Pierre Coffin

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Pierre Coffin

Director in the Nutevio catalogue.

Born
16 March 1967
Age
59
Active
2010 — 2026
Known for
Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, Minions & Monsters
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Pierre Coffin has 0 directed films in the Nutevio catalogue. Pierre Coffin, born in 1967, is a French animator and director. He was trained at the Gobelins in Paris and started to work at Amblimation, the 2D London based facility, where he worked on the Steven Spielberg-executive-produced We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story. He then started as a freelance animator in the French CGI studio Ex Machina where he worked as animator, animation supervisor, and eventually director. Afterwards, he started to collaborate with Passion Pictures Paris and Mac Guff where in 2010 he completed, with Chris Renaud, the feature CGI animated movie Despicable Me for Universal. He also provided voices for a few of the minor characters. Peter Coffin has created animations named Pings ( animations of penguins being hurt or killed). Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Coffin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.

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Coffin set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.

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Born
16 March 1967
Age
59
Active
2010 — 2026
Films directed
0
In the Nutevio catalogue
Known for
Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, Minions & Monsters
Directing score
6.5
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Collection appearances
0
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Films rated 8+
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