L'Atelier Animation
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- Founded
- 2012
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 1
About L'Atelier Animation
L'Atelier Animation is a Canadian computer animation studio based in Montreal, producing 3D animated feature films and episodic television series. Founded in 2012 during the development of Ballerina, released in North America as Leap!, the studio grew around the production requirements of feature animation. Its work spans theatrical and streaming films, broadcast and streaming series, and themed entertainment experiences.
The studio offers production services from pre-production through post-production. Its capabilities include concept art and visual development; character, prop and environment modeling and texturing; rigging; layout and cinematography; character animation; crowd simulation; lighting and look development; effects; and compositing. Pipeline and technological infrastructure engineering support this production work, connecting artistic disciplines with the technical systems needed to deliver computer animated projects.
Feature films, series and attractions
Following Ballerina, L'Atelier Animation worked on Fireheart, also known as Vaillante, and Netflix's The Soccer Football Movie. Its reported feature credits also include 10 Lives and Night of the Zoopocalypse. These productions sit alongside episodic work on Robozuna and Kitti Katz, reflecting the studio's involvement in both feature length storytelling and recurring television production.
Its portfolio extends beyond conventional film and television formats. The studio produced animation for Attention Menhir!, a 4D attraction film for Parc Astérix. Together, these projects illustrate a production practice serving cinema, home viewing and location based entertainment, with character performance and computer generated imagery at the centre of its work.
Company development
Cinesite acquired L'Atelier Animation in 2022. Following the acquisition, the studio retained its distinct public brand, dedicated management and Montreal production team as an operating subsidiary. Its participation in the wider group provides access to international co-production capabilities and shared operational resources while preserving its identity as a separate animation studio.
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Leadership and founders
- Benoit Blouin is CEO and General Manager. The report also identifies Dave Lajoie as Director of Technology / R&D and Julie Pigeon as Head of Production.
- Producers Laurent Zeitoun and Yann Zenou co-founded the studio. Their founding roles do not establish current executive positions.
Production technology and methods
Over its first decade, the studio developed a pipeline incorporating Autodesk Maya, ShotGrid, The Foundry Nuke, Mercenaries Engineering Guerilla Render, Golaem crowd software, and custom Qt/PySide and Python frameworks.
For Robozuna, its production workflow delivered 40 minutes of keyframed animation monthly for Netflix and ITV across two seasons.
Operating collaboration
Following the 2022 acquisition, Benoit Blouin worked with Cinesite Animation COO Brad Wald to integrate operational capabilities.
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Where L'Atelier Animation is based
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Montreal offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: 250 Rue Saint-Antoine Ouest, Suite 500, Montréal, QC H2Y 0A3, Canada Email: info@latelieranimation.com Phone: +1 514-600-3971 / +1 514-360-3253 Office webpage: https://latelieranimation.com/contact/ Current headquarters and production studio, co-located with Cinesite Montreal. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 5605 Avenue de Gaspé, Suite 408, Montréal, QC H2T 2A4 Former studio premises before relocation to Saint-Antoine Ouest.
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