Winning best environments at PIDS 2025

Jan 22

I was lucky to attend my first edition of PIDS as an artist in the Environment/Matte Painting department at MPC.

Thanks to the hard work of the entire department, and under the supervision of Christophe Courgeau (aka Tchook), Rodolphe Zirah, and Lise Fischer, we won the award for **Best Environment in a Feature Film** (Emilia Perez)
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I feel extremely lucky to be part of such an amazing team :

Lise Fischer
Rodolphe Zirah
Christophe Courgeau
Jessica Ferry
Alexia Ferry
Bastien Halter
Jim Burgaud
Thomas Houdayer
Clément Beaubert
Céline Bailleul
Diwan Bertrand
Alicia Mendes

For the first — and probably only — time ever, I saw my mentor in a tuxedo, giving a heartfelt speech to honor Michael Pangrazio, the artist who inspired him most and whom I also look up to. We even got to meet him afterward — so he’s basically my mentor to the power of two.

It’s wild to think that people like him still walk around, buying bread with the same hands that painted some of the most iconic shots ever. I couldn’t miss the chance to get my book signed.
(Photo credits to Bastien Halter, Pauline Maillet & me)