User:JF WILLIAM
CV :: JF WILLIAM :: about me [1]
Whether as president of a consulting firm specializing in video games whose services were retained by financial institutions such as Société Générale de Financement, FS-FTQ or small businesses, as lecturer, panelist & evangelist for the local industry in interviews on TV, radio, newspapers & magazines; Jean-François William is often where one doesn’t expect him, but always at the right place & time. In particular, he founded the first independent video game school in the world where he acted as director and head of R & D.
"During his tenure, JF has been behind most of the greatest business endeavors at NAD Centre. A formidable visionary, he is one of few individuals who possess a natural flair for identifying the trends that will stand the test of time. His profound knowledge of the industry, an avid curiosity for technology, arts and design matched with a highly creative mind make him a giant asset for any R & D venture. On a personal note, I found his sense of humor, self-motivation and undying sprit very refreshing to work with!" - Isabelle Marazzani / IT and Gaming Marcom Manager
PROFESSIONAL ACHEIVEMENTS
JF created the first curriculum & thus effectively founding the first independent video game school in the world in 1997 at the NAD Center where he acted as Director, Professor and Head of R & D. He also, de facto, became the evangelist for the burgeoning local game industry (now the sixth most important in the world). Granting interviews for TV, radio and newspapers, he highlighted the applied science/art form that video games really are & questioned the bad boy reputation the game industry was getting.
Always the didactic champion, he acted as video games columnist for the 2 million readers at the Journal de Montréal for 5 years (2000-05) and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC for “Clair & Net” , where he assumed the coverage of the Electronic Entertainment Expo in LA (E3), Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Jose & London and Milia in Cannes. He wrote 2 books about it all.
He had also created the first course in managing a multimedia project for the CESAM in 1995. A curriculum given to most of the local industry all through Internet's first wave impact from 95 to 98.
JF participated in the preparation of studies and monitored reports on the local gaming industry for the Alliance NumeriQC.
His short 3D animation film "Bloup" was awarded a feature placement at the Japanese Visual Fantasy Festival as well as Siggraph. He has also been involved in the music business. As a composer, JF was rewarded by the SDE / SOCAN (the society responsable for the collection of royalties) for “The Most Played Song of the Year” and for the whole of his musical catalogue.
His work as a singer, songwriter, performer and producer of albums for his group BILL yielded “Group and Rock Album of the Year’ nominations at l’ADISQ.
He lent his voice for commercial television and radio & wrote soundtracks for animated films, multimedia products and websites.
JF now concentrates his efforts on the exploitation of his intellectual properties, where he primarily acts as creative director.
His background shows the whole of his creative side which stays firmly grounded in the corporate execution he has developed over the years as he continues to explore new avenues for his uncanny broad taste for artistic & business success.
1995-2013
Creator & Director of the video game curriculum at the National Center for Animation and Design. (Centre NAD).
CEO of Fauve Inc ; a consultant firm in video games multimedia and animation for various companies as ZAQ, Fun Key, Ciné-Groupe, SGF (Société Générale de Financement du Québec), le Fond de Solidarité de la FTQ ainsi que le Ministère de l'éducation du Québec. (Direction générale de la formation professionnelle et technique).
Video Games columnist at the Journal de Montreal, Journal de Quebec and Canoe. Coverage of Game Developers Conference (GDC) and the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) and Milia (Milia 2002) for Netgraphe / Multimedium. Columnist video games on Radio-Canada for the show : Clair & Net.
President of the jury of MIM 2000 (Multimedia category) and 2001 (Interactive games)
Responsible for the programming cycle for the Games Electronics IGDA at MIM 2001
Chief investigator for report on the interactive game industry (a CESAM / NAD collaboration )
Evangelist for the local video game industry of the NADCenter giving interviews on TV, radio and newspapers.(Les Affaires, Québec Science, Indicatif Présent, La revanche des Nerdz, C’est Mathématique, The Gazette, Actualité, Génération W et La fin du Monde est à 7 heures)
Project Leader : Course 'Managing a multimedia project' for CESAM (Centre en Expertise, Services et Applications Multimedia ). NAD Center website (1997-2001). Promotional demo for Ocean Images (Digital Editing Digital Studio Softimage). Professor at the NAD Center and the Institute of Computer Science, Quebec. Cyberculture 101 (McLuhan to Sega) and Introduction to 3D computer graphics and animation.
Composed the music & edit student’s movies, promotional demo & TV advertisements for the NADCenter.
Composed the soundtrack of various multimedia products and websites (Labatt Blue, Quebecor Media, Bombardier).
Film Director for BLOUP. Inclusion of the film at Siggraph 96 and their official video reel. The film was also awarded at the Japanese Visual Fantasy festival.
Invited guest speaker at the Ninth Art Foundation and Ex-Centris at ZINA (The meetings of the comic book and new images)
Graduate of the 3D computer graphics courses in film and television at NAD.
1980-1995
Tribute SDE / SOCAN (Society for the collection of royalties) for the whole of his work as composer.
Singer for TV and radio advertising. (Labatt Blue, TV Hebdo, Suzuki, Center in fashion, etc.)
Trophy SDE / SOCAN for the most played song of 1984 'Plus Fort' interpreted by Marie-Michelle Desrosiers of Beau Dommage.
Leader of the band 'BILL' as singer song writer, performer and producer of the group's 3 albums.
Number 1 song : « As-tu du feu ? Veux-tu du Beurre de Peanut ! ».
2 ADISQ nominations (rock band & album of the year). 1978-1979
Joined the Boxcar Films team to participate in the production of various animation segments for Sesame Street. 1974-1977
Painter, tracer then supervisor of the 'Paint & Trace' department at Potterton Production for 5 big budget 30 minutes animated films for Readers Digest.
• The Selfish Giant • The Little Mermaid • The Happy Prince • A Christmas Carrol • The Remarkable Rocket
1972-1973
Caricaturist at Quebec Press under Gerald Godin