Montreal, January 15, 2007 – The NATIONAL AND ANIMATION DESIGN CENTRE is proud to announce the two winners of $4,000 scholarships as part of its new “Earn your scholarship” grant program: Richard Clément-Tam and Hubert Zapalowicz. Both students had been accepted to the January 2007 session of the NAD Centre’s 3D Animation and Visual Effects for Film and Television program, and both satisfied the artistic and technical requirements needed to obtain a scholarship. The NAD Centre recognized that the originality, quality and relevance of the work submitted reflected the talent and determination necessary to pursue a career in the film and television post-production industry. “The grant program was set up to reward the excellence of our applicants and to facilitate access to our two regular training programs,” noted Suzanne Guèvremont, NAD Centre General Manager.

In 2006, Richard Clément-Tam won first prize in the Institute of Design Montréal’s Jumelage universités-étudiants-entreprises competition and was the top winner of the “Mérite technologique” scholarship awarded by Lumec’s Concept Lumière Urbaine foundation. Having earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial design from the Université de Montréal, Richard developed an interest in creating synthesis images and 3D animation, and sees the NAD Centre as a continuation of his university education in design. In his portfolio, he said, “I am presently looking for the school that will best meet my needs and offer more specialized and advanced training. I visited the NAD Centre and found that it could meet those needs.”

Hubert Zapalowicz is passionate about visual effects and digital imaging, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in film animation from Concordia University in 2004. That same year, he co-founded Baku studios, a company specializing in animation production, visual communication and multimedia, and he has extensive professional experience in 2D and 3D animation, in illustration and design, as well as in pre- and post-production. In his letter of intent, he wrote, “I would like to surpass my limits and perfect my knowledge of modelling, textures and animation. The NAD Centre will allow me to compete with the best in the industry.”

About “Earn your scholarship” grant program

The "Earn your Scholarship" grant program was published from September 18 to October 13, 2006 in the Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa editions of the daily "Métro". This program is offered to all new students enrolled in a regular program, either 3D Animation and Visual Effects for Film and Television or Design and Digital Art for Video Games. The "Earn your Scholarship" award aims to encourage job training in the fields of post-production, visual effects, and 3D computer graphics. The award consists of four entry scholarships, two per program of study. Each grant is valued at $4,000, the entire scholarship fund totalling $16,000.  To earn a scholarship, students must complete the regular selection process, as well as meet additional requirements determined by the teaching staff.  Successful applicants will be selected based on their analytical abilities and creative talent. For any further information please consult our Website at: http://www.nadcentre.com/regular/scholarships

About NAD Centre

Established in 1992, the National Animation and Design Centre is a self-financed subsidiary of Le Cégep de Jonquière. Since its inception, it trained more than 800 CGI professionals who presently work in the film and television, post-production and gaming industries for companies such as Hatch FX, A2M, Buzz Image Group, Ubisoft, Hybride Technologies, Electronic Arts, Bioware, Digital Dimension etc. The NAD Centre, the first school world-wide to provide SOFTIMAGE software training, is one of a select few with an Authorized Training Centre (ATC) for both SOFTIMAGE|XSI and Avid DS. The NAD Centre is also an Effect and Animation Autodesk Media & Entertainment Training Centre. With 15 years of training experience, R & D, knowledge transfers and consulting services to individuals, corporations and education centers, the NAD Centre enjoys a strong reputation locally as well as in Venezuela, France, Italy, Russia, Spain, the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Source:

Albane Français, NAD Centre                          
514.288.3447, ext. 404
albanef@nadcentre.com