Ecole philippe gaulier reddit
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1980 Paris; In Paris, Francoise Dolto et Madeleine Milhaud assisted in the creation of the school. They lent the remaining funds that were required .
1991 London; The Arts Council of England invited me to install my school in London. I stayed there for eleven years.
1991-93 Highbury-Islington; The first studio, in Highbury-Islington, was ugly, small, and noisy, echoing. All day long, neighbours yelled ‘Shut up’, their voices echoing and booming. What a din! Was it in that year I decided, to everyone’s regret, that in future I would teach in English?
1994 Kentish Town; Queens Crescent is known as the street of thieves. Closing the doors was a problem. I liked teaching in Kentish Town. The games of table tennis after classes lasted for hours, followed by pints of Guinness at the Irish pub opposite Kentish Town tube station.
1999 Cricklewood; The school, despite all odds – sleepy solicitors, bishops on holiday, the demise of the archbishop’s secretary — bought a church. The students put on wonderful shows there. The teachers gave wonderful lessons. When we
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For five weeks during the months of July and August, the inspired but controversial teacher Philippe Gaulier ran his summer school in association with Middlesex Polytechnic, at Ivy House Hampstead, attracting a range of actors and directors from all over the country. Courses on offer ranged from Clowning to Direction and Tragedy. For some, myself included, working with Philippe is a stimulating and provocative experience. His incisive comments are like subjecting yourself to open-heart surgery without anaesthetic, and the only thing that makes it bearable is Gaulier’s wicked sense of humour. ‘You treated your partner like a lavatory brush,’ he said to me, ‘a Viennese lavatory brush!’ The class laughed at this, and looked pityingly at me standing in the centre of the acting space. Of course he was absolutely right. Adrenalin can make you do very peculiar things sometimes. Stand-up comedy artist Huw Thomas said after taking the clown course, ‘I had to keep reminding myself that there have been times when I’ve been funny on stage’. Philippe is not the nurturing style of teacher; at l
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About:
Philippe graduated in 1999 from the ESAG Penninghen in Paris, studying graphic design, Illustration, and Art Direction.
After working a few years in advertising, illustration, and video games, he crossed the sea to London, to work in the film industry. There he had senior roles in various major VFX facilities' Art Departments such as Double Negative, MPC and Method studios UK.
While there he also developed relationships with studios and worked directly for Marvel, Disney, Warner Bros, and others, as part of their on set Art Department teams. Some of the most recent films he has worked on include: The Matrix: Resurrections, Slumberland, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, Blue Beetle, and Alien: Earth (TV series).
Philippe then moved to Los Angeles as Art Director for Method Studios where he stayed for another few years, before joining Framestore as Art director.
Contact:
pgaulier.art@gmail.com
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