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Our team

A teaching team rooted in professional reality

ESMA combines theory and practice to provide an ultra-professional education that keeps pace with the changes in our constantly evolving sectors. Immersed in the professional world from an early age through applied projects and work placements, our students are ready to put their talents to work for major industries as soon as they graduate!

  • 1st School in the world in the category ‘Excellence in 3D animation production’
    (*The Rookies 2024 competition)

  • 4th Best Animation School in France (*Animation Career Review 2024)

  • 7th Best Animation School in Europe (*Animation Career Review 2024)

Our teaching team

Passionate teachers

Highly qualified professionals who are perfectly attuned to today’s professional issues and committed to the development of our students.

  • CG Animation & FX
    Head of 3D Animation & FX (Toulouse)

    Yann Pannetier

    Why 4 years now? The profession is changing, there are more and more things. It didn't fit into the old three-year format. Yann Pannetier Head of 3D Animation & FX (Toulouse)

  • Multimedia Graphic Design
    Drawing & Graphic Design teacher

    Antoine Fournier

    We train video game designers. In this context, drawing and graphic design have two objectives: to turn our students into professionals with a solid visual culture who are capable of integrating into a team comprising graphic design specialists, and to enable them to be versatile designers who can take charge of graphic design needs in a small structure. Antoine Fournier Professor of Drawing & Graphic Design

  • Illustration
Concept Art
    Digital Illustration teacher - ESMA

    Camille Boyer

    Each student on the ICA programme is trained in a comprehensive range of professional skills that will enable them to go on to work in different areas of the entertainment industry, either in a company or on a freelance basis. Camille Boyer Digital Illustration teacher

Our speakers

Prestigious speakers

ESMA is also about inspiring exchanges and meetings with brilliant professionals who are true benchmarks in their field.

  • CG Animation & FX
    Global Learning and Development Manager Feature Animation at Netflix

    Mark Flanagan

    "For this ESMA 2024 jury, there is a good consistency of level between the films. They are all fantastic and of incredibly high quality. It was a pleasure to discover the students' creations."

  • CG Animation & FX
    Director of Animation DREAMWORKS ANIMATION

    SERRAND Kristof

    kristof serrand directeur animation dreamworks animation

    The qualities of ESMA are the qualities of a very high-level school. The fact that an ESMA short film has been shortlisted for the Oscars is richly deserved!

  • CG Animation & FX
    Technical Game Design et Level Design Ubisoft - Annecy

    Angelo Pinho and Maxime Wirtz

    We first arrived as interns (at Ubisoft) at a time when the game - Riders Republic - was about to be released, so it was very fast. But very quickly we were able to adapt, both to the game engine, which was specific to Riders Republic, but also to the team, particularly because the training at the school enabled us to see just about every job, from near and far, and we knew what we were talking about even if we hadn't mastered it. That meant we were able to stand on our own two feet very quickly! Angelo Pinho, Technical Game Design, and Maxime Wirtz, Level Design Ubisoft Annecy

  • CG Animation & FX
    CG Supervisor - BLUR STUDIO

    Sébastien Chort

    ESMA students are among the profiles that interest us. It's a school that has been among the best in France for ten years or so. Sébastien Chort CG Supervisor BLUR STUDIO

  • CG Animation & FX
    Chairman - O Divid

    Hervé Bonin

    Having recruited hundreds of talented people for DONTNOD, I was blown away by the quality of the ETPA students and their work. Hervé Bonin Chairman O Divid

Our proven educational methodology

Bloom methodology

Convinced that people skills are just as important as know-how, ESMA uses a cross-disciplinary approach to help students develop their strengths and behavioural skills.

Bloom methodology