Pierre Coffin

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Despicable Me (2010) — Director
2. Despicable Me 2 (2013) — Director
3. Minions (2015) — Director
4. Despicable Me 3 (2017) — Director
5. Minions & Monsters (2026) — Director
6. The Minion Olympics (2024) — Director
7. Pat & Stan - The Treasure of Pit and Mortimer (2006) — Director
8. Gary's Fall (2003) — Director
9. Caisse d'Épargne - La Banque des jeunes (2001) — Director
10. Brad & Gary (2011) — Director
11. Pings 2 (1997) — Director
12. Pings (1997) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Despicable Me (2010) — Tim / Bob / Mark / Phil / Stuart (voice)
2. Despicable Me 2 (2013) — Kevin / Bob / Stuart / Additional Minions / Evil Minions (voice)
3. Minions (2015) — The Minions (voice)
4. Despicable Me 3 (2017) — Mel / Minions / Museum Director / Additional Voice (voice)
5. Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) — Kevin / Stuart / Bob / Minions (voice)
6. Despicable Me 4 (2024) — Minions (voice)
7. Minions & More Volume 1 (2022) — Minions (voice)
8. Banana (2010) — Minions (Various) (voice)
9. Cro Minion (2015) — Minion (voice)
10. Puppy (2013) — Dave the Minion (voice)
11. Minions & Monsters (2026) — James / Henry / Ed / Dick / The Minions (voice)
12. Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness (2010) — Minions / Social Worker (voice)
13. Orientation Day (2010) — Minions (voice)
14. Mower Minions (2016) — Minions (voice)
15. Home Makeover (2010) — Minions / Social Worker (voice)
16. Training Wheels (2013) — Minions (voice)
17. Panic in the Mailroom (2013) — Ken the Minion / Mike the Minion (voice)
18. Minions: Holiday Special (2020) — Minions / Kevin / Stuart / Bob (voice)
19. Minions & More 2 (2022) — Minions (voice)
20. Competition (2015) — Minion (voice)
21. Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony (2024) — Minions (voice)
22. The Oscars (1953) — Minions (voice)
23. Yellow Is the New Black (2018) — Minions (voice)
24. Santa's Little Helpers (2019) — Kevin / Stuart / Bob (voice)
25. Minion Scouts (2019) — Minions (voice)
26. The Secret Life of Kyle (2017) — Minions (voice)
27. Mooned (2023) — Minions (voice)
28. Despicable Me 2: 3 Mini-Movie Collection (2014) — The minions
29. Tree Lighting Ceremony (2014) — Minions
30. Minions & Monsters (2021) — Minions (voice)
31. Minion Moments: Overkill (2017) — Kevin the Minion / Bob the Minion (voice)
32. Minion Moments: Drenched (2017) — Kevin the Minion / Bob the Minion (voice)
33. Post Modern Minion (2022) — Claude / Jeff (voice)
34. Benny's Birthday (2024) — Minions (voice)
35. Game Over and Over (2024) — Minions (voice)
36. Midnight Mission (2024) — Minions (voice)
37. The Minion Olympics (2024) — Minions (voice)
38. Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies (2019) — Minions (Voices) Tim, Bob, Mark, Phil, & Stuart
39. Illumination 7 Mini-Movie Collection (2014) — Minions/Social Worker
40. Brad & Gary (2011) — Brad (voice)