Olivier Cotte
- Visual Effects
- Additional Crew
- Director
After studying music, ballet, fine arts and films, he worked 15 years
in the industry as director, Harry & flame artist and director of
special effects. As critic and historian Olivier Cotte is the author of
several works consecrated to animated films in several languages,
amongst which a technical and historical encyclopedia about animation
world wide, monographs on film directors and a book on Oscar winning
animated short films. He also has translated into French the animator's
bible 'The Animator's Survival Kit' by Richard Williams, written
several technical works and over a hundred articles for magazines. He
collaborates with numerous Animation international festivals and film
library, and lectures at Gobelins (school of image), Ecole Supérieure
de Réalisation Audiovisuelle, Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg, European
Animation Master Class, Taiwan Film Center etc. Olivier Cotte has
directed many short films, mainly in animation, or mixing animation and
live action.
He is also a writer and author of graphic novels.
He is also a writer and author of graphic novels.
