Pierre Coffin

Pierre Coffin
Born Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin
(1967-11-01) 1 November 1967
France
Nationality French
Occupation Voice actor, animator, film director
Years active 1993–present
Known for Voice of the Minions in the Despicable Me franchise
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Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin (born 1 November 1967)[1] is a French voice actor, animator and film director best known for co-directing, with Chris Renaud, the films in the Despicable Me franchise and as the voice of the Minions, which won him the Kids Family Award at the 10th Seiyu Awards.[2]

Life and career

Coffin was born in France, to Yves Coffin, a French diplomat, and Nh. Dini (Nurhayati Srihardini Siti Nukatin), an Indonesian writer and feminist. He was trained at the Gobelins animation school 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 an animator and eventually animation supervisor. Pierre Coffin's directorial career began with a short named Pings in 1997.[3] He then started to collaborate by doing commercials with Passion Pictures Paris and Mac Guff. He created the characters Pat & Stan for a TF1 TV series. In 2010 he completed, with Chris Renaud, the feature CGI animated movie Despicable Me for Universal.

Coffin directed Despicable Me (2010) and Despicable Me 2 (2013), with Renaud, Despicable Me 3 (2017) and the Despicable Me spin-off, Minions (2015) with Kyle Balda.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Voice role Notes
1993 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Inbetween Artist
2003 Gary's Day Yes Short film
2010 Despicable Me[5] Yes Tim the Minion, Bob the Minion, Mark the Minion, Phil the Minion, Stuart the Minion
2010 Home Makeover Yes Yes Short film included on Despicable Me DVD and Blu-ray
2010 Orientation Day Yes Yes Short film included on Despicable Me DVD and Blu-ray
2010 Banana Yes Yes Short film included on Despicable Me DVD and Blu-ray
2011 Brad & Gary[6][7] Yes Brad Short film
2013 Despicable Me 2[5] Yes Kevin the Minion, Bob the Minion, Stuart the Minion, Additional Minions, Evil Minions
2015 Minions[5] Yes Kevin the Minion, Bob the Minion, Stuart the Minion, The Minions
2017 Despicable Me 3[8] Yes Mel, The Minions and Museum Director

Television

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2004-2009 Pat & Stan Yes Creator

References

  1. ↑ "Pierre Coffin". Premiere. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Inori Minase Win 10th Annual Seiyū Awards". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Despicable Me 2 Production Notes" (PDF). Despicable Me. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ Fleming, Mike (July 24, 2012). "Illumination And Universal Hatch 'Despicable Me' Spinoff About The Minions". Deadline. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 "Pierre Coffin". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Brad & Gary (2011) Review". Designing Geek. April 18, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Brad & Gary". Seattle International Film Festival. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  8. ↑ Donnelly, Matt (April 13, 2016). "Trey Parker Joins Voice Cast of 'Despicable Me 3'". The Wrap. Retrieved June 19, 2016.


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