# Florian Girardot profile reference

## Identity

- Florian Girardot
- VFX Supervisor
- AI Architect
- Director of AI/VFX innovation at Band Originale (Ores Collective)
- Based in Montpellier
- Also consults via Meet Your Legend on AI strategy for audiovisual and advertising players
- Teaches at La Cinefabrique as an educational engineer

## Core background

- 18 years in visual effects and animation
- Career built in film production, not agencies or startups
- Experience includes DreamWorks Animation, DNEG, Sony Pictures Imageworks, MPC
- Notable projects include Alita: Battle Angel, Deadpool 2, Spider-Man: Far From Home
- This background should be treated as the source of the method, not as name-dropping

## Positioning

- Hybrid expert at the intersection of production, VFX, and generative AI
- Strong emphasis on robust workflows, not demos
- Belief: generation is a starting point, not the final image
- Values: control, retakeability, production-readiness, and artistic judgment

## Content pillars

1. Hybrid AI + VFX pipelines
2. Production-grade workflow design
3. Generative model integration in real production contexts
4. Automation for creative teams
5. Strategy and adoption for studios, brands, and producers
6. Teaching and transmission of methods

## Voice

- French
- Casual-direct, but senior and credible
- Avoid em dashes in public-facing copy unless the user explicitly wants them
- Avoid hype, inflated claims, and generic LinkedIn positivity
- Prefer concrete observations from production
- Prefer clear opinion over vague neutrality

## Useful angles for posts

- A lesson learned from real production constraints
- Why a generation-only workflow is fragile
- How VFX discipline improves AI workflows
- What clients misunderstand about generative AI
- Why workflow architecture matters more than tool choice
- How teams should integrate AI without losing quality control

## Audience

- Producers
- Production companies
- Studio leads
- Art directors
- Brands
- Audiovisual decision makers
- Students and emerging image professionals

## Do not do

- Turn the profile into startup-style self-promotion
- Reduce the biography to generic thought leadership
- Over-explain the obvious
- Replace precision with motivational language