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  • Comment: See my comment about adding citations to the three films that lack citations for a biography about a living person. Z. Patterson (talk) 00:37, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
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Eric Guillon
OccupationsCharacter Designer
Director
Years active1994-present
Employer(s)Fantôme Animation (1994-99)
Illumination (2010-present)
Known forDespicable Me
The Secret Life of Pets
Sing
Not Alone

Eric Guillon is an award-winning French character designer, mainly responsible for creating the characters from Despicable Me, an animated franchise produced from Illumination Entertainment, including the studio's iconic mascots, The Minions.[1][2]

Besides designing the characters for the studio's own films, including some from The Secret Life of Pets and Sing franchises, he also co-directed Despicable Me 3 (2017)[3][4] and is set to direct his first original film Not Alone (2027).[5]

Career

Fantôme Animation

Guillon started out studying application arts and worked in advertising for five years. He began working as a designer with Fantôme Animation for six years, on the series Insektors as well as the other projects.[6]

Passion Paris

Guillon worked on a few commercials with Pierre Coffin around at Passion Pictures in Paris.[7]

Illumination

In 2011, Guillon was nominated with Yarrow Cheney for Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production for his first film Despicable Me (2010) at the 38th Annie Awards, but was lost to How to Train Your Dragon (2010) by Pierre-Olivier Vincent.[8] In 2013, Guillon was nominated with Cherey and Colin Stimpson for Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production at the 40th Annie Awards on the film The Lorax (2012), but was lost to ParaNorman (2012) by Heidi Smith.[9] In 2014, Guillon was nominated for two awards on Despicable Me 2 (2013) at the 41st Annie Awards, but lost to Frozen (2013) and The Croods (2013).[10] In 2016, Guillon was nominated for two awards at the 43rd Annie Awards on Minions (2015), but both lost to Pixar's Inside Out (2015).[11][12] He later got nominated for Character Design in a Feature Production on The Secret Life of Pets (2016) at the 44th Annie Awards[13][14] and Despicable Me 3 (2017) at the 45th Annie Awards,[15][16] but lost to Zootopia (2016) by Cory Loftis and Coco (2017) by Daniel Arriaga, Daniela Strijleva, Greg Dykstra, Alonso Martinez and Zaruhi Galstyan.

On June 2026, it was announced that Guillon will direct his first original film from Illumination called Not Alone (2027),[5] following his co-direction from Despicable Me 3 (2017).[3][4]

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Company
2010 Despicable Me[17] Art Director/Character Designer Illumination Entertainment
2012 The Lorax[18]
2013 Despicable Me 2[19] Production Designer/Character Designer
2015 Minions[20]
2016 The Secret Life of Pets[21]
Sing[22]
2017 Despicable Me 3[4][3] Co-Director/Character Designer
2018 The Grinch’’[23] Character Designer
2019 The Secret Life of Pets 2[24]
2021 Sing 2[25]
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru[26]
2024 Despicable Me 4[27]
2027 Not Alone[5] Director

Television

Year Show Role Company
1994-1995 Insektors[6] Designer/Layout Management Fantôme Animation

References

  1. ^ Marsh, Calum (2024-07-03). "The Man Behind the Minions". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  2. ^ Edwards, Phil (July 10, 2015). "Minions, explained". Vox. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Amidi, Amid (December 14, 2016). "A New Villain, Balthazar Bratt, Steals the Show In 'Despicable Me 3' Trailer".
  4. ^ a b c Hazelton, John (November 27, 2015). "Minions: the three stooges". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Lang, Jamie (June 22, 2026). Lang, Jamie (ed.). "Illumination Reveals Next Original Feature 'Not Alone'". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on June 22, 2026. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  6. ^ a b Summers, Nick (October 7, 2019). "The forgotten pioneers of computer animation". Engadget.
  7. ^ "Focus On - Pierre Coffin | Catsuka". www.catsuka.com.
  8. ^ Finke, Nikki (February 5, 2011). "38th Annual Annie Animation Awards: DWA's 'How To Train Your Dragon' Wins (After Disney Boycotts)". Deadline. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  9. ^ King, Susan (February 2, 2013). "40th Annie Award nominees and winners list". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  10. ^ Flores, Terry (February 1, 2014). "'Frozen' Takes Top Prize at Annie Awards". Variety. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  11. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 1, 2015). "Annie Awards Noms: 'Inside Out', 'Anomalisa', 'Shaun The Sheep', 'Good Dinosaur' & 'Peanuts ' Up For Best Feature". Deadline. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  12. ^ Coggan, Devan (February 7, 2016). "Annie Awards 2016 winners list: Inside Out takes top prizes". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  13. ^ Hipes, Patrick (November 28, 2016). "'Zootopia' Leads Annie Awards Nominations". Deadline. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  14. ^ Patten, Dominic; Pedersen, Erik (February 4, 2017). "Annie Awards: 'Zootopia' Takes Best Animated Feature & 5 Others: Complete Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  15. ^ Flores, Terry (December 4, 2017). "'Coco' Tops 2018 Annie Awards Nominations With 13". Variety. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  16. ^ Donnelly, Matt; Pond, Steve (February 3, 2018). "'Coco' Takes Annie Award for Best Animated Feature". TheWrap. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  17. ^ Handy, Bruce (February 20, 2018). "The Minions Were Almost Robots". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on February 20, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  18. ^ Zahed, Ramin (March 1, 2012). "Saving the Truffula Trees of Life".
  19. ^ Amidi, Amid (July 12, 2013). "The Art of "Despicable Me 2"".
  20. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (February 6, 2016). "2016 Annie Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 20, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  21. ^ Grobar, Matt (November 23, 2016). "'Secret Life Of Pets' Helmer Chris Renaud On Corporate Synergy, Visual Inspirations And The Comedy Of Louis C.K." Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  22. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (2 December 2016). "Oscar's French Animation Connection Draws on Deep Talent Pool". Variety. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  23. ^ https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Dr-Seuss-The-Grinch-(2018)#cast
  24. ^ Amidi, Amid (November 8, 2018). "Can 'Secret Life Of Pets 2' Withstand The Replacement Of Its Lead Voice?".
  25. ^ Mallory, Michael (December 1, 2021). "Illumination Hits All the Right Notes with 'Sing 2'". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  26. ^ https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Art-of-Eric-Guillon/Eric-Guillon/9781683836810
  27. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (July 15, 2024). "'Despicable Me 4': How the Mega Minions Got Their Superpowers".
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