Caleido-scop is an independent, privately held company, focused on providing research & development, consulting and training services to animation studios, visual effects and post-production companies.

Founded in 2010 by computer graphics veterans Frédéric Cros, Thierry Lauthelier and Marc Jirou, who were joined by Geoff Levner in 2011 and Lionel Baboud in 2012, Caleido-scop's vision is to bring long-term and innovative solutions to its customers based on state of the art technologies.

Software contributions

Action3D © Sogitec
Explore © TDI
PORC / Clovis © Medialab

Symbor © Mac Guff Ligne
Trukor © Mac Guff Ligne
Mglr © Mac Guff Ligne
InK © Mac Guff Ligne

Relight © The Bakery
Kurtis © Texels
Kirpi © Caleido-scop

Production contributions

Films

Migration (2023)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Sing 2 (2021)
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
The Grinch(2018)
Zombillénium (2017)
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
Sing (2016)
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
The Minons (2015)
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Kirikou et les hommes et les femmes (2012)
The Lorax (2012)
Dragon Hunters (2008)
99 Francs (2007)
Azur & Asmar (2006)
Bandidas (2006)
Blueberry (2004)
Jeux d'enfants (2003)
Irréversible (2002)
Vidocq (2001)
Astérix & Obélix contre César (1999)
Contact (1997)
Dobermann (1997)

Dior™
Yves Saint Laurent™
Jean Paul Gaultier™
Coca-Cola™
Club Internet™
Evian Babies™
Kenzo™
Kodak™

Kinematics

TV Series

Minuscule (2006)
Pat et Stan (2004)

Documentaries

L'odyssée de la vie (2006)
L'odyssée de l'espèce (2003)

The four associates, F. Cros, T. Lauthelier, M. Jirou and G. Levner, are pioneers in the computer graphics industry and worked for major animation and FX studios (Sogitec, TDI, Médialab, Ex Machina, Mac Guff Ligne, The Bakery). They have managed R&D teams and published a number of articles. They also initiated the business cluster Cap Digital and contributed to the HD3D-IIO project.