BUF: 30 Years of Art & Technology

With over 30 years of industry experience under its belt, BUF, a VFX studio has successfully created a coherent and successful pipeline that meets the demands and challenges of production work in full CG-animated films and live action movies.
BUF will present a session about its creative pipeline, their underlying software technology and the results of their tools used in over 30 years of BUF’s original creations – The City of Lost Children, Fight Club, Arthur and the Minimoys, Thor, Life of Pi, The Grandmaster, and more.

Founded in 1984, BUF has been known as one of the most innovative companies in Visual Effects. It has earned nearly 40 international awards with a super-strong foundation philosophy:BUF develops its own Software.

BUF has created a coherent pipeline that meets productions biggest challenges in Full CG Animated films and live actions movies. This “Panel & Talk” presents BUF's creative Pipeline, the underlying Software technology and best of all, the concrete results the tools delivered over 30 years of BUF's original creations (The City of Lost Children, Fight Club, Arthur and the Minimoys, Thor, Life of Pi, The Grandmaster...)

Dominique Vidal,VFX Supervisor, BUF

Julien Villemeur, Chief Technology Officer, BUF

Thibault Lambert, Lead Graphics Engineer, BUF