Known for Directing
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.
Born
March 16, 1967 (age 59)
Birthplace
France
Filmography
64 films, 4 shows


Minions & Monsters
2026 · 1h 30m · US
This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.


The Minion Olympics
2024 · 2m · US
Short film shown at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.


Despicable Me 3
2017 · 1h 30m · US
Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.


Minions
2015 · 1h 31m · US
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.


Despicable Me 2
2013 · 1h 38m · US
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.


Brad & Gary
2011 · 4m · US
This short film created by director Pyer Coffin is the story of Brad and Gary, two creatures living in an unknown world. The plot revolves around the big idea that joining forces to overcome one's shortcomings really is the only way out. Or in. Or maybe out again? It's also a tale about friendship, its ups and downs, ins and outs... This fresh look on solidarity was brought to life by the Illumination Mac Guff Studio, the team behind the success of Despicable Me.


Despicable Me
2010 · 1h 35m · US
Determined to prove he's the world's greatest supervillain, Gru hatches an audacious plan to steal the Moon. To pull it off, he adopts three orphaned girls—Margo, Edith, and Agnes—intending to use them as pawns in his scheme. But the unexpected bond they form forces him to question the criminal life he's always known.
Pat & Stan - The Treasure of Pit and Mortimer
Pat & Stan - The Treasure of Pit and Mortimer
2006 · 26m · FR
Gary's Fall
Gary's Fall
2003 · 3m · FR
An Animated Short Film by Pierre Coffin
Caisse d'Épargne - La Banque des jeunes
Caisse d'Épargne - La Banque des jeunes
2001 · 1m
A group of youths are driving along in an open-top car with music blaring. They suddenly stop to let someone cross the road, who nods in thanks to them for their curtesy.


Pings 2
1997 · 2m · FR
Pings is a short film featuring cute characters in “politically incorrect” situations with an original graphics style. Two of these short films exist, this is the second one with the penguin.
Pings
Pings
1997 · 2m · UK
Pings is a short film featuring cute characters in “politically incorrect” situations with an original graphics style. Two of these short films exist, this is the first one with the polar bear.