THE TEAM

 

 

Thierry Tirtiaux

Line Producer and Studio Manager

 

 

 

Thierry Tirtiaux started his career as a sound engineer. He then produced and made films and documentaries for RTBF, RTL, ARTE and TV5 such as Les Belges du Bout du Monde, Le Beau Vélo de Ravel, Printemps Grandeur Nature, Escapade Gourmande, I comme… or Itinéris. In parallel, he also produces and makes radio documentaries for La première and France Culture. In 2018, he joins Christian Delvigne and Peter Voelke at Digital Graphics as production manager and studio director.

 

 

Peter Voelkle

International Distributor

 

 

 

Peter Voelkle is the founder and President of the Atmosphere Group of companies. Peter is a successful content producer and media entrepreneur with long standing experience in content creation, content distribution, and company building. In his career, Peter has developed and produced hundreds of episodes of TV-series and a number of feature films, mostly in animation, and in the children and family program category, among them many highly acclaimed and award winning productions and international top successes.

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Christian Delvigne

Executive Producer

 

 

 

Christian Delvigne is a former bank executive and a real estate investor. He has previously developed successful businesses such as CREA SA, Les Cuisines TRABO SA, and FINACAP SA. In 2018, he took over Digital Graphics with Peter Voelkle and Thierry Tirtiaux, with the main objective of repositioning the company in the animation film market and expanding it internationally. Christian Delvigne  tries to stimulate and promote the audiovisual sector and especially the animation sector in the region of Liège. He is also the owner of the Château-Ferme de Hombroux where the production studios of Digital Graphics have been located for the past 20 years. 

Digital Graphics was created in 1994 and is established at the castle-farm of Hombroux, near Liège. As part of its projects, Digital Graphics has continued to develop its own high-tech tools and software, which in 2008 made it possible to color and sound from archive images of the 14-18 war a documentary which was broadcast on France 2 on November 11, 2008, and achieved a record audience of over 11 million viewers.

Over the years, the company has collaborated on many projects, including:

• 2008: Brendan and the secret of Kells, edited by Tomm Moore.
• 2011: Little Big Panda in 3D relief (world premiere), Ernest and Celestine (César for Best Animated Feature 2013, Oscar Nomination 2014), Day of the Crows, Hot Hot Hot, Fils Unique, The Moon Child.
• 2012: Song of The Sea (Tomm Moore), Quiz me Quick, Wolfy, the Incredible Secret (César winner for best animated film 2014), The conquerors, Marina, Death of a Shadow (Oscar nomination 2013) .
• 2014: April and the Extraordinary World (Cristal for the best feature film at Annecy 2015), Production of special effects for The Brand New Testament. New partners: Dame Blanche, Panavision and Panalux.
• 2015: I'm Dead But I Have Friends from the Malandrin brothers and Keeper by Guillaume Senez.
• 2018: As part of a restructuring of the company in 2018, two entities are developed: Digital Graphics Studio (service provider) and Digital Graphics Animation (production), with Peter Voelkle, Christian Delvigne, and Thierry Tirtiaux as new partners. Under their leadership, Digital Graphics focuses on international co-productions in animation.
• 2019: First 3D animation series, That’s Joey !, from a Belgian comic book written by Thierry Coppée and co-produced with the French company Superprod.
• 2020: Anna & Friends (Superprod)
• 2021: Launch of new international projects such as Momolu & Friends (co-produced with Ferly), Billy The Hamster Cowboy (co-produced with Dandeloo), Rufus (co-produced with Maipo Film), and many more.