Les Films du Poisson Rouge
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About Les Films du Poisson Rouge
Les Films du Poisson Rouge is an independent French animation production and technology studio based in Angoulême. Founded in late 2008, it develops original animated projects and provides animation production services for domestic and international partners. Its work spans hand-drawn 2D animation, 3D animation and mixed media, with projects ranging from feature films and television series to documentaries, broadcast specials, commercials and short films.
The company combines creative development, production and software development. It works as a co-producer, delegate producer and executive production partner, as well as a specialist animation service provider. Its production capabilities extend from concept art, graphic development, storyboarding and animatics through layout, animation, texturing, lighting, rendering and compositing. This combination allows it to contribute both to the development of a project and to specific stages of its visual execution.
International animation collaborations
The studio contributed texturing, digital lighting and shading to Sergio Pablos’s Klaus, produced by The SPA Studios for Netflix. For Studio Ponoc’s The Imaginary, directed by Yoshiyuki Momose, it handled lighting, shading, texturing and crowd animation. These collaborations reflect a particular focus on bringing dimensional lighting and surface treatments to drawn animation while retaining the character of the original artwork. Its service credits also include The Red Turtle, directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit.
French productions and original projects
In France, Les Films du Poisson Rouge served as co-producer and executive fabrication studio on Aurel’s Josep. Its television work includes the animated adaptation of Fabcaro’s Open Bar for Canal+, alongside contributions to Arte’s educational series Quand l’histoire fait date and Voyage au pays des maths.
The studio also develops its own production slate. Reported projects include the feature Picasso à Royan, in production with Imagic-TV, and the features Tsitili and 1000 Rêves, in development. Its short-film work and television development broaden a portfolio that combines original storytelling with specialist contributions to other producers’ films.
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Founders and leadership
The founders are Catherine Esteves, Philippe Touzery, Olivier Besson and Anaël Seghezzi. Their founding roles combined production, artistic direction and software development. Catherine Esteves remains the studio’s managing director and gérante.
In-house technology
The studio’s proprietary tools include KLAS/LAS (Light and Shadow), MOE and Houdoo. Its technology applies volumetric lighting, shadows and painterly textures directly to hand-drawn 2D vector animation, supporting dimensional treatments while preserving the underlying drawing.
Production model
The studio scales its teams by project using intermittent production contracts. For The Imaginary, it expanded to 65 artists for one year. The report describes a production setup with 60 Ryzen workstations, dual displays and Cintiq/XP-Pen tablets.
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Where Les Films du Poisson Rouge is based
- Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Angoulême offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Office** Status: active Address: 17 rue René Goscinny, 16000 Angoulême, France Phone: +33 6 32 23 59 28 / +33 5 45 95 70 29 Office webpage: https://www.lesfilmsdupoissonrouge.com/contact Primary production facility within the Pôle Image Magelis animation cluster. The registered corporate headquarters is at a separate address in Angoulême. --- **Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: 37 rue Louis Desbrandes, 16000 Angoulême, France Current registered corporate seat; the production facility operates at a separate Angoulême address. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 1 rue de Saintes, 16000 Angoulême, France Closed: 2011 Former registered address. The associated establishment registration closed on October 10, 2011.
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