Haupert Jerome

Haupert Jerome

director / art director / 3d at HELLOGALA.XYZ
Paris, France

About me

See my online portfolio : hellogala.xyz

Jerome started his career in 2004 after graduating from Supinfocom/Rubika (France) with jury honours with his short movie "Hernando". During a freelance period in London, he received a D&AD Yellow Pencil Award for outstanding work on the "Comcast Sing-a-long" commercials. He also worked on the Oscar nominated short movie "this Way Up" by Smith & Foulkes at Nexus Productions. He then became Head of 3d at Superfad London in 2008, working on various TVCs, the most famous one being a TVC for Seat with Shakira. Then, he joined TaylorJames London as creative director in 2011. In 2019, he moved back to Paris to lead the creation of Taylor James Paris. Finally in 2021, he set up his own creative studio HELLOGALA.XYZ in the heart of Paris to offer his freelance services and do what he loves : beautiful visuals that tell great stories.

With more than 17 years of experience working with the best studios in London, you're guaranteed that your ideas will get the best visual treatment they deserve. Jerome is really good at creating styleframes, concepting, designing and directing cgi animation and live action/vfx. He also enjoys working on print. Strong compositions combined with solid narratives are at the core of every project he takes on. He loves pushing design quality, working hand in hand with artists on every project. He has a versatile visual style and adapts it specifically to the need of each project. You're in good hands!

Languages
  • English - Pro
  • French - Native
Sector Experience

Positions

Director / Art Director for design & animation - HELLOGALA.XYZ
Paris
France
October 2021 - Present (3 years 2 months)
Founder and lead of creative studio HELLOGALA.XYZ.

CREATIVE-DIRECTOR-ART DIRECTOR // Concept design, Styleframe, Look-dev, Illustrations, Character design,Storyboard, Editing, Animation Direction, On-set live-action&photography Direction, Color Grading and Retouching.

TECHNICAL // CGI supervisor (modeling, texturing, previs, animation, lighting, rendering, compositing) & VFX On-Set supervisor.

BUSINESS & JOB MANAGEMENT // Writing creative treatment, Brief answering, Timing & Schedule & Cost overseeing, CGI and Retouch teams overseeing.
Creative Director - TAYLOR JAMES LONDON & PARIS
London
United Kingdom
November 2011 - April 2021 (9 years 5 months)
Heading Taylor James Paris since 2019.
Creatively leading Print (Illustration, Photography, Concepts, Styleframes) and Motion (CGI & Live action), supervised more than 100 jobs.
Senior CGI Artist - FREELANCE FOR VARIOUS ANIMATION STUDIOS
London
United Kingdom
September 2004 - December 2011 (7 years 3 months)
Sept 2004 -Mar 2005 // STUDIOAKA - CGI artist on a Feature film development and CGI Animator on Blue Draqon TVC, CBeebies TVCs
Apr 2005 - May 2005 // PICASSO PICTURES - CGI artist on MITSUBISHI TVCs
Jul 2007 - Aug 2007 // POSTPANIC - CGI artist on Tom tom TVCs
2005 - 2008 // NEXUS PRODUCTIONS - CGI artist on AEG TVC, Taking Liberties documentary, Joost Ident, Adidas Web Animation, BBC Jam TV ident, Potapych short movie, Yakult TVC, Coke TVC, Renault TVC, NSPCC TVCs, TER TVCs, Orange TVC, BBC3 TV idents, Full Tilt Poker TVC - CGI lead on Comcast TVCs (D&AD Yellow Pencil Award) - Compositor on This Way up short movie (Oscar nominated)
Mar 2008 - May 2008 // SUPERFAD - CGI lead on Genyalloyds TVC
Aug 2010 - Sep 2010 // I LOVE DUST - Compositing on MTV Sight TV ident
Sep 2010 - Feb 2011 // NEXUS PRODUCTIONS - CGI artist on Honda Jazz TVC, Chiquita TVCs
Mar 2011 - May 2011 // ONE OF US - CGI & VFX artist Olympic Winter bid Korea 2016 movie
Head of 3d - SUPERFAD LONDON
London
United Kingdom
January 2009 - April 2010 (1 year 3 months)
Supervising everything CG related : previs, modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, lighting, compositng. Going on set to supervise shoots. Helping the creative directors on the pitching process. Worked on a lot of different TVCs for various clients : Panasonic, Orange, ITV, Seat/Shakira, Adidas, Relentless... etc...

Education

Animation Director

September 2000 - June 2004 (3 years 9 months)

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