Stephan Martinière (born May 3, 1962) is a French

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and

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as well as

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, concept illustrator and

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Biography

Martinière was born 3 May 1962 in Paris, France. He attended high school at Chambre De Commerce Les Gobelins,Gobelins.fr
. Accessed October 5, 2010. one of the most renowned art schools in Paris. After art school he attended animation school, but halfway through he was hired by

DIC Entertainment DIC Entertainment Corporation (; also known as DIC Audiovisuel, DIC Enterprises, DIC Animation City, DIC Entertainment, L.P., and DIC Productions, sometimes stylized as DİC) was a French American film and television production company that ...

and moved to Japan to work on ''

Inspector Gadget ''Inspector Gadget'' is a media franchise that began in 1983 with the DIC Entertainment animated television series '' Inspector Gadget''. Since the original series, there have been many spin-offs based on the show, including additional animated ...

''. After settling in California, Stephan continued as animation director for

, and directed hundreds of episodes of ''

Where's Waldo ''Where's Wally?'' (called ''Where's Waldo?'' in North America) is a series of children's puzzle books created by English illustrator Martin Handford. The books consist of a series of detailed double-page spread illustrations depicting dozens ...

'' and '' Dennis the Menace''. His 5 half-hour musical specials for the show ''

Madeline ''Madeline'' is a media franchise that originated as a series of children's books written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series and a live action feature fi ...

'' were nominated for an

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, and went on to win the Children's Hall of Fame ''

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'', A.C.T., and the Parents' Choice Award. Stephan also drew the ''

'' Sunday syndicated strip for 1994-1997.Se
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. Accessed October 5, 2010. His animation work lead him to Hollywood, where he designed for feature films such as ''

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'', '' The Astronaut's Wife'', '' Red Planet'', and '' I, Robot''. Stephan has also contributed concept designs for theme park rides. His clients have included

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(Jurassic Park ride),

Paramount Paramount (from the word ''paramount'' meaning "above all others") may refer to: Entertainment and music companies * Paramount Global, also known simply as Paramount, an American mass media company formerly known as ViacomCBS. **Paramount Picture ...

( Star Trek ride),

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and Rhythm & Hues. He moved from Los Angeles, CA to Spokane, WA to work for

Cyan Worlds Cyan, Inc., doing business as Cyan Worlds, is an American video game developer and publisher based in Mead, Washington. Founded by brothers Rand Miller, Rand and Robyn Miller in 1987, the company created the Myst (series), ''Myst'' series. ...

on Uru: Ages Beyond Myst from 2001 to 2004, and then moved to Chicago to work for

Midway Games Midway Games Inc. (formerly Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, and commonly known simply as Midway) was an American video game company that existed from 1958 to 2010. Midway's franchises included ''Mortal Kombat'', ''Rampage (franchise), Ra ...

on Stranglehold from 2004 to 2007. He is currently employed by Cyan Worlds once again, assisting in the development of the upcoming video game, ''

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''. Martinière has illustrated cards for the '' Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. As of 2008, Martinière resides in

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, and works at

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on Rage.

Works

Book covers

*'' The American Zone'', by L. Neil Smith (2001) *'' Crossover: A Cassandra Kresnov Novel'', by Joel Shepherd (2001) *'' Heavy Planet'', by

Hal Clement Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003), better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American people, American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented ...

(2002) *'' Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology, Volume 2'' (published by Phobos, edited by

Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. , he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award and a Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award in List of joint ...

) (2003) *'' Newton's Wake: A Space Opera'', by

Ken MacLeod Kenneth Macrae MacLeod (born 2 August 1954) is a Scottish science fiction writer. His novels ''The Sky Road'' and '' The Night Sessions'' won the BSFA Award. MacLeod's novels have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus ...

(2004) *'' Building Harlequin's Moon'', by

Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel ''Ringworld'' won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus, Ditmar Award, Ditmar, and Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula award ...

(2005) *''

Elantris ''Elantris'' is a fantasy novel written by American fantasy and science fiction writer Brandon Sanderson. The book was published on April 21, 2005, by Tor Books and was Sanderson's first published book. The book gained generally positive reviews, ...

'', by

Brandon Sanderson Brandon Winn Sanderson (born December19, 1975) is an American author of high fantasy, science fiction, and young adult books. He is best known for the Cosmere fictional universe, in which most of his fantasy novels, most notably the '' Mistb ...

(2005) * Fleet of Worlds by

and Edward M. Lerner (2007) * Juggler of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner (2008) * Destroyer of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner (2009) * Betrayer of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner (2010) *''

Out of the Dark Out of the Dark may refer to: Films * ''Out of the Dark'' (1989 film), a comedy/horror film starring Karen Witter * ''Out of the Dark'' (1995 film), a comedy/horror film by Jeffery Lau and starring Stephen Chow * '' Out in the Dark'', a 2012 Isra ...

'' by

David Weber David Mark Weber (born October 24, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He has written several science-fiction and fantasy books series, the best-known of which is the Honor Harrington science-fiction series. His first nov ...

(2010) * Fate of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner (2012)

Concept designs (live action)

*'' The Astronaut's Wife'' *'' Battlefield Earth'' *'' Dragonheart 2'' *''

The Fifth Element ''The Fifth Element'' () is a 1997 English-language French science-fiction action film conceived and directed by Luc Besson, and co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, an ...

'' *'' Flubber'' *'' I, Robot'' *'' Phoenix Rising'' (a revival of the ''Captain Power'' television series currently under development)

Honors

British Science Fiction Association Award The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) to honour works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members. More recently, ...

** Winner, Best Cover of 2004 ** Nominated, Best Cover of 2005 ** Winner, Best Cover of 2009 * Chesley Award ** Winner, Best Cover Illustration, Hardcover (2006) ** Winner, Best Cover Illustration, Hardcover (2007) *

Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist The Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist is given each year for artists of works related to science fiction or fantasy released in the previous calendar year. The award has been given annually under several names since 1955, with the except ...

** Nominated, Best Professional Artist (2006) ** Nominated, Best Professional Artist (2007) ** Winner, Best Professional Artist (2008)Willet, Ed (13 August 2008). "Selling science through fiction", '' Leader-Post'', p. B1. ** Nominated, Best Professional Artist (2010) *

Locus Award The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine '' Locus'', a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California. The awards are presented at an annual banquet. Originally a poll ...

** Nominated, Artist (2006) ** Nominated, Artist (2007) ** Nominated, Artist (2008) ** Nominated, Artist (2009) ** Nominated, Artist (2010) * Spectrum Award ** Winner, Advertising Category, Silver Award (1997) ** Winner, Comics Category, Gold Award (2004) ** Winner, Book Category, Silver Award (2008), * A Thea Award for his work on the Paramount theme park Super Saturator in 2001. *

World Fantasy Award The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention, the awards are given each year at the eponymous ann ...

** Nominated, Artist 2008 ** Nominated, Artist 2009 * The Grand Master Award from Ballistic Media's Expose 4 * Four Master Awards and nine Excellence Expose Awards from Ballistic Media, As a director for the animated special "Madeline," he won the Humanitas Award, the A.C.T Award and the Parent's Choice Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award.

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