A Big Jellyfish Welcome to Joachim De Brunier

Exciting news from the Jellyfish Pictures HQ today as we welcome Head of Modelling, Joachim de Brunier. Joachim joins as part of our continued expansion and burgeoning feature animation department, boasting experience from some of the biggest animation studios in the world.

“As Jellyfish Pictures continues to go from strength to strength, it is important we have the right tools to meet our ambitious vision. Talent is absolutely on the top of that list and is the most crucial part of ensuring the successful delivery of stellar projects and a harmonious and winning team. We couldn’t be more delighted to have someone of Joachim’s calibre join us to further strengthen Jellyfish Pictures’ animated feature talent pipeline, bringing invaluable knowledge to not only the modelling team, but the crew as a whole and I am very proud to welcome him to the Jellyfish family.”

Phil Dobree, CEO, Jellyfish Pictures

We’re over the moon to have Joachim join the team, benefitting from his impressive career spanning over 10 years, joining us from DNEG as 3D Modelling Lead. Previously, Joachim completed an 11-year stint at DreamWorks Animation joining in 2006, he gaining his first feature film credit on the 2007 hit Bee Movie. Continuing to work on a plethora of high-profile projects, Joachim has created 3D characters and environments for family favourites including; How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Bilby, Trolls, Home, The Croods and Shrek the Third.

“The team at Jellyfish have already achieved so much, producing amazing work for their episodic animation clients on projects like Dennis & Gnasher, Floogals, and Bitz & Bob. Now embarking on their first animated feature, I am excited to harness that talent, taking it up a level, in an environment where we can all benefit from our varied experiences and skills. The team spirit here is contagious and I’m looking forward to creating an animated world an audience can fall in love with.”

Joachim de Brunier, Head of Modelling, Jellyfish Pictures

A warm Jellyfish Pictures welcome to Joachim, we are more than excited to have Joachim be a part of the team with his added experience in advancing our growth.