Superprod Group boosts its creative division by snagging Charles Vaucelle

SUPERPROD Group keeps expanding and is eager to announce the arrival of Charles Vaucelle as Creative Director. This key recruitment follows the group’s recent rapid growth which includes the founding of a new Art Development department.

Charles Vaucelle graduated with a BTS degree in visual communication and has been an art enthusiast since childhood. His passion for images flourished into the successful pursuit of a creative career. He began his studies at the European School of Image in Angoulême, where he mastered the secrets and techniques of comic creation before quickly turning his attention to animation. He joined Xilam, which immediately entrusted him to guide the artistic direction of major productions such as Space Goof, Lucky Luke, and The Daltons. In 2015 he directed for Superprod the first season of international hit Pat the Dog, which sold in over 180 countries. He next directed for Hachette the first animated TV series based on the iconic property Asterix, Dogmatix and the Indomitables, for France Televisions, M6, Super RTL, Cartoon Network.

Charles Vaucelle joins SUPERPROD ANIMATION to ensure the development of new original projects for its French and international partners. He is a dynamic and talented addition to the team led by Patrick Ermosilla, Director of the Art Development department.

Charles Vaucelle comments: “I am very proud and honored to be entrusted with this strategicposition by Clément and Jérémie. I eagerly anticipate working with each of my talented team members to develop exceptionally creative and ambitious projects”.

Led by Patrick Ermosilla, SUPERPROD ANIMATION’s creative team has grown substantially and is dedicated to the development of animation programs for the international market. SUPERPROD ANIMATION currently produces 7 series and has developed a great range of projects, both series and feature films, and works for all major broadcasters and platforms around the world.

For Jérémie Fajner and Clément Calvet, the two founders of SUPERPROD Group, these initiatives are the natural result of the group’s ambition in the animation industry: “Creation and artistic excellence are at the heart of our studios. We are proud that a renowned talent of Charles’ stature joins SUPERPROD Animation and enriches us with his experiences, his creativity, and his everlasting passion for animation”.

About SUPERPROD Group:

Created in 2010 by Clément Calvet and Jérémie Fajner, SUPERPROD is a group dedicated to audiovisual and music production. Its subsidiaries include SUPERIGHTS, an international distribution arm focused on kids and family premium programmes, 440 HZ, a music rights management platform for audiovisual producers, and SUPERPROD FILMS, which houses the development and production of animated and live-action feature films.

SUPERPROD DRAMA also develops a slate of primetime dramas under the leadership of Nathalie Laurent, who recently announced the first TV series of director Frédéric Schoendoerfer. The group owns animation studios in Paris and Angoulême (SUPERPROD STUDIO), and in Milan (RED MONK STUDIO), as well as offices in Los Angeles and London and continues its further expansion in Europe and the United States.

SUPERPROD Group has produced 7 feature films and more than 300 episodes of animated series for channels for all major international players such as Netflix, Disney and Warner and Nickelodeon, along with dozens of buyers, channels and platforms, across 180 countries.

SUPERPROD STUDIO currently produces several successful series for Netflix, StudioCanal, and Warner Animation. SUPERPROD ANIMATION homegrown hits include Pat the Dog (156 episodes), sold in more than 180 countries worldwide, and Anna and friends, which is soon to be broadcast on France Télévisions and Nickelodeon channels worldwide.

SUPPRPROD FILMS recently produced the hit family movie Les Blagues de Toto,, as well as White Fang, selected at Sundance and Toronto and nominated at the European Film Awards (EFA), Song of the Sea, nominated for the Oscars and Césars, Best Animated Film at the EFA. SUPERPROD FILMS is currently in post production of The Lulus, a family adventure film directed by Yann Samuell, with all-star cast Alex Lutz, François Damiens, Isabelle Carré, Ahmed Sylla and Didier Bourdon.

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Source:Superprod