TeamTO was founded by a team of 3D pioneer producers who share the same passion for animation and who have been multi-awarded for their work.

Guillaume Hellouin graduates in 1986 from ICN Business School with a degree in marketing, and becomes addicted to computer graphics the very same year while interning at IBM France. From then on, he explores the boundaries of digital visual FX by establishing the CGI division of a video post-production house in 1990, before becoming the Head of Productions at Medialab Paris (owned by Canal+).

In 1994, Guillaume Hellouin creates with a partner a full-service 3D animation and digital effects facility named Sparx*. Within the next 10 years, Sparx* grows to become one of the largest and most awarded animation studio in Europe. The 150 employees located in Paris, along with the 120 employees of Sparx Vietnam, produce over 500 commercials, 269 episodes of television animation, 19 seasons of TV wraparounds and 14 pilots for TV series.

The list of credits includes 2 Emmy Awards for the TV series ROLIE POLIE OLIE, in co-production with Nelvana, 1 Emmy nomination for ZOE KEZAKO season 1, produced by Sparkling*, as well as GRAND ODYSSEY, an innovative ride film produced by Dentsu Tec. for the 2005 Aichi World Expo. Based on the international recognition of the quality and diversity of Sparx*’work, in 2003 the company is commissioned by Disneytoons Studios to create 2 segments of MICKEY TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS, featuring the classic Disney characters, for the first time in 3D in a movie.

In 2004, Guillaume Hellouin leaves Sparx* and in 2005, he co-founds TeamTO.

Following 13 years of experience as First Assistant Director and Production Manager on live-action features and TV programs, Corinne Kouper enters the animation world in 1994, as production manager of PETER AND THE WOLF, the multi-awarded hybrid TV movie combining live-action and CGI, featuring Peter Ustinov.

In 2000, Corinne Kouper founds Sparkling*, Sparx*'s production arm. From then on, she establishes strong and durable relationships with French and European broadcasters, as well as producers, directors, authors and artists, and she gains international recognition for her know-how of co-production and projects financing.
With Nelvana, she co-produces 6 seasons and 2 DTVs of the twice Emmy-awarded TV series ROLIE OLIE POLIE. In 2002, she develops the very successful TV series ZOE KEZAKO from the illustrated books by Véronique Saüquière. The first season meets with tremendous success when airing on TF1 and is nominated in 2005 for an international Emmy Award.

In 2005, Corinne Kouper co-founds TeamTO. She produces the second season of the series ZOE KEZAKO in Full HDTV (1920x1080). The series is currently airing on TF1 and will start airing on Teletoon in November 2007.

Corinne Kouper is currently producing the series OASIS with Tuba Entertainment, TF1 and Nickelodeon. She is also developing several projects, including the series HOW TO DRIVE EVERYBODY CRAZY for france 3, in co-production with Cake Entertainment, INTERNATIONAL HAREPORT, another TV series co-developed with TF1, but also OCCHO KOCHOI, an animated feature film written by Antoine Barraud.

Private law and Management graduate, Manuel Le Hir started his career in 1988 as media–planner then accounts manager in the largest European independent media buying company, Carat Aegis. In 1993, he moved in Asia and managed his own activity of media operations & consulting by creating a company in Hong Kong. In 1996, he joined 2D animation studio Pixibox, located in Saigon, Vietnam and created with a small crew of expatriates the 3D animation studio Sparx* Vietnam which grew up to 150 people. He then relocated in Paris at Sparx* to develop on the international market the studio activity with Guillaume Hellouin. Co–founder of TeamTO, he is also ensuring HR administration.

Computer science graduate, Christophe Archambault joined Guillaume Hellouin and Jean–Christophe Bernard in 1990 as a software developer. He followed the adventure at Sparx* of which he became one of the founders as head of R&D department. He started to write the code that enabled SPARX* to escape from constraints imposed by off–the–shelf softwares, and contributed to give the artists the tools they needed to express their vision from paper to CGI. His credits include ROLIE POLIE OLIE, ZOE KEZAKO, MICKEY TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS & GRAND ODYSSEY, and after co–founding TeamTO, ADIBOU DANS LE CORPS HUMAIN, ZOE KEZAKO season 2. Christophe Archambault leads TeamTO involvement into the french government hi–tech development program HD3D.

Caroline Souris started her career as a camera–woman and film editor. She created a production company at the age of 16 to produced live–action shorts, music videos, and documentaries. After two years at Capa Press Agency, in which she served as production assistant on TV documentaries, she joined Sparx* in 1996 as production assistant, then production manager and in 2003 head of productions. She worked in close collaboration with Guillaume Hellouin to set–up production pipelines. She has been involved in most production delivered by Sparx*. Her credits include ROLIE POLIE OLIE, ZOE KEZAKO, MICKEY TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS & GRAND ODYSSEY, and after co–founding TeamTO, ADIBOU DANS LE CORPS HUMAIN, ZOE KEZAKO season 2.