BUF Compagnie
Founded Year: 1984
BUF 2012 Demoreel
URL: http://www.buf.com
BUF Compagnie is a French/American digital visual effects company, specializing in CGI for feature films, commercials, and music videos.
Based in Paris, France and Los Angeles, California, BUF Compagnie (BUF) was founded by Pierre Buffin in 1984. The company develops new software advances in visual effects (VFX) and computer animation for feature films, commercials, music videos and special venue projects. BUF?s pre and postproduction services have earnt industry nominations for Best Visual Effects and awarded innumerable technical achievement awards.
Specialties
VFX, post production, advertising, feature films
Based in Paris, France and Los Angeles, California, BUF Compagnie (BUF) was founded by Pierre Buffin in 1984. The company develops new software advances in visual effects (VFX) and computer animation for feature films, commercials, music videos and special venue projects. BUF?s pre and postproduction services have earnt industry nominations for Best Visual Effects and awarded innumerable technical achievement awards.
Specialties
VFX, post production, advertising, feature films
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Olivier Cauwet
(1999 - 2012)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Digital Artist
Sequence Supervisor
Cg Supervisor
Artist Cg Supervisor
Sebastien Corne
(2007 - 2011)
Popular Tasks:
cg plane
matte paintings
digital doubles
digital environments
Cg Senior Artist
Visual Effects Artist
Lead Cg Artist
Digital Effects Artist
Movies
Upside Down (2012) The Grandmasters (2012) Life of Pi (2012) Odd Thomas (2012) Superstar (2012) The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) Total Recall (2012) Dark Shadows (2012) HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012) The Darkest Hour (2011) Machine Gun Preacher (2011) Monte Carlo (2011) Green Lantern (2011) Thor (2011) L'Assaut (2010) Splice (2009) Enter the Void (2009) Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) Avatar (2009) Solomon Kane (2009) Knowing (2009) City of Ember (2008) The Dark Knight (2008) Speed Racer (2008) Dante 01 (2008) Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) Spider-Man 3 (2007) The Prestige (2006) Silent Hill (2006) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) Batman Begins (2005) Finding Neverland (2004) Van Helsing (2004) The Matrix Revolutions (2003) The Matrix Reloaded (2003) Panic Room (2002) Fight Club (1999) The City of Lost Children (1995)News
November 19th, 2012
The photogrammetry technique used in Fight Club was so seamless and believable, all thanks to the talented people at BUF.
September 5th, 2012
VFX Supervisor Olivier Cauwet talks about the visual effects BUF did on Total Recall.
August 20th, 2012
Creative Director Ash Thorp talks about his work on Total Recall.
July 23rd, 2012
Here is an interesting breakdown video of the work BUF did on The Darkest Hour.
July 21st, 2012
A making-of video showing all the work BUF did on Houba!
July 21st, 2012
A very detailed video where you can see all the work BUF did for Dark Shadows.
June 15th, 2012
Visual Effects Supervisor Christophe Dupuis talks about the work Buf did on Dark Shadows.
April 25th, 2012
20th Century Fox has released the first photo from Life of Pi, scheduled for release December 21
March 20th, 2012
A man searches an alternate universe for a long-lost love from his youth.
March 16th, 2012
A gothic-horror tale centering on the life of vampire Barnabas Collins and his run-ins with various monsters, witches, werewolves and ghosts.
January 8th, 2012
A great selection of tv spots by fxguide.
December 18th, 2011
Nice invisible visual effects breakdown video for the french movie L'Assaut by BUF.
November 3rd, 2011
This is the latest demoreel by BUF Compagnie, and is fantastic.
September 8th, 2011
Impressive show reel with lots of break down shots.
September 5th, 2011
A close look into BUF's visual effects on Thor.
September 1st, 2011
Is amazing the attention of detail in BUF's work.
August 4th, 2011
A group of youths in Moscow fight off an alien invasion.
June 19th, 2011
Take a look at the wonderful work done by BUF.
June 17th, 2011
Take a look at their newest demoreel and be amazed by their work.
April 19th, 2011
The art of VFX interviewed BUF's Visual Effect Supervisor Geoffrey Niquet.
February 18th, 2011
A disabled medical student discovers that his alter ego is the Norse warrior god of thunder, Thor.
January 20th, 2011
Im a very big fan of BUF's work since Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's La cité des enfants perdus, their attention to detail is amazing. Enjoy.
February 1st, 2010
Visual Effects Supervisor Mathilde Tollec talks about the work BUF did on Avatar.
May 14th, 2003
With this article you'll find out the BUF's unique way of working with two sets of still cameras. Old, but an interesting article.
