Marco Nguyen Last updated August 31, 2025 Early life and education Nguyen attended Gobelins, l'École de l'image . [ 1] In 2004, he created two short student films - Burp and Hector , the latter of which was co-directed with Antoine Birot, Lisa Pacalet, and Bertrand Piocelle. [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] The following year, he created his group thesis film, Le Building , with Pierre Perifel , Xavier Ramonède , Olivier Staphylas , and Rémi Zaarour . Le Building uses a combination of 2D and 3D animation . [ 5] On the film's official website, Nguyen is the only one of the filmmakers credited with having contributed animation in both mediums. [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
All three of Nguyen's student films have received screenings in international film festivals, [ 1] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] and Le Building has won several awards, [ 17] [ 11] including Best Undergraduate Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival . [ 18]
Career Nguyen reteamed with Piocelle to create a two-and-a-half minute pilot for an animated series called Lisa , which was written by Rémy Collignon - the finished work was released in 2009. [ 1] [ 19] [ 20] Lisa was produced by La Station Animation and uses Flash animation . [ 21] It has been screened in multiple film festivals [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] and was released in issue #54 of Stash DVD magazine. [ 25] In 2014, Lisa was selected as one of a few shorts to be aired during the special 100th episode of the French animation group Catsuka [ fr ] 's television series. Nguyen, Piocelle, and Collignon were interviewed as part of the program. [ 26] [ 27] [ 28] The following year, in honor of Catsuka's fifteenth anniversary, Lisa was shown as part of a special screening held at the Studio des Ursulines . [ 29] [ 30]
Nguyen worked as an animation director on The Rabbi's Cat , as a character animator on The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales , and as an assistant director on The Swallows of Kabul . [ 31] [ 32] [ 33] He reteamed with Zaarour for The Rabbi's Cat and further collaborated with Zaarour in 2012 to create a music video for the song "Greenwashing" by Tryo - this music video was directed by Nguyen and also featured animation by Patrick Imbert. [ 31] [ 34] For The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales , Nguyen earned a 2017 Annie Award nomination. [ 32]
Nguyen and Piocelle then worked together on cutscenes for the 2018 video game Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom . [ 35] Nguyen is credited as the game's FMV animation director , while Piocelle is credited as the FMV art director . [ 36]
Nguyen also worked as animator on Ernest & Celestine and is now animating on the cinema adaptation of The Summit of the Gods .[ citation needed ]
References 1 2 3 Buddy Bradley (December 21, 2011). "Lisa" . Collater (in French). Retrieved July 21, 2017 . ↑ "Burp (2004)" . Catsuka [ fr ] (in French). Retrieved September 14, 2017 . ↑ Antoine Birot. "Hector" . antoinebirot.com . Retrieved July 21, 2017 . ↑ Lisa Paclet. "Hector" . lisapaclet.com . Retrieved July 21, 2017 . ↑ Stash staff (December 4, 2005). " "Le Building" - Student Film" . Stash DVD Magazine . No. 15. San Antonio, Texas : Stash Media. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2016 . ↑ Marco Nguyen. "Le Building - Team: Marco Nguyen" . le-building.com . Retrieved August 18, 2016 . ↑ Pierre Perfiel. "Le Building - Team: Pierre Perifel" . le-building.com . Retrieved August 18, 2016 . ↑ Xavier Ramonède. "Le Building - Team: Xavier Ramonède" . le-building.com . Retrieved August 18, 2016 . ↑ Rémi Zaarour. "Le Building - Team: Rémi Zaarour" . le-building.com . Retrieved August 18, 2016 . ↑ Olivier Staphylas. "Le Building - Team: Olivier Staphylas" . le-building.com . Retrieved August 18, 2016 . 1 2 Olivier Staphylas. "Olivier Staphylas - Bio" . staphylas.com . Retrieved August 18, 2016 . ↑ "Festival Genre et Enfance" (Press release) (in French). Lille : Chez Violette. March 11, 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2017 . ↑ "Animex Student Animation Awards 2005" (PDF) (Press release). Middlesbrough : Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games. p. 20. Retrieved September 14, 2017 . ↑ "Anima Mundi 2005" (Press release) (in Portuguese and English). São Paulo : Anima Mundi . pp. 47, 90. Retrieved September 14, 2017 . ↑ "Chilemonos" (Press release) (in Spanish). Santiago : Chilemonos International Animation Festival. p. 9. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2017 . ↑ Leo Barraclough (July 26, 2006). "Toons Catch Continental Drift" . Variety . Retrieved August 26, 2016 . ↑ Marco Nguyen, Pierre Perifel, Xavier Ramonède, Olivier Staphylas, and Rémi Zaarour. "Le Building - News, pg. 1" . le-building.com . Retrieved August 21, 2016 . {{cite web }}
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