Nicolas "Mr.Niko" Blard

Current

• Storyboard Artist at Alphanim

Past

• Director at TV Loonland
• Art Director at Caribara / TTK
• Animation Director at TouTenKartoon Canada Inc.

• Instructor at les Gobelins
• Storyboard Artist on Atomic Betty at Atomic Cartoons
• Art Director at Caribara
• Storyboard Artist on RobotBoy at Alphanim
• Designer at Flock, Inc
• Founder and CEO at AmuStudios Hong Kong
• Executive - Creative Development at Agogo International Limited - Animation Services Hong Kong Ltd
• Director / Art Director at Alphanim Digital
• Artistic Adviser at Alphanim
• Speaker at Animation's Technologies Forum 2000
• Animation Supervisor in China at Alphanim
• Storyboard Artist on Duckman at Klasky Csupo

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Education

• CFT Gobelins
• LTAM
• ESAC - Ecole superieure des arts et des la communication

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Connections

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Industry

Animation

Websites

• My Blog
• Wikipedia
• IMDb

Nicolas "Mr.Niko" Blard’s Summary

*co-Director on "My Life Me", a 52x11' for France2 and Teletoon
*Director on several pilots and mini series.
*Art Director for several years, developing and managing new projects for TV.
*Storyboard Artist on several shows including Atomic Betty, Robotboy and Duckman.
*Animation supervisor in asia.
*Website and a production management software development.
* Various designs for games and TV.
*Adviser on production pipelines.

Nicolas "Mr.Niko" Blard’s Specialties:

Project development, Team leader, Storyboard, Animation supervisor, Manage multiple projects, script doctoring/editing, good knowledge of the full production process, excellent drafting and storytelling skills, Pancakes and Omelette with cheese.

Nicolas "Mr.Niko" Blard’s Experience

• Storyboard Artist

  Alphanim

  (Privately Held; Animation industry)

  October 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Director

  TV Loonland

  (Public Company; Animation industry)

  March 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 3 months)

  co-Directing "My Life me" with JC Little

• Art Director

  Caribara / TTK

  (Animation industry)

  September 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 9 months)

• Animation Director

  TouTenKartoon Canada Inc.

  (Animation industry)

  September 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 7 months)

  on "Blaise le Blasé / Fred's Head" on Teletoon.

• Instructor

  les Gobelins

  (Educational Institution; Animation industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  Providing support and direction on the students' graduation films.

• Storyboard Artist on Atomic Betty

  Atomic Cartoons

  (Animation industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year )

• Art Director

  Caribara

  (Animation industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year )

• Storyboard Artist on RobotBoy

  Alphanim

  (Privately Held; Animation industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year )

• Designer

  Flock, Inc

  (Internet industry)

  2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

• Founder and CEO

  AmuStudios Hong Kong

  (Animation industry)

  February 2002 — September 2004 (2 years 8 months)

  Animation, designs and webdesigns

• Executive - Creative Development

  Agogo International Limited - Animation Services Hong Kong Ltd

  (Animation industry)

  August 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 6 months)

• Director / Art Director

  Alphanim Digital

  (Internet industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

• Artistic Adviser

  Alphanim

  (Animation industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years )

• Speaker

  Animation's Technologies Forum 2000

  (Animation industry)

  October 2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

• Animation Supervisor in China

  Alphanim

  (Animation industry)

  1999 — 1999 (less than a year)

• Storyboard Artist on Duckman

  Klasky Csupo

  (Animation industry)

  1996 — 1996 (less than a year)

Nicolas "Mr.Niko" Blard’s Education

• CFT Gobelins

  Animation 1996 — 1998

• LTAM

  Traditional Animation , Animation , 1995 — 1996

• ESAC - Ecole superieure des arts et des la communication

  Fine Arts , Character Animation , 1994 — 1995

Additional Information

Nicolas "Mr.Niko" Blard’s Websites:

• My Blog
• Wikipedia
• IMDb

Nicolas "Mr.Niko" Blard’s Groups:

•    Creativity Champions
•    ThoseinMedia
•    Visual Effects, Film and Games Professionals (www.vfx-recruit.com)
•    Animation, Media & Entertainment
•    Film and Television Professionals
•    Film TV Professionals
•    Hooray for Hollyworld!
•    Animation Army
•    Television Broadcast Technologies
•    National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
•    Flash Animation Professionals Network
•    Professional Cartoonist Network
•    Students of Animation
•    Adobe Flash Group
•    'TOONGODS
•    Cryptarchy VFX
•    TouTenKartoon
•    Animation and Film Jobs
•    Toy & Entertainment Jobs
•    Hollyworld Animation

Nicolas "Mr.Niko" Blard’s Honors:

I Art Directed "Delta State" pilot, shot by Douglas Gayeton, and directed the animation in Asia. The series won a special award for best new television series at the Annecy Animation Festival in 2004.

I won the French National Statistics Award in 1987 - true story.

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