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Riverman Studio

Animation
Open roles
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Founded
2019
Employees
1-10
Offices
2

About Riverman Studio

Riverman Studio is an independent French creative production studio specializing in 3D visual development, CGI animation, storytelling and interactive experiences. Established in 2019, it brings cinematic animation and video game real-time production methods together for entertainment, advertising and immersive cultural projects.

The company combines commissioned creative work with the development of original animated productions. Its work spans television and cinema, brand communication, institutional content and interactive media, with capabilities extending from early visual concepts through animation and post-production.

Creative development and production

The studio works with authors and directors to develop animated shorts, episodic television series and feature film concepts. Its narrative approach places storytelling at the centre of production, using artistic and technical experimentation to support the project’s creative direction.

Its agency activity covers commercial imagery, educational and awareness animation, brand entertainment, promotional micro-content and virtual characters. Production capabilities include concept art, previsualization, CGI asset creation, rigging, lighting and compositing, supporting both narrative development and finished visual content.

Interactive and immersive work

Alongside animation production, Riverman develops augmented and virtual reality experiences for institutions, cultural centres and exhibitions. Its contributions can include concept design, technical direction, experience design and the production of visual assets for interactive installations and XR artworks.

Supported projects include Spring Odyssey AR, an augmented reality installation directed by Elise Morin that explores environmental resilience and radiation in Chernobyl’s red forest. Riverman contributed artistic and technical collaboration and experience design. Its original animation development also includes Tuli Tuli, a children’s television series concept with a literary development bible created on the studio’s behalf.

This combination of original storytelling, commissioned animation and interactive production allows the studio to work across cinematic and real-time formats.

More about Riverman Studio

Leadership

  • Matthew George is co-founder, producer and Président.
  • Xavier Piveteau-Guyomarc'h, registered as Xavier Michel François Marie Guyomarc'h, is co-founder, art director and Directeur Général.
  • Company literature describes the founding leadership as bringing more than 14 years of professional experience across French animation and video games; this refers to their experience before and beyond the studio's own history.

Production tools and operating model

The reported animation toolset includes Maya, Arnold, Substance and Photoshop. A small founding core collaborates with project-based animation artists and technologists.

Incubation

Shortly after its establishment, the studio joined LINCC, the creative startup incubator within Paris&Co.

Collaborative production

Its immersive collaboration with Lucid Realities and Tulipes & Cie Production involved producers Chloé Jarry and Charles Drouin. The installation received CNC-Fonds Expériences Numériques support and was exhibited at Chroniques – Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques.

Notable credits

2 credits
  • Spring Odyssey AR (2020–2021) — artistic and technical collaboration and experience design
  • Tuli Tuli — children's animated television series concept and literary development

Offices

Current and former locations of Riverman Studio

3 locations
  • Lille office

    Headquarters
    4 Rue Camille Desmoulins, 59000 Lille (59260 Hellemmes-Lille), FranceLille, Hauts-de-France, France

    Opened 2024

    Registered corporate headquarters and principal establishment, transferred from Pantin effective August 22, 2024.

  • Paris office

    Chez Le Cargo, 157 Boulevard Macdonald, 75019 Paris, FranceParis, Île-de-France, France

    Opened 2021

    About this office

    Active secondary production branch within the Le Cargo innovation facility and LINCC - Paris&Co incubation hub. The headquarters transfer to Lille did not close this establishment.

  • Pantin office

    Former office
    Bâtiment B, 78 Rue Cartier Bresson, 93500 Pantin, FrancePantin, Île-de-France, France

    Opened 2019 · Closed 2024

    Former registered headquarters. This establishment closed on August 22, 2024, when the headquarters transferred to Lille.

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