MONTRÉAL – Editor/storyteller Yvann Thibaudeau has joined Rodeo FX Originals (www.rodeofx.com) as head of development & IP – a newly-created role. Thibaudeau will lead the studio’s development pipeline and help identify the stories, creators and intellectual properties that can become future Rodeo FX Originals projects.
Rodeo FX Originals is the original content and intellectual property development studio of Rodeo FX Group. Teaming up with Mikros Animation and building on the group’s expertise in visual effects, animation and storytelling, the studio focuses on identifying, developing and creating original stories and properties for global audiences.
Thibaudeau joins Rodeo FX Originals following a 35-year career in post production in which he worked on roughly 80 feature films, more than 400 hours of television drama, 2,500 commercials, and nearly 100 trailers and music videos. His responsibilities will span the development process, from early concepts, loglines and treatments through development packages, creative attachments and market positioning. He will source and evaluate original concepts and existing intellectual property while building relationships with writers, directors, creators, agents, publishers and rights holders.
“I am incredibly excited to embark on this new adventure and grateful to Sébastien Moreau for this opportunity and for placing such great trust in us,” says Thibaudeau. “After spending the past few years developing projects alongside my production partner, Alexis Vonarb, we are delighted to join the extraordinary team at Rodeo FX. Under the leadership of Yvon Jardel, and with Alexis by my side, we intend to build an Originals division with ambitions that match our greatest dreams.”
