Pierre Coffin
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Born | Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin 15 March 1967 |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Voice actor, animator, film director |
Years active | 1993–present |
Known for | Voice of the Minions in the Despicable Me franchise |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Yves Coffin Nh. Dini |
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Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin (born 15 March 1967)[1] is a French animator, film director, and voice actor best known for co-directing all four 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, an Indonesian novelist.[3] He has a sister, Marie-Claire.[3] During his childhood, they moved a lot across Asia, living in Cambodia and Japan, before settling in a Parisian suburb in the 1970s.[3] Growing up, their father forbid them watching television, considering it too passive. Instead, Coffin drew, read and listened to music a lot.[3] Although he never considered a career in arts, some talented friends, who were better than him at drawing, inspired him to improve his skills.[3]
Between 1985 and 1988, he studied cinema at the Paris-Sorbonne University.[4] While attending his military service, he withdrew to take the entrance exam for the Gobelins animation school in Paris.[4] Passing, he studied there the 2D course from 1990 to 1993.[4] Then he moved to Amblin, the 2D London-based facility, where he worked for one year as a junior animator on the Steven Spielberg-executive-produced We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story.[3] 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.[4] He then started to collaborate by doing commercials with Passion Pictures Paris and Mac Guff. He created the characters Pat & Stan for the titular TF1 TV series.[5] 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.[6] In which he also served as the voice of various Minions.
Personal life[]
Coffin has two children.[3]
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | Voice role | Notes |
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1993 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | No | No | No | TBA | Inbetween Artist | |
2003 | Gary's Day | Yes | No | No | No | Short film | |
2010 | Despicable Me[7] | Yes | No | No | Yes | Tim the Minion, Bob the Minion, Mark the Minion, Phil the Minion, Stuart the Minion | |
Home Makeover | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Minions | Short film included on Despicable Me DVD and Blu-ray | |
Orientation Day | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Banana | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |||
2011 | Brad & Gary[8][9] | Yes | No | No | Yes | Brad | Short film |
2013 | Despicable Me 2[7] | Yes | No | No | Yes | Kevin the Minion, Bob the Minion, Stuart the Minion, Additional Minions, Evil Minions | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Nominated - Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production |
2015 | Minions[7] | Yes | No | No | Yes | Kevin the Minion, Bob the Minion, Stuart the Minion, The Minions | Nominated - Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production |
2017 | Despicable Me 3[10] | Yes | No | No | Yes | Mel, The Minions and Museum Director | |
2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru[11] | No | No | No | Yes | The Minions |
Television[]
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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2004-2010 | Pat & Stan | Yes | No | No | Creator |
References[]
- ^ "Pierre Coffin". Premiere. Archived from the original on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (13 March 2016). "Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Inori Minase Win 10th Annual Seiyū Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g McGrath, Nick (26 June 2015). "Pierre Coffin: Me and my Minions". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Universal Pictures. "Despicable Me 2 Production Notes" (PDF). Despicable Me. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Marighetti, Debora (30 September 2007). "Happy Hippo, divertimento e tenerezza formato spot". TVBlog.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Fleming, Mike (24 July 2012). "Illumination And Universal Hatch 'Despicable Me' Spinoff About The Minions". Deadline. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Pierre Coffin". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Brad & Gary (2011) Review". Designing Geek. 18 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ "Brad & Gary". Seattle International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ Donnelly, Matt (13 April 2016). "Trey Parker Joins Voice Cast of 'Despicable Me 3'". The Wrap. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ McMillan, Graeme (2 February 2020). "'Minions: The Rise of Gru' Brings Mischief to the Super Bowl". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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