Callicore (studio)

Callicore
IndustryCGI animation
Founded2000 (2000)
FounderLaurent Mercier
Headquarters
Paris
,
France[1]
Key people
Laurent Mercier (producer, director, CG artist), Anaelle Mercier (production assistant)
Websitecallicore.com

Callicore is a Paris-based studio which specializes in CGI animated music videos. Created by Laurent Mercier in 2000, the studio has produced videos for artists such as John Lee Hooker, Jr., The Buzzcocks, Cake, Marky Ramone, Carbon/Silicon and Arrested Development.[2] The studio was named a 2009 Webby Award honoree for its work on Hooker's video Blues Ain't Nothin' But a Pimp.[3]

Xavier Semen joined Callicore as a producer and lead animator in 2006. While the studio works primarily in animation, it also engages in music publishing.[2] Semen left the studio in 2014. He has been replaced by Marius Legrand, a CG artist who is now lead animator and a producer at Callicore Studio.

Anaelle Mercier joined Callicore as a producer and production assistant in 2015.

Cedric Bernard joined Callicore as lead animator, after that Marius Legrand left the studio in 2019.

  1. ^ French Association of Animation Cinema Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved: 8 November 2013. (in French)
  2. ^ a b Read More, Callico official website. Retrieved: 30 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Bluesman John Lee Hooker, Jr. Continues to Garner Nods for 'All Odds Against Me' CD", African American News, DogonVillage.com. Retrieved: 31 October 2013.