articles/1754/1/2008-Hugo-Award-Winners/Page1.html. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ "Hugo Award Winners from the 2000s". AwardWeb. http://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/hugos/00s.html#2008. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ Willet, Ed (13 August 2008). "Selling science through fiction", Leader-Post, p. B1.
- ^ "2006 Locus Awards". Locus. June 17, 2006. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus2006.html#artist. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2007 Locus Awards". Locus. June 16, 2007. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus2007.html#artist. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2008 Locus Awards". Locus. 2008. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus2008.html#artist. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2009 Locus Awards". Locus. June 27, 2009. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus2009.html#artist. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2010 Locus Awards Finalists". Locus. April 19, 2010. http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/04/locus-awards-finalists.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "1997 Spectrum Awards". Locus. 1996. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Spectrum11997.html#ad. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2004 Spectrum Awards". Locus. 2004. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Spectrum12004.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2008 Spectrum Awards". Locus. 2008. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Spectrum12008.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2008 World Fantasy Awards". Locus. 2008. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Wfa2008.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "2009 World Fantasy Awards". Locus. 2009. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Wfa2009.html. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
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