Mathieu Raynault
| Mathieu Raynault | |
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| Born | |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Laval University Art & Architecture School |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🏢 Organization | Raynault vfx |
Mathieu Raynault is a Canadian digital matte painter, visual effects art director and now CEO of Raynault vfx. Since his graduation, 25 years ago, from the Laval University Art & Architecture School in Quebec City, as well as the National Animation and Design Center (NAD) in Montreal, he has been producing matte paintings and illustrations on projects.
Early in his career, as an artist working for ILM and Weta Digital, he contributed to film productions like The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix series, King Kong, Gangs of New York, and the Star Wars saga.
Mathieu Raynault is also known throughout the visual effects community for his entrepreneurial ventures. In 2011, after five years at Rodeo FX, the internationally known vfx studio he co-founded, Mathieu launched his own creative studio in Montreal, Canada.
Under his direction, Raynault vfx has established its reputation with work on such notable films as Fantastic Beast 3, Watchmen, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Arrival, and Ghost in the Shell.
Filmography[edit]
FILMS & TV SERIES
2022 Death on the Nile as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore as art director: Raynault vfx
2021 Invasion Season 1 as art director: Raynault vfx
2021 Free Guy as art director: Raynault vfx
2021 Red Notice as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2020 After Yang as art director: Raynault vfx
2020 Judas and the Black Messiah as art director: Raynault vfx
2020 The Mandalorian Season 2 as art director: Raynault vfx
2019 Watchmen as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2019 6 Underground as art director: Raynault vfx
2019 Playmobil: The Movie as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2018 Aquaman as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2018 A Quiet Place as art director: Raynault vfx
2018 Maniac as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2018 The Predator as art director: Raynault vfx
2018 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Season 1 as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2018 Lost in Space Season 1 as art director: Raynault vfx
2017 The Greatest Showman as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2017 Murder on the Orient Express as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2017 Mother! as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2017 The Fate of the Furious as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2017 Ghost in the Shell as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2017 The Shack as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2016 Assassin's Creed as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2016 Allied as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2016 Arrival as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2016 League of Gods as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2016 Independence Day: Resurgence as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2016 Black Sails as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2016 Gods of Egypt as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2016 Race as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2016 Hail, Caesar! as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2015 Jupiter Ascending as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2014 The Red Tent as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2014 The Best of Me as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2014 Noah as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2014 Beauty and the Beast as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2013 Riddick as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2013 Elysium as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2013 Louis Cyr as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2013 This Is the End as visual effects supervisor: Raynault vfx
2012 Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia as art director: Raynault vfx
2012 Mirror Mirror as concept artist
2011 Source Code as art director: Rodeo FX
2011 Immortals as visual effects supervisor: Rodeo FX
2010 Gulliver's Travels as art director: Rodeo FX
2010 Incendies as art director: Rodeo FX
2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife as art director: Rodeo FX
2010 The Last Airbender as visual effects supervisor: Rodeo FX
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as art director: Rodeo FX
2010 Jonah Hex as matte paintings supervisor: Rodeo FX
2010 Repo Men as visual effects supervisor: Rodeo FX
2009 Mr. Nobody as art director: Rodeo FX
2009 Terminator Salvation as matte painter: Rodeo FX
2009 Journey to Mecca as visual effects supervisor: Rodeo FX
2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still as matte painter: Rodeo FX
2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth as art director: Rodeo FX
2007 The Golden Compass as lead matte painter: Rodeo FX
2007 Silk as lead matte painter: Rodeo FX
2006 Silent Hill as concept artist / matte painter: Rodeo FX
2006 300 as senior matte painter: Meteor Studios
2006 The Fountain as art director: Mokko Studio
2005 King Kong as senior matte painter: Weta Digital
2004 The Day After Tomorrow as senior matte painter: The Orphanage
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as senior matte painter: Weta Digital
2003 The Matrix Revolutions as senior matte painter: ESC
2003 The Matrix Reloaded as senior matte painter: ESC
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as senior matte painter: Weta Digital
2002 Gangs of New York as matte painter: ILM
2002 Stuart Little 2 as matte painter: Sony
2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones as matte painter: ILM
2001 The Mummy Returns as matte painter: ILM
Other projects
- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones - cinematic/trailer as matte painter
- The Act of War - cinematic as matte painter
- Men of Valor - cinematic as matte painter
- Apocalypse Season 2 as matte painter
- The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne as 3D artist / matte painter
- Discovery Channel - Super Volcano as concept artist / matte painter
- Discovery Channel - Inside The Space Station as 3D artist / matte painter
Career[edit]
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RAYNAULT VFX, Montreal, Canada as CEO, owner and visual effects supervisor, 2011–Present
RODEO FX, Montreal, Canada as co-founder, visual effects supervisor and art director, October 2006 - September 2011
FREELANCE art director and matte painter, Montreal, Canada, January 2006 - September 2006
WETA DIGITAL, Wellington, New Zealand as senior matte painter, May 2002 - December 2005
UBISOFT, Montreal, Canada as matte painter, 2004 - 2005
THE ORPHANAGE, San Francisco, California as matte painter, November 2003 - February 2004
MOKKO STUDIO, Montreal, Canada as art director, 2003 - 2004
ESC Entertainment, California as matte painter, January 2002 - September 2002
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS, California as matte painter, March 2002 - June 2002
ILM (Lucas Digital), San Francisco, California as matte painter, 2000 - 2002
ICESTROM, Montreal, Canada as matte painter, 1998-2000
TUBE IMAGE, Montreal, Canada as CG artist, 1997-1999
Recognitions and awards[edit]
2021: HCA Awards - Raynault was part of the nominated team for Best Visual Effects for Free Guy.
2019: VES Awards - Raynault was part of the winning team for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode for Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Season 1.
2019: Emmy Awards - Raynault was part of the nominated team for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role for Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Season 1.
2019: Academy Awards & VES Awards - Raynault was part of the nominated team for Best Visual Effects for Solo: A Star Wars Story.
2018: Emmy Awards - Raynault was part of the nominated team for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for Lost in Space Season 1.
2018: VES Awards - Raynault was part of the nominated team for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature for Mother!.
2017: VES Awards - Raynault was part of the nominated team for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature for Allied.
2017: Academy Awards, VES Awards & BAFTA Film Award - Raynault was part of the nominated team for Best Visual Effects for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
2017: Emmy Awards - Raynault was part of the nominated team for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for Black Sails Season 4.
2017: BAFTA Film Award - Raynault was part of the nominated team for Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects for Arrival.
2017: Critics Choice Awards - Raynault was part of the nominated team for Best Visual Effects for Arrival.
2017: Canadian Screen Awards - Raynault was part of the winning team for Achievement in Visual Effects for Race.
2016: Emmy Awards - Raynault was part of the nominated team for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for Black Sails Season 3.
2014: Leo Awards - Raynault was part of the winning team for Best Visual Effects in a Motion Picture for Elysium.
2009: His Financial Time print piece wins Silver Award at the Creative Circle for Best Landscape Poster and Silver Honor at the Campaign's Big Awards 2009.
2008: Academy Awards - Raynault was part of the Oscar-winning team for Best Visual Effects for The Golden Compass. Credited as digital matte painter.
2006: Academy Awards - Raynault was part of the Oscar-winning team for Best Visual Effects for King Kong. Credited as digital matte painter.
2005: “Into the Pixel” award winner - E3 2005. The “Babylon on Fire matte painting created for the videogame Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones was selected by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences for its videogame art exhibition at the E3 video game convention.
2004: Academy Awards - Raynault was part of the Oscar-winning team for Best Visual Effects for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Credited as digital matte painterr.
2003: Academy Awards - Raynault was part of the nominated team for Best Visual Effects for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. Credited as digital matte painter.
2003: Academy Awards - Raynault was part of the Oscar-winning team for Best Visual Effects for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Credited as digital matte painter.
2003: Art work and matte painting selected and presented in the book The Art of The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) by Gary Russell (Houghton Mifflin, 2003).
2003: VES Awards winner for Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.
2003: VES Awards nominee for Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
2003: VES Awards nominee for Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture for Gangs of New York.
2003: VES Awards nominee for Best Visual Effects for Gangs of New York (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
2002: Saturn Awards nominee for Best Special Effects & digital matte work for The Mummy Returns.
2000: CG artwork selected and presented on the CG Channel “Top CG Elite Gallery”
2000: Monitor Awards nominee for Best visual effects for The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne.
1996: Third prize for excellence in architecture design, class of 1996 at Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada.
External links[edit]
- Mathieu Raynault: peintre... en cinéma! - La Presse
- Rodeo FX : La petite boîte qui veut monter - La Presse
- D'Indiana Jones à Incendies - Le Journal de Montréal
- Mathieu Raynault on IMDb
- Mathieu Raynault on Linkedin
- Official website
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