Head of Motion Design · Paris & Nantes

Motion is a craft, not a technique.

Every frame is a decision.

Twenty years spent building motion design teams and leading them to great films. Founder of the TBWA\Paris motion design department, co-founder of Blackmeal: 3,000+ films in twelve years, between Nantes, Paris and Montréal.

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Blackmeal · 12 years · 3,000+ films
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01 — Selected workFilms that
moved brands

A selection from twenty years of films — at Blackmeal, the studio I co-founded and led creatively for twelve years, and before that at the TBWA\Paris motion design department. Hover to see them move, click to watch.

02 — Making ofBefore
the render

The part of the job I love most: what happens before anything moves. Pencil tests, storyboards, previz, and a green screen when the film calls for it.

03 — Press & TalksWords
in motion

Interviews given, articles written, and twenty years of talking about the craft — in the press, on stage, and in classrooms.

04 — AboutTwenty years
in motion

I build motion design teams and lead them to films people remember. Concept, design, direction: from the first sketch to the final frame, at the pace advertising demands.

Founder of the TBWA\Paris motion design department (15 people). Co-founder of Blackmeal, a reference studio of French motion design: 3,000+ films in twelve years, teams in Nantes, Paris and Montréal.

Also: managing director of a 200-student creative campus, president of the AMDF, co-founder of the Motion Motion festival, and lecturer on the history of motion design since 2009. Currently Head of Motion Design at KRAFT, the production house I co-founded.

3,000+
Films delivered
20y
Leading motion teams
3
Studios · Nantes, Paris, Montréal
05 — Contact Let's make
things move
colombelmatthieu@gmail.com LinkedIn — matthieucolombel