Corsaires VFX

Corsaires VFX was a French visual effects and 3D animation studio co-founded in late 2019 by director-producer Jean Mach and animation director Pierre Lergenmüller. Based in Tournefeuille, it worked across television, feature-film development and cultural installations, combining animation and digital effects with live-action production techniques.

The studio provided an integrated production service, from documentary research and scriptwriting through staging, storyboarding and concept artwork to animation, compositing and final delivery. Its capabilities included character and environmental animation, digital cleanup, editing, sound recording and audio design. Broadcast and cinema projects could be delivered in PAD and DCP formats.

Production and immersive work

Corsaires VFX combined live-action green-screen footage with computer-generated characters and environments. Motion capture and real-time 3D previews supported its production work, while its museum projects used historical reconstructions designed for immersive, 360-degree projection. These installations extended the studio’s animation and compositing capabilities beyond conventional television and cinema screens.

Its work included 3D animation and visual effects for 2080 : Nos Futurs, a four-part speculative documentary series broadcast on Canal+ Docs. The series examined potential technological, environmental and societal changes. Corsaires VFX also fabricated animation and visual effects for the second season of Arte’s science documentary series Déclics. Its film-development work included a visual-effects teaser and underwater submarine capsule sequences for Haute Pression.

The studio collaborated closely with Mad Films, Jean Mach’s production company, while remaining a separate legal and operating entity. This collaboration connected its technical animation and effects capabilities with documentary and television production.

Corsaires VFX ceased operating following judicial liquidation ordered by the Commercial Court of Toulouse on 11 January 2024. Its former website is offline.