"Assassin's Creed: Lineage" (2009) TV mini-series 2009-

Director:

Yves Simoneau

Writer:

William Reymond (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

26 October 2009 (Canada)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

The story is a prequel to the video game Assassin's Creed II. It centres around the father of the game's main character Ezio Auditore de Firenze...

Plot Keywords:

Assassin | Italy | Renaissance | 15th Century | Prequel

Cast

Romano Orzari	...	Giovanni Auditore (3 episodes, 2009)
Claudia Ferri	...	Maria Auditore (3 episodes, 2009)
Devery Jacobs	...	Claudia Auditore (3 episodes, 2009)

Series Directed by
Yves Simoneau		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Yves Simoneau		(3 episodes, 2009)
William Reymond		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Jean-Jacques Tremblay	....	associate producer (3 episodes, 2009)
Yves Guillemot	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Serge Hascoet	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Yannis Mallat	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Pierre Raymond	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Ian Whitehead	....	line producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
George S. Clinton		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Guy Dufaux		(3 episodes, 2009)

Series Film Editing by
Isabelle Malenfant		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Bruno Rosato		(3 episodes, 2009)

Series Production Design by
Guy Lalande		(unknown episodes, 2009)

Series Art Direction by
Benoit Pelchat		(3 episodes, 2009)

Series Costume Design by
Véronique Marchessault		(3 episodes, 2009)

Series Makeup Department
Lyne Lapiana	....	hair stylist (3 episodes, 2009)

Series Production Management
Isabelle Bismuth	....	production manager (3 episodes, 2009)

Series Art Department
Pascal Lortie-Langlois	....	lighting artist (2 episodes, 2009)

Series Sound Department
Jean-François Sauvé	....	sound effects editor (3 episodes, 2009)

Series Visual Effects by
Maximilien Albert	....	modeler (3 episodes, 2009)
Melissa Almeida	....	textures & lighting: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Michael Archambault	....	tracker (3 episodes, 2009)
Marc Aubry	....	animator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Patrice-Alain Barrette	....	digital intermediate colorist: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Michel Barrière	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Daniel Belair	....	technical director: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Gilles Beloeil	....	matte painting (3 episodes, 2009)
Michaël Bentitou	....	textures & lighting: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Laurent Bernier	....	visual effects supervisor (3 episodes, 2009)
Eve Berthelette	....	textures (3 episodes, 2009)
Didier Bertrand	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Louise Bertrand	....	bidding producer: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
John Bigorgne	....	matte painting (3 episodes, 2009)
Pierre Blain	....	lead digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Raphaele Blanchard	....	tracker: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Jason Bohbot	....	technical support: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Cédric Bonnaffoux	....	technical support: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Maryse Bouchard	....	textures & lighting: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Caroline Boulay	....	lighting (3 episodes, 2009)
Reine Bourgault	....	compositing (3 episodes, 2009)
Caroline Brien	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Caroline Bélisle	....	administration: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Marc-Andre Carbonneau	....	art technical director (3 episodes, 2009)
Pierre Cataford	....	visual effects animator (3 episodes, 2009)
Julien Chabot	....	textures & lighting: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
François Chancrin	....	lead animator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Stephane Chevalier	....	rendering (3 episodes, 2009)
Virginie Cinq-Mars	....	lighting (3 episodes, 2009)
Vincent Clemencon	....	lighting (3 episodes, 2009)
Raonull Conover	....	visual effects animator (3 episodes, 2009)
Thiago Costa	....	technical lead (3 episodes, 2009)
Tobie Cote	....	matte painting (3 episodes, 2009)
Joanie Croteau	....	production assistant: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Magdalena Dadela	....	modeler (3 episodes, 2009)
Christophe Damiano	....	textures & lighting: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Thierry Delattre	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Agostino Demartinis	....	technical support (3 episodes, 2009)
Robert Demas	....	rendering (3 episodes, 2009)
Eric Desaulniers	....	lead tracker (3 episodes, 2009)
Stephanie Desforges	....	layout (3 episodes, 2009)
Philippe Desiront	....	compositing (3 episodes, 2009)
Luc Desmarais	....	technical support: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Anouk Deveault-Moreau	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Sebastien Dostie	....	visual effects supervisor (3 episodes, 2009)
Mathieu Dufresne	....	lead layout artist / lead visual effects artist (3 episodes, 2009)
Philippe Dugas	....	lead matchmove (3 episodes, 2009)
Lafleche Dumais	....	computer graphics supervisor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Dwayne Lance Elahie	....	technical director: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Daniel Elophe	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Felipe Fenton	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Jean-François Ferland	....	compositing / digital compositor: Alchemy 24 (3 episodes, 2009)
Jean-Pierre Flayeux	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
David Forest	....	layout (3 episodes, 2009)
Nicolas Fourcroy	....	rendering (3 episodes, 2009)
Steve Fraser	....	lead texture artist (3 episodes, 2009)
Alexandre Gagne	....	modeler (3 episodes, 2009)
Yanick Gaudreau	....	textures & lighting: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Jihane Geadah	....	compositing (3 episodes, 2009)
Audrey Geoffroy	....	animator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Stephan Gervais	....	technical support: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Sebastien Giroux	....	textures (3 episodes, 2009)
Patrick Gosselin	....	visual effects animator (3 episodes, 2009)
Dominique Grandmont	....	rendering (3 episodes, 2009)
Charles Granger	....	lead compositor (3 episodes, 2009)
Veronique Guay	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Myléne Guérin	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Simon Habib	....	matchmove (3 episodes, 2009)
Gwen Heliou	....	visual effects supervisor (3 episodes, 2009)
Ian Hernandez	....	rendering (3 episodes, 2009)
Nadine Homier	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Jean-Francois Houde	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Yanick Houle	....	lighting (3 episodes, 2009)
Sébastien Jacob	....	compositing (3 episodes, 2009)
Samuel Jacques	....	lighting (3 episodes, 2009)
Joseph Kasparian	....	lead textures & lighting: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Mark Kinkelin	....	compositing (3 episodes, 2009)
Anouk L'Heureux	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Alain Lacroix	....	lead layout artist: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Benoit Ladouceur	....	lead matte painter (3 episodes, 2009)
Myriam Laforest	....	lighting (3 episodes, 2009)
Mathieu Lalonde	....	modeler: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Julien-Alexandre Lambert	....	technical director: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Vassilios Lanaris	....	textures & lighting: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Catherine Langevin	....	textures (3 episodes, 2009)
Jessica Larive	....	textures (3 episodes, 2009)
Evelyne Leblond	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Anne Mai Lebouyonnec	....	head of studio (3 episodes, 2009)
Mathieu Leclaire	....	effects animator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Daniel Leduc	....	visual effects executive producer: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Winston Lee	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Samuel Lepage-Bedard	....	production assistant: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Danny Levesque	....	effects animator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Pascal Lortie-Langlois	....	tracker (3 episodes, 2009)
Martine Losier	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Tram Luong	....	textures (3 episodes, 2009)
Frederic Madore	....	lead modeler (3 episodes, 2009)
Jocelyn Maher	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Stephane Mailet	....	tracker: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Jacques Marchand	....	lead lighting (3 episodes, 2009)
Olivier Martin	....	matte painting (3 episodes, 2009)
Richard Martin	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Louise Mcdonald	....	compositing (3 episodes, 2009)
Frederic Medioni	....	lead tracker: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Christian Morin	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Hytham Morsy	....	matchmove (3 episodes, 2009)
Martin Mousseau	....	animator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Michel Murdock	....	visual effects financial controller: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Eric Noel	....	rendering (3 episodes, 2009)
Nicolas-Alexandre Noel	....	computer graphics supervisor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Sean O'Connor	....	production assistant: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Vissal Ong	....	compositing (3 episodes, 2009)
Ghislain Ouellet	....	textures (3 episodes, 2009)
Marie-Josée Ouellet	....	visual effects coordinator (3 episodes, 2009)
Rob Ozaeta	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Christophe Pacaud	....	compositing (3 episodes, 2009)
Olivier Painchaud	....	technical support: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Stéphane Paradis	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Kim Parenteau	....	matchmove (3 episodes, 2009)
Patrick Parenteau	....	tracker / visual effects animator / ... (3 episodes, 2009)
Jean-Francois Patenaude	....	director of IT operations (3 episodes, 2009)
Steve Pelchat	....	layout artist: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Patrick Piche	....	lead technical director: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Sonia Pronovost	....	animator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Biju Ramachadran	....	rendering lead (3 episodes, 2009)
Louis-Philippe Raymond	....	rendering (3 episodes, 2009)
Pierre Raymond	....	visual effects producer: Hybride / visual effects supervisor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Guylaine Rheaume	....	lighting (3 episodes, 2009)
Sébastien Rioux	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
David Roberge	....	modeler: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Isabelle Rochette	....	visual effects coordinator (3 episodes, 2009)
Guillaume Ruegg	....	textures & lighting: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Jean-Sébastien Savard	....	compositing (3 episodes, 2009)
Katy Savoie	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Joao Sita	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Nathan Srigley	....	massive crowd technical director: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Guillaume St-Aubin-Seers	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Josef Sy	....	animator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Sylvie Talbot	....	communications: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Philippe Theroux	....	computer graphics supervisor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Gaetan Thiffault	....	lead effects animator: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Guillaume Tiberghien	....	modeler (3 episodes, 2009)
Quoc-Nghi Tran	....	layout (3 episodes, 2009)
Allan Treitz	....	matchmove (3 episodes, 2009)
Alexandre Tremblay	....	compositing (3 episodes, 2009)
Anne Tremblay	....	communications: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Dominic Tremblay	....	compositing (3 episodes, 2009)
Marco Tremblay	....	lead modeler: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Véronique Tremblay	....	production assistant: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Yves Tremblay	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Jean-René Trudel	....	visual effects animator (3 episodes, 2009)
Katrina Tung	....	surfacing artist (3 episodes, 2009)
Raphael Valle	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Mathieu Veilette	....	textures & lighting: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Luc Veillette	....	textures (3 episodes, 2009)
Jean Frédéric Veilleux	....	digital compositor: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Celine Velasco	....	textures & lighting: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Valérie Villeneuve	....	textures & lighting: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Brad Waddingham	....	modeler (3 episodes, 2009)
Conal Wenn	....	layout artist: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
David Yabu	....	massive crowd technical director: Hybride (3 episodes, 2009)
Hubert Zapalowicz	....	digital artist (3 episodes, 2009)

Series Stunts
Neil Davison	....	stunt performer (3 episodes, 2009)
Jean Frenette	....	stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 2009)
Jean-Francois Lachapelle	....	stunt double: assassin (3 episodes, 2009)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Pierre Beaulieu	....	best boy (3 episodes, 2009)
Stephane Boisvert	....	generator operator / rigging electric (3 episodes, 2009)
Bertrand Calmeau	....	still photographer (3 episodes, 2009)
Paul Viau	....	gaffer (3 episodes, 2009)

Series Casting Department
Mike Migliara	....	casting associate (3 episodes, 2009)

Series Other crew
Andre Bastien	....	technical crew (3 episodes, 2009)
Hugo Bergeron	....	technical crew (3 episodes, 2009)
Thomas Biron	....	game/film development team (3 episodes, 2009)
Pierre Blaizeau	....	lead game/film development team (3 episodes, 2009)
Thomas Felix	....	game/film development team (3 episodes, 2009)
Jean-Francois Gagnon	....	game/film development team (3 episodes, 2009)
Mario Laforest	....	technical crew (3 episodes, 2009)
Anne Langourieux	....	coordinator (3 episodes, 2009)
Joan Daniel Lillo	....	technical crew (3 episodes, 2009)
Suzy Lord	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2009)
Benoit Moniere	....	technical crew (3 episodes, 2009)
Alex Santo	....	technical crew (3 episodes, 2009)
Patrick Sauvageau	....	game/film development team (3 episodes, 2009)

Production Companies

• Hybride Technologie
• Ubisoft Digital Arts (UDA)
• Ubisoft

Special Effects

• Alchemy 24 (visual effects)
• Hybride Technologies

Also Known As:

Runtime:

36 min

Country:

France | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Company:

Hybride Technologie

Movie Connections:

Spin off Assassin's Creed II (2009) (VG)

A curio for Assassin's Creed completists but not good enough to be more than that

So, this year my girlfriend kindly bought me AC: Brotherhood for Christmas – an easy present for her and one I actually wanted anyway. By luck I had the night of the 26th and the majority of the 27th all to myself – what better time to get stuck into this game? Well, sadly it was the PS3 version she ordered in error, so my free time remained just that – free time. Thinking of the game i took the opportunity to watch the short film that had accompanied Assassins Creed 2 – something I'd always meant to watch but never got round to since I'd rather be playing that great game.

The story is a prequel of sorts to Assassin's Creed 2 and, as a promotional tool it makes sense as part of generally feeding the grapevine with more stuff to talk about. Other games use controversy to get chatter (MW2's airport massacre, Medal of Honor's Taliban etc) so perhaps it should be praised for that, however beyond ease of production, I wasn't really feeling it in the way that I felt the couple of trailers for AC2. The best bits of the live-action short film are the same as the moments of style and action from the animated trailers and indeed they very much try to look like the game to the point that I wondered why an extended computer-animated trailer wasn't produced instead of this? The story is fairly secondary here since this "feel" is what the film is all about, so any scene that is about being an actual "prequel" to the Italy-set part of AC2, is pretty dull and one can feel the film desperate to get to the next stylishly filmed bit of stealth or action. The cast are not bad, but they have nothing to do except be live-action version of computer game characters, they don't perform so much as jump around. This limits the film somewhat and it is therefore hard not to compare it to the beauty of the game, since it lays out its stall as being all about the look and style. Of course watching it ahead of the game this may not have been the case but certainly watching in retrospect it feels very much secondary to the game and clumsy by comparison.

A curio piece for AC completists perhaps but not particularly worth seeing otherwise – and certainly not good enough to distract me from the knowledge that I should be playing the game, not watching this!