Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin (born November 1, 1967) is a French animator and director. He co-directs the Despicable Me series with Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda. He is also the primary voice actor of the Minions and the museum director from Despicable Me 3.
History[]
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. Coffin was born in France to Yves Coffin, a French diplomat, and Nh. Dini, an Indonesian novelist. He was trained at the Gobelins animation school in Paris and started to work at Amblin, the 2D London-based facility, where he worked on the Steve Spielberg-executive produced We’re Back! A Dinosaur 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. 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. In 2010 he completed, with Chris Renaud, the feature CGI animated movie Despicable Me for Universal.
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | No | No | No | No | Inbewtween artist | |
| 2003 | Gary's Day | Yes | No | No | |||
| 2010 | Despicable Me | Yes | No | No | Yes | Tim the Minion, Bob the Minion, Mark the Minion, Phil the Minion, Stuart the Minion | |
| 2010 | Home Makeover | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Short film included on Despicable Me DVD and Blu-ray | |
| 2010 | Orientation Day | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Short film included on Despicable Me DVD and Blu-ray | |
| 2010 | Banana | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Short film included on Despicable Me DVD and Blu-ray | |
| 2011 | Brad & Gary | Yes | No | No | Yes | Brad | Short film |
| 2013 | Despicable Me 2 | 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 | 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 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Mel, The Minions and Museum Director | |
| 2021 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | No | No | No | Yes | The Minions |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-2010 | Pat & Stan | Yes | No | No | Creator |
Trivia[]
- Pierre Coffin is actually a French-Indonesian. His father is a French diplomat and his mother is an Indonesian writer.
- Coffin lent his voice to all 899 minions in the film, including Kevin, Bob, Stuart, Mel, the Evil Minions and other additional minions.
- Pat & Stan is the only television show created by Coffin.