The TAT studio visits the Toulouse campus
Conférences . 14 Jun. 2022
The 4th year students of CG Animation & FX Master Degree received a visit from representatives of the Toulouse-based studio TAT. This was an opportunity for our students to learn more about this fast-growing structure and also to talk with seasoned professionals.
The opening page of TAT’s website reads as follows: founded in 2000 by David Alaux, Éric and Jean-François Tosti in Toulouse, TAT is a production company and an animation studio specialising in animation for television and cinema. You know everything or almost everything!
Let’s add a geographical detail: TAT’s 1800m² premises are located in the heart of Toulouse.
THE ACES OF THE JUNGLE AS A STANDARD
Specialised in stop motion at the beginning and on advertising projects and short films, TAT is now the most important studio in the Toulouse region. Its flagship creation “Les As de la Jungle” (2011) has conquered the whole world and remains a sure bet, a huge success both on television and in the cinema. The International Emmy Award-winning series “Jungle Aces to the Rescue” is broadcast in over 200 territories and translated into some 50 languages.
TAT is now one of the most successful continental film studios with three films released in recent years, Jungle Aces (2017), Terra Willy (2019) and Pil (2021). Three more are in production, Pattie and the Wrath of Poseidon (2023), Jungle Aces 2 (2024) and Pets on a Train (2025).
The icing on the cake is that TAT is working on the future Netflix animated series, Asterix, directed by Alain Chabat and produced by Alain Goldman (Légende Films) in collaboration with the Albert René publishing house. Scheduled for release in 2024 on Netflix.
ANOTHER DIMENSION WITH NETFLIX
A partnership that has taken the studio into another dimension, so much so that the Toulouse-based company will be recruiting nearly 60 people by the end of the year. This is a new stage in the development of the studio, which is launching a large recruitment campaign to hire around sixty graphic designers and increase its workforce to 200 people. It currently employs 150 computer graphics designers.
In total, it was a multitude of diverse and varied subjects (production pipeline, projects, premises, jobs, studio life…) that ESMA students, professionals in the very near future, were able to address during a Q&A with Jean-François Tosti and Stéphane Margail who, moreover, spoke with the 3D4 about their end-of-studies films.
It was an enriching day and a conclusion that should confirm our students in the excellence and relevance of their choice of artistic career: “In France there is work for everyone, there has never been as much work as now. French animation stands out. For example, Netflix does not hesitate to come to France to look for studios. Reputation-wise, France has excellent studios.”