Formerly | Illumination Mac Guff (2011–2021) |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | |
Predecessor | Mac Guff (animation studio) |
Founded | 2011 |
Founder | Jacques Bled [1] |
Headquarters | , France |
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Number of employees | 850 (2016) [1] |
Parent | Illumination |
Website | illuminationstudiosparis |
Illumination Studios Paris (formerly known as Illumination Mac Guff) is a French animated feature production company owned by Illumination, a division of Universal Pictures. Based in Paris, France, the company was created in 2011 as part of Universal's purchase deal of the animation arm of French animation and VFX company Mac Guff. [2] It is responsible for the animation on Illumination's feature-length animated films and associated short films, most notably the Despicable Me franchise.
Following their work with Illumination on Despicable Me (2010) and its associated short films, Universal purchased the animation arm of Mac Guff, aptly renaming it Illumination Mac Guff. The first film produced by the new studio was The Lorax (2012). All subsequent films by Illumination have had most of their animation work outsourced to the studio, as it benefits from French subsidies.
With the release of Sing 2 in December 2021, the studio was renamed to Illumination Studios Paris.
Title | Release date | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Budget | Gross (unadjusted) |
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The Lorax | March 2, 2012 | Chris Renaud Co-Director: Kyle Balda | Chris Meledandri Janet Healy | $70 million | $349.2 million [3] |
Despicable Me 2 | July 3, 2013 | Chris Renaud Pierre Coffin | $76 million | $970.8 million [4] | |
Minions | July 10, 2015 | Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda | $74 million | $1.159 billion [5] | |
The Secret Life of Pets | July 8, 2016 | Chris Renaud Co-Director: Yarrow Cheney | $75 million | $894.3 million [6] | |
Sing | December 21, 2016 | Garth Jennings Co-Director: Christophe Lourdelet | $634.2 million [7] | ||
Despicable Me 3 | June 30, 2017 | Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda Co-Director: Eric Guillon | $80 million | $1.035 billion [8] | |
The Grinch | November 9, 2018 | Scott Mosier Yarrow Cheney | $75 million | $526.7 million [9] | |
The Secret Life of Pets 2 | June 7, 2019 | Chris Renaud Co-Director: Jonathan del Val | $80 million | $431.1 million [10] | |
Sing 2 | December 22, 2021 | Garth Jennings Co-Director: Christophe Lourdelet | $85 million | $407.6 million [11] | |
Minions: The Rise of Gru | July 1, 2022 | Kyle Balda Co-Directors: Brad Ableson Jonathan del Val | Chris Meledandri Janet Healy Chris Renaud | $80 million | $939.6 million [12] |
The Super Mario Bros. Movie | April 5, 2023 | Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic Co-Directors: Pierre Leduc Fabien Polack | Chris Meledandri Shigeru Miyamoto | $100 million | $1.362 billion [13] |
Migration | December 22, 2023 | Benjamin Renner Co-director: Guylo Homsy | Chris Meledandri | $72 million | $298.6 million [14] |
Despicable Me 4 | July 3, 2024 | Chris Renaud Co-director: Patrick Delage | Chris Meledandri Brett Hoffman | $100 million | $885.4 million [15] [16] |
Title | Release date | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Ref(s) |
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Untitled The Super Mario Bros. Movie film | April 3, 2026 | Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic | Chris Meledandri Shigeru Miyamoto | [17] [18] |
Untitled Minions: The Rise of Gru sequel | June 30, 2027 | Pierre Coffin | Chris Meledandri Bill Ryan |
# | Title | Release date | Network | Note |
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1 | Minions Holiday Special | November 27, 2020 | NBC | |
2 | Minions & More 1 | September 22, 2022 | Netflix | |
3 | Minions & More 2 | November 8, 2022 | ||
4 | Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony | July 26, 2024 | Various across the world | Animated sequence with the Minions for the "Fraternité" segment |
5 | Sing: Thriller | October 16, 2024 | Netflix |
Title | Year | Commissioned for |
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Mazda CX-5 - The Lorax | 2012 [19] | Mazda |
The Lorax at IHOP | 2012 [20] | IHOP |
The Lorax GE Lightbulb | 2012 [21] | GE Lighting |
AMC Policy Trailer - Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | 2012 [22] | AMC Theatres |
Despicable Me 2 fruitsnackia | 2013 [23] | Fruit Roll Ups |
Despicable Me 2 Happy Meal | 2013 [24] | McDonald's |
Despicable Me 2 McDonald's Milk | 2013 [25] | |
Despicable Me 2 - Progressive Name Your Price Tool | 2013 [26] | Progressive |
Despicable Me 2 Gogurt | 2013 [27] | Gogurt |
AMC Policy Spot - Minions vs. Evil Minion | 2013 [28] | AMC |
Minions Fruitsnackia | 2015 [29] | Fruit Roll Ups |
Tic Tac Minions | 2015 [30] | Tic Tac |
General Mills Minions | 2015 [31] | General Mills |
GoGurt Minions | 2015 [32] | GoGurt |
Minions Drive Thru | 2015 [33] | McDonald's |
OASIS - LES TRONIONS - MINIONS | 2015 [34] | Oasis Be Fruit |
Minions Favorite Show | 2015 [35] | Xfinity |
Minions XFINITY | 2015 [36] | |
Minions Movie Watching Experience | 2015 [37] | Cinemark |
Minions Then and Now | 2015 [38] | Odeon Cinemas |
Minions Paradise Trailer | 2015 [39] | Minions Paradise |
Minions Super Bowl Commercial | 2015 [40] | |
Minions The Stars are Brighter | 2015 [41] | Cinemark |
Minions Happy Meal | 2015 [42] | McDonald's |
Minions Godzilla | 2015 [43] | Toho Cinemas |
Minions Fastest in-home Wi-Fi | 2015 [44] | Xfinity |
Minions Sky Fiber | 2015 [45] | Sky UK |
Minions Vivo 1 | 2015 [46] | Vivo |
Minions Vivo 2 | 2015 [47] | Vivo |
Provided the animation for Kevin, Stuart and Bob presenting the award for Best Animated Short Film. | 2016 [48] | 88th Academy Awards |
The Secret Life of Pets PetSmart | 2016 [49] | PetSmart |
The Secret Life of Pets - Cinemark | 2016 [50] | Cinemark |
The Secret Life of Pets - Xfinity | 2016 [51] | Xfinity |
Sky Broadband - The Secret Life Of Pets | 2016 [52] | Sky Broadband |
Sky Fibre Max The Secret Life Of Pets | 2016 [53] | Sky Broadband |
The Secret Life Of Pets Sports | 2016 [54] | |
The Secret Life Of Pets Switch Squad | 2016 [55] | Sky Broadband |
Sky Talk - The Secret Life Of Pets | 2016 [56] | Sky Broadband |
The Secret Life Of Pets Happy | 2016 [57] | McDonald's |
The Secret Life Of Pets Happy Meal | 2016 [58] | McDonald's |
Find your Spot for The Secret Life of Pets | 2016 [59] | Cinemark |
The Secret Life of Pets x Furbo Dog Camera | 2016 [60] | Furbo |
Sing for the Gold | 2016 [61] | |
Sing Drive-Trough | 2016 [62] | McDonald's |
Sing Christmas | 2016 [63] | |
Happy Meal Sing | 2016 [64] | McDonald's |
Despicable Me 3™ Tic Tac® Mints | 2017 [65] | Tic Tacs |
Sky Talk Shield & Despicable Me 3 | 2017 [66] | Sky UK |
Oasis x Despicable Me 3 | 2017 [67] | Oasis |
Despicable Me 3 Honda | 2017 [68] | Honda |
This is My Secret Weapon | 2017 [69] | Xfinity |
Despicable Me 3 Cinemark | 2017 [70] | Cinemark |
Bonafont Kids – Mi Villano Favorito 3 | 2017 [71] | Bonafont |
Oasis Moi Moche et Méchant 2 | 2013 [72] | Oasis |
Caso Cerrado Minions | 2017 [73] | |
Sky Fibre Despicable Me 3 | 2017 [74] | Sky Fibre |
McDonald's Shake it Up | 2017 [75] | McDonald's |
Despicable Me 3 Happy Meal | 2017 [76] | McDonald's |
The Grinch Xfinity 1 | 2018 [77] | Xfinity |
The Grinch Xfinity 2 | 2018 [78] | Xfinity |
The Grinch Xfinity 3 | 2018 [79] | Xfinity |
The Grinch Pistachios | 2018 [80] | Wonderful Pistachios |
The Grinch Pistachios 2 | 2018 [81] | Wonderful Pistachios |
The Grinch Ebates | 2018 [82] | Ebates |
The Grinch 23 and Me | 2018 [83] | 23andMe |
The Grinch Corn Chex | 2018 [84] | Chex |
The Grinch Olympics | 2018 [85] | |
The Grinch PVR | 2018 [86] | PVR Cinemas |
The Grinch Barkbox | 2018 [87] | Barkbox |
Sky Broadband - The Secret Life of Pets 2 | 2019 [88] | Sky UK |
Sky Broadband WiFi Guarantee - The Secret Life of Pets 2 | 2019 [89] | Sky UK |
The Secret Life of Pets 2 at ODEON Cinemas | 2019 [90] | ODEON Cinemas |
The Secret Life Of Pets 2 McDonald's | 2019 [91] | McDonald's |
Secret Life of Pets 2: Protect Your Pets | 2019 [92] | Progressive |
The Secret Life of Pets 2 Xfinity | 2019 [93] | Xfinity |
The Secret Life of Pets 2 Village Cinemas | 2019 [94] | Village Cinemas |
Watch Sing 2 in GSC | 2021 [95] | GSCinemas |
Sing 2 Happy Meal | 2021 [96] | McDonald's |
Come Home | 2021 [97] | Xfinity |
Sky Broadband Minions "Loft To Lair" | 2022 [98] | Sky UK |
The GOAT (Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LeBron James) | 2022 [99] | |
HelloFresh x Minions | 2022 [100] | HelloFresh |
Minions: The Rise of Gru + Liberty Mutual Insurance | 2022 [101] | Liberty Mutual Insurance |
Minions: The Rise of Gru - Xfinity | 2022 [102] | Xfinity |
Sky Minion-proof Wifi | 2021 [103] | Sky UK |
Minions: The Rise of Gru Crossover Spot: The Office | 2022 [104] | |
McDonald’s Happy Meal - Minions: The Rise of Gru | 2020 [105] | McDonald’s Happy Meal |
IHOP - Minions Love | 2022 [106] | IHOP |
Minions: The Rise of Gru Popcorn | 2022 [107] | |
Regal Minions Rollercoaster | 2022 [108] | Regal Theatres |
Sky Broadband 'Gigafast' | 2022 [109] | Sky UK |
Steve Carell and Bob | 2022 [110] | |
Illumination's Ultimate Movie Night | 2023 [111] | |
The Super Mario Bros. Movie - McDonald's | 2023 [112] | McDonald's |
Migration Jersey Mike's | 2023 [113] | Jersey Mike's |
Migration - Dawn | 2023 [114] | Dawn |
Migration - "I Love You Always Forever" | 2023 [115] | |
Migration Xfinity | 2023 [116] | Xfinity |
Migration PVR Cinemas | 2023 [117] | PVR Cinemas |
King’s Hawaiian & Despicable Me 4 – Competition | 2024 [118] | King’s Hawaiian |
Despicable Me 4 - Arms Race Spot | 2024 [119] | |
Room for More | 2024 [120] | Volkswagen USA |
Despicable Me 4 - Paris Olympics Spot | 2024 [121] | |
Therapy With Nikola Jokić | 2024 [122] | |
Despicable Me 4 Xfinity | 2024 [123] | Xfinity |
Despicable Me 4 Accelerator | 2024 [124] | Sky UK |
Minion Punished In Box Of Shame | 2024 [125] | Sky UK |
Despicable Me 4 McDonald's | 2024 [126] | McDonald's |
Despicable Me 4 Minion Intelligence | 2024 [127] |
Chris Renaud is an American filmmaker, designer, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is best known for his work at Illumination, including directing the company's animated films such as the first, second, and fourth films in the Despicable Me franchise (2010–present), the first two of which he co-directed with Pierre Coffin, The Lorax (2012), The Secret Life of Pets (2016) and its sequel The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019). He also voiced the Minions in the first two films in the Despicable Me franchise and Norman in The Secret Life of Pets franchise, the former which he co-created with Coffin. Renaud received nominations for two Academy Awards for the Ice Age short film No Time for Nuts (2006) and Despicable Me 2 (2013).
Despicable Me is a 2010 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, and distributed by Universal. The first feature film from Illumination, it was directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin and produced by Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy, and John Cohen, from a screenplay by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio based on a story by Sergio Pablos. Despicable Me stars the voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Will Arnett, Danny McBride, Jack McBrayer, and Julie Andrews. The film follows Felonious Gru, a longtime supervillain who adopts three orphan girls to use as pawns in a villainous scheme but reluctantly develops an emotional attachment to them.
Illumination, formerly known as Illumination Entertainment, is an American animation studio founded by Chris Meledandri on January 17, 2007, after leaving 20th Century Fox Animation and is a division of Universal Pictures, a division of Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal; Meledandri produces the films, while Universal finances and distributes them. The studio is best known for creating the Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets, and Sing franchises, as well as the adaptations of Dr. Seuss' books The Lorax and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; and Nintendo video games, starting with The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The Minions, characters from the Despicable Me series, are the mascots of the studio.
Christopher Meledandri is an American film producer and founder and CEO of Illumination. He previously served as President of 20th Century Fox Animation, and has worked as the producer for the film series of Ice Age, Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets and Sing. In 2021, he joined Nintendo's board of directors after working with the video game company on The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Meledandri also collaborates with Illumination's corporate sibling DreamWorks Animation.
Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin is a French animator, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. He is best known for co-directing the first four installments in the Despicable Me franchise and being the primary voice of the Minions, which won him the Kids Family Award at the 10th Seiyu Awards. He also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Despicable Me 2.
Despicable Me Minion Mayhem is an animated simulator ride attraction located at Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Japan, and Universal Studios Beijing, as well as upcoming to Universal Studios Singapore. The attraction is based on Universal Pictures and Illumination's animated film Despicable Me (2010) and its franchise. While it is an opening day attraction in Beijing, it replaced Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast in Florida, T2-3D: Battle Across Time in Hollywood, Back to the Future: The Ride in Japan and Madagascar: A Crate Adventure in Singapore.
Universal's Superstar Parade was a parade at Universal Studios Florida. It was first announced at a live webcast on January 25, 2012. The parade included characters, floats, and themed-vehicles based on Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's Despicable Me and Hop films, as well as Paramount and Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, and Go, Diego, Go! television series. Each section of the parade had a unique mix of performers, from aerialists to drummers to acrobatics. The parade was notable for having “show stops” in the New York and Hollywood sections of the park where an elaborate choreographed dance routine would take place. Leading up to the parade, each individual unit would make appearances throughout the day for smaller shows and meet-n-greets. The parade debuted on May 8, 2012, as part of Universal Orlando's "Year To Be Here".
Despicable Me is an American media franchise created by Sergio Pablos, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. It centers on a former supervillain turned secret agent named Gru, his adoptive daughters, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, and his yellow-colored Minions. The franchise is produced by Illumination and distributed by its parent company Universal Pictures.
Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio are American screenwriters, collaborating on the screenplays for animated films including the Despicable Me franchise, Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax and The Secret Life of Pets. The duo also served as the co-creators of the 2021 Apple TV+ musical comedy series Schmigadoon!, with Paul also serving as the series songwriter and executive producer.
Despicable Me 3 is a 2017 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination, and distributed by Universal. It is the sequel to Despicable Me 2 (2013), the third main installment, and the fourth overall installment in the Despicable Me franchise. The film was directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, co-directed by production and character designer Eric Guillon, and produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, from a screenplay by the writing team of Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. It stars the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Coffin, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Jenny Slate, Dana Gaier, Nev Scharrel, and Julie Andrews. In the film, Gru teams up with his long-lost twin brother Dru to stop Balthazar Bratt, a former child actor of the 1980s, from destroying Hollywood after his show was canceled years ago.
Minions are a fictional all-male species of yellow creatures that appear in Illumination's Despicable Me franchise. They are characterized by their childlike behavior and their language, which is largely unintelligible.
Kyle Balda is an American animator and film director, best known for co-directing the Illumination films The Lorax (2012), with Chris Renaud; Minions (2015) and Despicable Me 3 (2017), with Pierre Coffin; and Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022), with Brad Ableson and Jonathan del Val. He previously worked as an animator for Industrial Light & Magic before moving to Pixar where he worked on three of their films.
Yarrow Cheney is an American director, artist, designer, author, illustrator and animator. He was a production designer in Despicable Me 2 (2013), The Lorax (2012), and Despicable Me (2010), for which he received Primetime Emmy and Annie Awards nominations.
Janet Healy is a film producer whose films include Illumination's Despicable Me animated series and other animated films by the studio.
Michael Beattie is a Canadian actor. He has played voice roles in several Illumination studio animated films, starting with The Lorax in 2012.
Minions: The Rise of Gru, also known as Minions 2, is a 2022 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination, and distributed by Universal. It is the sequel to Minions (2015), a prequel to Despicable Me (2010), and the fifth entry overall in the Despicable Me franchise. The film was directed by Kyle Balda, co-directed by Brad Ableson and Jonathan del Val, and produced by Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy and Chris Renaud, from a screenplay written by Matthew Fogel, and a story by Fogel and Brian Lynch. It features Steve Carell reprising his role as Gru and Pierre Coffin as the Minions, along with Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Steve Coogan, and Julie Andrews reprising their respective roles as Dr. Nefario, Mr. Perkins, Silas Ramsbottom, and Gru's mother Marlena. New cast members include Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, and Alan Arkin. In the film, an eleven-year-old Gru plans to become a supervillain with the help of his Minions, which leads to a showdown with a malevolent team, the Vicious 6.
Despicable Me 4 is a 2024 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination, and distributed by Universal. It is the sequel to Despicable Me 3 (2017), the fourth main installment, and the sixth overall installment in the Despicable Me franchise. The film was directed by Chris Renaud, co-directed by Patrick Delage, produced by Chris Meledandri and Brett Hoffman, and written by Mike White and Ken Daurio. It stars the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Joey King, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Sofía Vergara, Stephen Colbert, Renaud, Madison Polan, Dana Gaier, Chloe Fineman, and Will Ferrell. The film sees reformed supervillain and secret agent Gru relocate his family to a safe house when his old rival Maxime Le Mal seeks revenge. Subplots deal with Gru's family adjusting to their new lives, teenage neighbor Poppy Prescott trying to follow in Gru's villainous footsteps, and a group of Gru's Minions becoming superheroes.
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