Pierre Perifel
| Pierre Perifel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lyon, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Animator |
| Years active | 2005-present |
Pierre Perifel is a French animator, best known for his character work at DreamWorks Animation and for his award-winning student film Le Building. He joined DreamWorks in 2008, after working on 2D animated films in France. The following year, Perifel won an Annie Award for the short film Secrets of the Furious Five. He received subsequent nominations for Kung Fu Panda 2 and Rise of the Guardians.
Early life and education
Perifel was born in Lyon.[1] His passion for animation began in high school. In his third year of attending the École Émile-Cohl art school, he applied to Gobelins, l'École de l'image and was accepted.[2]
He graduated from Gobelins in 2005.[1][3] His group thesis film, Le Building, was created with Marco Nguyen, Xavier Ramonède, Olivier Staphylas, and Rémi Zaarour. The film uses a combination of 2D and 3D animation.[4] Perifel worked on the 2D elements and had primary responsibility for the film's backgrounds.[5] Le Building screened at numerous international film festivals and won several awards,[3][6][7][8][9] including Best Undergraduate Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.[8]
Career
After college, Perifel was offered a position at DreamWorks Animation - he would eventually join the studio, but turned down this initial offer, so that he could continue working on 2D animation projects in France.[2][10] His decision was also influenced by his wife's pregnancy at the time. The earliest films of Perifel's career include Curious George and Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure.[2] He also worked with Ramonède on Nocturna and The Illusionist.[2][10][11]
Two years after graduating from Gobelins, while on a vacation in the United States, Perifel visited a friend who had joined DreamWorks. Perifel has said that he was "ready for something else and for an experience abroad", so he left a demo reel with the studio.[2] Representatives from DreamWorks still remembered Perifel and renewed their previous offer to him.[2]
Perifel moved to the United States in 2008[1][3] and began his career at DreamWorks doing character animation on the 2D short film, Secrets of the Furious Five, for which he won an Annie Award.[1][12][13] Following that, Perifel transitioned to CGI, working on Monsters vs. Aliens for about two months. He then joined onto Shrek Forever After - a project for which he has expressed special fondness.[2] He returned to 2D animation with a few sequences in Kung Fu Panda 2.[2][14] On that film, he also served as lead animator for the character Lord Shen. Perifel has said that he "was in charge of [the character]", even though he "didn't have a team of animators".[2]
Rise of the Guardians followed. At this point, Perifel was officially promoted to supervising animator,[2] leading the team responsible for the character North.[15] Both Kung Fu Panda 2 and Rise of the Guardians earned Perifel Annie Award nominations.[1][12][16]
Perifel's next project was set to be Me and My Shadow,[2][17] which afforded him the opportunity to develop 2D animation again,[17] but the film was cancelled by DreamWorks.[18]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 UQAC staff (March 13, 2012). "David Hubert and Pierre Perifel (DreamWorks) are guest masters for ELITE 2012". nad.ca. Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pierre Perifel (November 27, 2012). "Rise of an animator: Pierre Perifel reveals secrets of the Guardians". Animated Views (Online). Interview with Jérémie Noyer. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Chilemonos" (Press release) (in Spanish). Santiago: Chilemonos International Animation Festival. p. 9. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ↑ Stash staff (December 4, 2005). ""Le Building" - Student Film". Stash DVD Magazine. No. 15. San Antonio, Texas: Stash Media. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- ↑ Pierre Perfiel. "Le Building - Team: Pierre Perifel". le-building.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ Marco Nguyen, Pierre Perifel, Xavier Ramonède, Olivier Staphylas, and Rémi Zaarour. "Le Building - News, pg. 1". le-building.com. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ↑ Leo Barraclough (July 26, 2006). "Toons Catch Continental Drift". Variety. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- 1 2 Eric Homan (September 26, 2006). "Talk to the Snail: OIAF Category E – Student Animation Competition". Frederator Studios. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ↑ Olivier Staphylas. "Olivier Staphylas - Bio". staphylas.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- 1 2 David Hubert, Jason Ryan, Pierre Perifel (March 3, 2013). iAnimate interview Pierre Périfel - part 3 (video). iAnimate. Event occurs at 0:15-2:02. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ↑ Marc Aguesse (December 7, 2012). "There's something in the house, Dip N' Dance et Brigada". Catsuka. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- 1 2 David Hubert, Jason Ryan, Pierre Perifel (March 3, 2013). iAnimate interview Pierre Périfel - part 3 (video). iAnimate. Event occurs at 2:09-2:23. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ↑ Peter Debruge (January 30, 2009). "'Kung Fu Panda' rules Annie Awards". Variety. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ↑ David Hubert, Jason Ryan, Pierre Perifel (March 3, 2013). iAnimate interview Pierre Périfel - part 3 (video). iAnimate. Event occurs at 2:02-2:11. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ↑ David Hubert, Jason Ryan, Pierre Perifel (March 3, 2013). iAnimate interview Pierre Périfel - part 2 (video). iAnimate. Event occurs at 0:59-1:14. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ Carolyn Giardina (February 2, 2013). "'Wreck-It Ralph' Wins Five Annie Awards Including Best Animated Feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- 1 2 David Hubert, Jason Ryan, Pierre Perifel (March 3, 2013). iAnimate interview Pierre Périfel - part 3 (video). iAnimate. Event occurs at 4:22-4:31. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ↑ Amid Amidi (December 19, 2016). "Watch Never-Before-Seen Animation From Dreamworks' Aborted 'Me and My Shadow'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved July 11, 2017.