Summary
Cyril Gibaud is a seasoned Head of Rigging and R&D leader with nine years of industry experience and a background spanning character pipeline engineering, tool development, and creative direction for film and animation. As Head of Rigging at Light Visual Effects and co-founder/R&D Manager at Toonkit, he blends hands-on rigging, animation and scripting (C++, C#, JavaScript) with strategic pipeline design to deliver production-ready character systems. His early intranet development and coordination work at Sanofi-Aventis and formal training in C/C++ and 3D direction give him a rare mix of software engineering discipline and artistic sensibility. Known for building practical tooling and workflows, he often bridges R&D and production to accelerate studio pipelines while keeping animation quality front and center. Located in Angoulême, France, he brings entrepreneurial drive and a proven ability to translate creative briefs into robust technical solutions.
9 years of coding experience
+3, Graphic design, direction & conception of 3D stills and animations, +3, Graphic design, direction & conception of 3D stills and animations at Waide Somme
+2, C/C++ coding, Databases management, Realtime Uis..., +2, C/C++ coding, Databases management, Realtime Uis... at Informatics technology institute (Amiens)