Laurent Witz
Academy Award ® Winner
Mr. Hublot
Producer, director, writer
Format : short (11'48")
Year: 2013
Overview
Mr Hublot lives in a world where characters made partially of mechanical parts, driving huge vehicles, rub shoulders with each other. A world where the giant scale of machines and the relentless use of salvaged materials reign supreme. A withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, Mr Hublot is scared of change and the outside world. His solution: he doesn't step foot outside his apartment! The arrival of the dog Robot Pet will turn his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion...
Mr. Hublot's warehouse
Garbage
Working
Mr. Hublot's living room
Lights and shadows
Pet Robot
Fish Eye effect
Mr. Hublot's kitchen
exemples de recherche couleur
Awards
Academy Award Winner: Animated short film (2013)
Dimension 3, France, 2013 - Grand Prix
Kerry Film Festival, Ireland, 2013 - Best Animation
Sunscreen film festival West, USA, 2013 - Best Animated Short
3D Image Festival, Poland, 2013 - Best Animation
Animago, Germany, 2013 - Best Short Film
Glovebox Short Film & Animation Festival, USA, 2013 - Best in Show
Courant 3D, France, 2013 - Grand Prix
3D Stereomedia, Belgium, 2013
I3DF - 3D animation short films
I3DS - Best stereography–animated
Anchorage International Film Festival, USA, 2013 - Best Animation
Irvine International Film Festival, USA, 2014 - Best Short Animation
Flickerfest Film Festival, Australia, 2014 - Highly Commended Animation
Spokane International Film Festival, Australia, 2014 - Best Animation
I3DS, USA, 2014 - International Short – Animation
Film Praïs, Luxembourg, 2014 - Meilleur Court-métrage d'Animation
Crossroads Film Festival, USA, 2014 - Best Animated Film
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany, 2014 - Jury Award
IFS 2014, USA, 2014 - Best Animated Film
Soho International Film Festival, USA, 2014 - Best Animated Film
AsterFest International Film Festival, Macedonia, 2014 - Best Animated Film
Fancine, Festival de cine Fantastico, Spain 2014 - Best Animated short
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Mr. Hublot's house - plan
Living room - office
Living room
Warehouse
The city
Mr. Hublot's Clock
Chair and coffee table
Building outside
exemples de design
Credits
Producer : LAURENT WITZ
Characters and Vehicles : STEPHANE HALLEUX
Written and Directed by : LAURENT WITZ
Co directed by : ALEXANDRE ESPIGARES
Art Director : PASCAL THIEBAUX
Design / Color script : SAM YIN OUEN
PASCAL THIEBAUX
ERIC TOUBAL
Paintings : FIFAX
Storyboard : PASCAL THIEBAUX
Layout Supervisor : JEAN-CHRISTOPHE CRAPS
Layout artist : FREDERIC EVESQUE
Modeling-Texturing : DAVID CARRIERE
GHAYTH CHEGAAR
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE CRAPS
DIMITRI LUCY
BENIGNO PEREZ
EMILIE MUSZCZAK
GIL PINHEIRO
Modeling-Texturing (interns) : ANNA MASQUELIER
LISA FENOLL
VINCENT TOUACHE
DAMIEN PIERLOT
OLIVIER ANTIGNAC
QUENTIN BUCHKREMER
CYRIL BOSSMANN
HADRIEN BRISSAUD
VIVIEN RISSER
Animation Supervisor : MICKAEL COEDEL
Lead Animator : DAVID CARRIERE
Animators : MICKAEL COEDEL
JAMAAL BRADLEY
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE CRAPS
THIERRY DEZARMENIEN
ADRIEN XHIBITTE
JACOPO ARMANI
Secondary Animators : GHAYTH CHEGAAR
GERALD DEDEL
JEAN-LUC DELHOUGNE
SAMUEL ISTACE
BENJAMIN LAUWICK
MARIE MOET
ABDELALI REDDANE
Cloth Simulation : KYLE WINKELMAN
R & D - Rigging : DAVID CARRIERE
Time Lapse Photography : MATHIEU FERRERA
Lighting-Rendering-Compositing : JEREMIE BOUVIER
JEROME BRACK
DAVID CARRIERE
GHAYTH CHEGAAR
REMY DALMAS
WALT TERUNZI
Calculations and Render Farm : FOX RENDER FARM
Postproduction 3D – color grading : LEVELS 3D
Stereography : YANNICK FOLLIARD
Original Songs: LI-LO*
Original Score : FRANCOIS ROUSSELOT
Sound Mixing : MARC GUEROULT
Equinox Production Luxembourg
Sound Mixing : RALPH POPOV
Mastering : RALPH POPOV and NICK ROLLINGER
Lady Ice
Sound Mixing and Sound Design : MATTHIEU MICHAUX
Assistant : JACQUES ANDRIES
With the support of Film Fund Luxembourg - Selective Finance Subsidy
With the support of the Centre National du cinéma et de l'image animée - Support for the Use of New Production Technologies
With the support of the Lorraine region in partnership with the CNC
ARTE
An Arte France coproduction
Cinema Department
Head of short films : HELENE VAYSSIERES
WATT frame
A WATT frame coproduction