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Company Summary


QUANTIC DREAM is a French, Paris based shareholding company with a share capital of 1.111.000Ђ. It is managed by a Board of Directors and audited according to French Accounting Standards. Its balance sheets and profit and loss accounts are audited and published every year (July 1st - June 30th).

The share capital of Quantic Dream is divided as follows (as per 01.01.2004) :

DAVID (CAGE) de GRUTTOLA (founder) 60,94 %
ODYSSE VENTURE 18,74 %
INITIATIVE et FINANCE INVESTISSEMENT 10,94 %
ANDRE FOURNIER 4,21 %
INCOGEST 3,13 %
STHOREFI 1,10 %
Other 0,94 %

Company Profile


David Cage creates Quantic Dream in 1997.

The studio's first project, Omikron - The Nomad Soul, is published by Eidos Interactive in 1999, winning more than 20 international awards and selling in excess of 600,000 copies on PC and Dreamcast. Time Magazine ranks the game engine amongst the best 10 technologies of 1999.

The game makes history by involving international star David Bowie, who composes the original music and acts in the game.

Between 2000 and 2002, Quantic Dream devotes its time to creating a new format, " Interactive Cinema ", and sets up a production infrastructure compatible with next generation console cycles.

Fahrenheit, to be published on PS2, X-Box and PC early in 2005, is the first project developed with these technologies and in this format. David Cage is again breaking new ground by producing a video game that blends cinema and interactivity.

Quantic Dream regularly collaborates with Microsoft's games division and elaborates new concepts in the domain of interactive narration for the X-Box 2.

The company also has one of the most advanced state-of-the-art Motion Capture systems in Europe. It offers its services and expertise in various forms to the worlds of film, television and video games.

Borne from Interactive Cinema technologies, our unique M3 software is an easy to use tool that empowers film and TV directors in creating digital storyboards and reference cinematic sequences in real time 3D.


Executive BIOS


DAVID CAGE
Founder, President of the Board of Directors

As a professional musician, David creates TOTEM INTERACTIVE in 1993, a company specialized in sound and music productions. Works as a freelance on original soundtracks for several video games for publishers such as Sony, Psygnosis, Virgin, Cryo or Sega. Writes sci-fi short stories and novels.
Founds Quantic Dream in 1997. Game designer and writer of Omikron - The Nomad Soul and Fahrenheit.
David is the creator of some of the most innovative concepts in video games of the past years.

GUILLAUME de FONDAUMIERE
Chief Operating Officer

Masters Degree in Marketing and Management.
Co-founds ARXEL TRIBE in 1993, a 3D graphics studio that was to become a video game developer in 1996, and later a video game publisher (2000). Sold early 2001 to Italian publisher CTO S.p.A., listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. Remained President CEO of the company until he left office in 2003.
Produced and/or published during 1996 and 2003 close to 20 video games, amongst which PILGRIM, created with author Paulo Coelho and designer Moebius, RING in collaboration with designer Philippe Druillet and HANNIBAL - The Game, based on Universal Studio's eponymous movie by Ridley Scott.
Joins QUANTIC DREAM in 2004 as Chief Operating Officer in charge of Administration / Finance and Business Development.


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CHRISTOPHE BRUSSEAUX
Lead Artist

Started working in the video game Industry in 1992 for Delphine Software as a Digital Artist. Worked on Fade to Black (PC & PSX), Moto Racer (PC & PSX) and Darkstone (PC & PSX).
Joins the graphics studio "Dramaera" in 1998 and works on Asterix vs Cйsar (PSX), The Insider (PC) and Paris 1313 (PC).
Works as a free-lance for video game and post-production projects from 1999 on, in collaboration with "Lanterne Magique" and "Pixel in the Box".
Becomes Lead Artist in charge of projects for "Pixel in The Box" during 1999. Works on the trailers and productions of several video games, amongst others Antz Racing™ (PC & PS2) and Gremlins™ (PC & PS2). Accomplishes digital works on the documentary Patamodeleurs for "Canal+" and "Palms Production".
Christophe joins Quantic Dream as Lead Artist on Fahrenheit in 2001.

CHRISTOPHE VIVET
Lead Engine

Equipped with a mathematics and physics diploma and a computing management diploma.
Started working in 1997 as a Junior Developer for "Shen technologies", a video game developer. Worked on Adidas Power Soccer 2 and Adidas Power Soccer 98 for PlayStation and PC for publisher Psygnosis, a Sony subsidiary.
Joins Quantic Dream in 1998 as a Senior Programmer for Nomad Soul on PSX, Dreamcast and PC.
Became Lead Programmer in 2000 for Fahrenheit, in charge of the development of the 3D engine technologies.

SOPHIE BUHL
Lead Game Builder

Equipped with a PhD in Banking and Finance.
Joins Totem Interactive in 1993 as commercial and marketing manager.
Joins Quantic Dream in 1996 as lead scripting (level design) on Omikron - The Nomad Soul. Worked extensively on the creation of the ICE scripting tool between 2000 and 2001.
Head of Game Building (level/game designing) on Fahrenheit.

DAMIEN CASTELLTORT
Lead Tools, R&D

Equipped with a Masters Degree in Mathematics and Computer Sciences.
Works at the advanced research laboratory L.I.R.M.M. in Montpellier from 1998 on and develops its knowledge in lexical analysis, compilation as well as interface and network programming under UNIX systems.
Joins Quantic Dream in 2000 to lead the development of such advanced tools as IAM and the MovieMaker.

VALERIE DE PALMA
Lead motion Capture

Holder of a thesis on "Simulation and rendering of ship motion model and equipped with a PhD in "Computer-generated imagery".
Joins Postproduction giant Duboi in 1998 as a 3D Artist (animation). Works, amongst others, on the the super-production Asterix vs Cesar. Becomes free-lance artist for "Antefilms Productions", "Ex Machina" or "Duran" as a Maya/FilmBox Animator. Contributes to TribalX, Tomb Raider V, L'immortel (http://www.immortel-lefilm.com).
Joins Quantic Dream as a Lead Motion Capture for Fahrenheit. She is responsible for the Motion Capture Studio (budgets for productions, recruitment, treatment of the motion capture datas).


Contact


1997
11 Rue Sainte-Félicité
75015 Paris, France

2003
QUANTIC DREAM SA
56 Boulevard Davout
75020 Paris - France
Tel : +33 1 44 64 00 90
Fax : +33 1 44 64 00 89
quantic@quanticdream.com

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