Microbe Studio
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- 2004
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About Microbe Studio
Microbe Studio was a French visual effects, 3D animation and creative video production company founded in 2004. Based successively in Paris and Montreuil, it produced digital imagery for advertising, cinema, television and corporate media. Its work combined CGI, character animation, technical direction and compositing with commercial film production and on-set VFX supervision.
The studio's capabilities covered several stages of image production, from 3D modeling and character rigging to motion graphics, title design and digital finishing. Its portfolio included both narrative visual effects and product-focused commercial imagery, particularly automotive campaigns. Real-time rendering also formed part of its reported technical specialties.
Commercial and screen work
Automotive advertising was a significant part of Microbe Studio's portfolio. Its projects included campaigns for Citroën Jumpy and SpaceTourer, Peugeot Traveller and Renault autonomous vehicles. These productions involved CGI, digital vehicle presentation, visual effects and finishing, with collaborators including director Julien Kadouri and production companies Continental Productions and 15 Août Productions.
For feature films, the studio provided on-set VFX supervision and delivered 90 visual effects shots for Jonathan Barré's comedy La Folle Histoire de Max et Léon. Its narrative work also included visual effects and post-production for Le Ball Trap, directed by Adam Traynor for Arte Creative. Documentary work included CGI animation and visual effects for François-Xavier Vives's Virus Géants, produced for France Télévisions. Other commercial and institutional projects included Pure Fiction and filming and post-production support for Tournage STIF / COP21.
Company history
Microbe Studio operated as a boutique creative and technical facility during its working life. The company entered judicial liquidation in March 2023. Proceedings concluded for insufficient assets on March 29, 2024, and it was removed from the French commercial register on April 2, 2024. The studio is closed; its portfolio represents its historical production work.
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Founders and working model
Thibault Dubreuil and Johan Kraif founded the studio and served as its managing directors. Its production model combined core leadership with freelance intermittent technicians, including CFX technical directors, 3D generalists and Nuke compositors. Reported compositing tools included Nuke and After Effects.
Education partnerships
Microbe Studio served as an official partner and internship sponsor for the Arts et Technologies de l'Image master's programme at Université Paris 8.
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Current and former locations of Microbe Studio
- 20 rue Voltaire, 93100 MontreuilMontreuil, Île-de-France, France
Montreuil office
Former officeOpened 2019 · Closed 2024
Final company headquarters, occupied from September 2019 until legal closure on March 29, 2024.
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
Paris offices
Former officeAbout this office
**Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 127 rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, 75009 Paris Opened: 2004 Closed: 2008 Initial registered office, used from 2004 to 2008 before relocation within Paris. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 1-3 rue Sainte-Léonie / 24 rue Pernety, 75014 Paris Phone: +33 1 53 16 14 50 Opened: 2008 Closed: 2019 Former production studio and registered office, used from August 2008 until the September 2019 relocation to Montreuil.
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