Illumination Mac Guff


Illumination Mac Guff is a French animated feature production company owned by Illumination, a division of Universal Pictures. Based in Paris, France, the company was created in 2011 as part of Universal's purchase deal of the animation arm of French animation and VFX company Mac Guff. It is responsible for Illumination's feature-length animated films and associated short films, most notably the Despicable Me franchise.

History

Universal acquired the studio in 2011; its first film produced there was The Lorax.

Filmography

Feature films

Released

#TitleRelease dateDirectorsComposersBudgetGrossRotten TomatoesMetacritic
1Dr. Seuss' The LoraxChris Renaud
Co-Director: Kyle Balda
John Powell$70 million$348.8 million54%46
2Despicable Me 2Pierre Coffin
Chris Renaud
Heitor Pereira
Pharrell Williams
$76 million$970.8 million74%62
3MinionsPierre Coffin
Kyle Balda
Heitor Pereira$74 million$1.159 billion56%56
4The Secret Life of PetsChris Renaud
Co-Director: Yarrow Cheney
Alexandre Desplat$75 million$875.5 million74%61
5SingGarth Jennings
Co-Director: Christophe Lourdelet
Joby Talbot$75 million$632.2 million72%59
6Despicable Me 3Pierre Coffin
Kyle Balda
Co-Director: Eric Guillon
Heitor Pereira
Pharrell Williams
$80 million$1.034 billion59%49
7Dr. Seuss' The GrinchScott Mosier
Yarrow Cheney
Danny Elfman$75 million$511.3 million58%51
8The Secret Life of Pets 2Chris Renaud
Co-Director: Jonathan del Val
Alexandre Desplat$80 million$429.4 million58%55

Upcoming

Short films

Miscellaneous work