Hi!

My name is Laurent Kermel and I've been working in the Visual Effects industry since 1999! I LOVE movies and I was lucky to work on Hollywood blockbusters such as the first two Harry Potter movies, Shrek 2, Madagascar, How to Train your Dragon, Transformers 4 and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

That being said, it is a really demanding industry and effect artists work very long hours - we see a lot less natural daylight than the average human being... Please visit my Professional Website if you are interested by that side of the coin.

Although I do love visual effects (and Star Wars!), I have tons of other hobbies and I especially enjoy drawing all kind of brainless zombie robots and giant squidie monsters.

I also love video games - more than playing, I truly love video game history! Although the United Stated invented video games, I wholeheartedly believe that Japan invented video game culture. Feel free to visit my geeky video game website Video Game Den to discover some of the most amazing 8/16 bit games ever made!

I also love making games. I started programming what I was eleven (thanks dad!) and I am not ashamed to say that my first programs were games. I've recently tried to reconnect with my video game roots and to develop, once again, my own video games. I hope this new adventure will lead to something greater! Please visit Squidbeam Games to see my latest games.

My mantra has always been to try to get the most of myself, and to do what I love. Let's hope you enjoy it too :)