Frédéric Bussière

fredbussiere@hotmail.com                                                                                            DOB: 11 March 1983
+33 675198143                                                                                                            Nationality: French

Education
Sept 04 - June 08. Emile Cohl Art School, Lyon, France. 4 year Art program.
• 4th year student in animated cartoons section
• Officially recognised private art-education institute, animated cartoons, computer graphics-multimedia, illustration and strip cartoons

Sept 03 - June 04. Bellecour School, Lyon, France. 1 year Art program.
• multidisciplinary artistic formation

Sept 01 - June 03. Pierre Mendes France University, IUT 2, Grenoble, France. Higher National Certificate in Computer Science (2 year technical degree)
• programming and data modeling

June 2001. Albanais High School, Rumilly, France. Baccalaureate, specialization: science (equivalent: A-level).

Professional Experience
July-August 2007. Animator and character designer. Reelworks Animation Studio Inc, Minneapolis, USA.
• Layout, animation and direction of one of four animated short movies for the United States Postal Service safety campaign
• Design of the characters for all the episodes
• Supervision of assistant animators

July-August 2006. Take-out Assistant. Häagen-Dazs Cafe, London. (summer job)
• Responsible for take-out service
• Made creams, served customers, managed tills cash management, cleaned respect to rules of hygiene, ordered supplies

June-July-August 2001-2005.Telephone receptionist. France Telecom, Annecy, France. (summer jobs)
• Responsible for customer after-sales service
• Tested analogical and numerical lines and diagnosis, managed appointment, worked in a team

May-June 2003. Software developer. Hydrology Laboratory, Grenoble, France. (internship)
• Responsible for the complete development of a software of water collection
• Conducted needs study and analysis of preceding work, designed and made a Palm software, carried out operational simulation, tests

Exhibitions and publications
November 2007. Cité scolaire internationale - “[label]bêtes”  exhibition, Lyon, France. Selected group art exhibition

May 2007. Musée africain – “En terre inconnue, regards des missionnaires sur l’Afrique”  exhibition, Lyon, France. Painting of a fresco

2005-2007. Mikromix Fanzine. Regular publications of comic books

December 2006. Guimet Museum - “Frontières” exhibition, Lyon, France. Selected group art exhibition

June 2006. “16ème Salon des Artistes” exhibition, Rumilly, France. Selected group art exhibition

Spring 2005. Ninkasi Café - “Courts métrages” soiree, Lyon, France. Short films projection

Activities
2004-2008. Emile Cohl Student Body member : involved in the organization of student events, responsible of the cineclub, travel abroad and cultural events with the city of Lyon, cash management

2003-2004. Bellecour School Association founder and president : responsible of the events and travel organization

Skills
Animation software: After Effects, 3DS Max, Maya, Flash

Languages: French: native tongue, English: good working knowledge

Interests: Painting • art exhibitions • science-fiction (books, movies) • photography • traveling • climbing

References Available on request