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Virginie Bourdin (She/Her)

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Virginie Bourdin is a VFX Art Director and founder of Art of Direction Ltd., a visual development art department specializing in concept art for high-end film pre-production. With over a decade of experience—including nearly ten years as Head of Department and VFX Art Director at MPC, where she built the studio's first dedicated film art department—she has shaped creative processes across dozens of major Hollywood productions. After extensive global lecturing, Virginie founded AOD in 2015, assembling an international roster of artists capable of scaling to the most demanding projects. In 2024, she launched an original Art Direction course centered on her signature "Next Best Step Method," a creative-decision-making framework born from years of industry practice and teaching within the concept art community.

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The Irreplaceable Spark

Room 209-210 | Virginie Bourdin | Oriol Armengou

As the film industry transforms, one question looms: what makes a concept artist the one indispensable co-creator for filmmakers?

Join Virginie Bourdin —50+ titles as art director— and Oriol Armengou —7 years pre-production & concept art event organizer— as they explore human creativity’s enduring value in an automated landscape. This panel reframes concept art not as technique, but strategic creative problem-solving for storytelling.

Through five case studies—Alien: Earth, Captain Marvel, Barbie, Jurassic World 2, Edge of Tomorrow—the speakers demonstrate how meaningful design becomes iconic cinema.

The conversation ends with an invitation for artists to level up as IP creators.

Whether you’re an artist, filmmaker, or creative, this panel offers a roadmap for remaining irreplaceable.

Skill Level: Advanced

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