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CG Animation & FX course

Develop your artistic and technical skills with a complete 5-year state course. Combining theoretical and practical learning, by the end of the course you'll be an expert in the design and production of 3D animated films.

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Career opportunities and Alumni profiles

  • Expert positions

    • Animateur 3D
    • 3D Artist
    • Concept Artist
    • Rendering artist
    • Rigging artist
    • Modeleur
    • Compositing artist
    • Lighting  Artist
    • Character designer
    • FX artist
    • CFX Artist
    • Groomer Artist
    • Graphiste 3D

  • Management positions

    • Lead
    • Technical Director (TD)
    • Supervisor
    • CG Supervisor
    • Artistic Director
    • Project Manager
    • Director
    • 3D Studio Manager

The ESMA professions

The career of your dreams is waiting for you! Find out here about all the careers available to you after completing your 3D Animation course at ESMA. Explore the multitude of possibilities open to you!

Careers in 3D Animation
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  • 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)

  • 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
    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
    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
    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
    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

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