Yanick Dusseault

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Yanick Dusseault is an art director, matte painter and concept artist in the visual effects industry. 'Dusso' studied technical illustration at Sheridan College before entering the world of digital effects.

He has worked on projects at ILM, Lucasfilm, and Weta Digital. In early 2018, Yanick joined Raynault vfx as creative partner.

Filmography[]

Films and TV
2022 Death on the Nile as art director: Raynault vfx
2021 Invasion as art director: Raynault vfx
2021 Red Notice as art director: Raynault vfx
2021 Free Guy as art director: Raynault vfx
2020 The Mandalorian Season 2 as art director: Raynault vfx
2019 Watchmen as art director: Raynault vfx
2019 6 Underground as art director: Raynault vfx
2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters as art director: Raynault vfx
2018 Aquaman as art director: Raynault vfx
2018 Maniac as art director: Raynault vfx
2018 The Predator as art director: Raynault vfx
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi as art director: ILM
2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as art department: ILM
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens as art director: ILM
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness as art director: ILM
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon as art director: ILM
2011 Super 8 as digital artist: ILM
2009 Avatar as lead digital artist: ILM
2009 Pagten as digital artist: ILM
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as art director: ILM
2009 Star Trek as art director - matte painter: ILM
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as lead matte painter: ILM
2005 The Island as matte painter: ILM
2005 War of the Worlds as matte painter: ILM
2003 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith as lead matte painter: ILM
2003 Peter Pan as matte painter: ILM
2003 Pirates Of The Caribbean as matte painter: ILM
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as matte painter: ILM
2003 Pinocchio 3000 as freelance matte painter
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as senior matte painter: Weta Digital
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as senior matte painter: Weta Digital
2000 The Adventures of Pluto Nash as concept artist
2000 Dungeons & Dragons as matte painter
2000 Meggido as matte painter
1999 Titan A.E. as 3D artist
1998 Mystery Men as concept artist
1998 What Dreams May Come as matte painter / 3D artist
1997 Warriors of Virtue as matte painter / 3D artist
1997 Gattaca as concept artist / 3D artist
1996 The Assignment as 3D artist / matte painter
1996 SOLO as 3D artist
1995 Silent Trigger as 3D artist / matte painter
1995 Witch board III as 3D artist / matte painter
1994 Screamers as 3D artist / matte painter

Other projects[]

• The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne as visual effects designer
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as visual effects / 3D artist
• Adidas "Is this the future?" as art director / FX supervisor
• Adidas "Inspiration" as art director / FX supervisor
• K-Mart "Martha Stewart" as FX supervisor / 3D artist
• MOBIL "friendly serve" as FX set supervisor / 3D artist
• United Airlines as FX supervisor / 3D artist
• Shiseido as concept artist / 3D artist
• Nissan "Alien Attack" as concept artist / 3D artist / matte painter
• Nissan "Firefly" as concept artist / 3D animator
• AEP (Am. Electric Power) as visual effects designer / 3D artist

Career[]

RAYNAULT VFX, Montreal, Canada as creative partner, February 2018-Present

ILM (Lucas Digital) San Francisco, California as art director, September 2007 – February 2018

ELEMENT FX, San Rafael, California as art director, May 2006 - June 2007

ILM (Lucas Digital) San Francisco, California as lead matte painter, February 2003 - April 2006

CINEGROUPE Digital, Montreal, Canada as freelance matte painter, December 2002 - February 2003

WETA DIGITAL, Wellington, New Zealand as senior matte painter, July 2000 - December 2002

ICESTORM Digital, Montreal, Canada as art director, September 1999 - July 2000

JULES VERNE F/X Productions, Montreal, Canada as visual effects designer, December 1998 - September 1999

POP Animation, Santa Monica, California as visual effects designer, March 1997 - December 1998

BUZZ F/X, Santa Monica, California as visual effects designer, February 1996 - February 1997

BUZZ IMAGE GROUP, Montreal, Canada as 3D artist, September 1994 - January 1996

External links[]

1. Dusso on Linkedin
2. Dusso on ArtStation
3. Pourquoi j’ai quitté l’empire Star Wars? - La Presse
4. Un Québécois au coeur de l'aventure Star Wars - La Presse
5. Yanick Dusseault on IMDb