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
| # | Title | Release date | Directors | Composers | Budget | Gross | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
| 1 | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | Chris Renaud Co-Director: Kyle Balda | John Powell | $70 million | $348.8 million | 54% | 46 | |
| 2 | Despicable Me 2 | Pierre Coffin Chris Renaud | Heitor Pereira Pharrell Williams | $76 million | $970.8 million | 74% | 62 | |
| 3 | Minions | Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda | Heitor Pereira | $74 million | $1.159 billion | 56% | 56 | |
| 4 | The Secret Life of Pets | Chris Renaud Co-Director: Yarrow Cheney | Alexandre Desplat | $75 million | $875.5 million | 74% | 61 | |
| 5 | Sing | Garth Jennings Co-Director: Christophe Lourdelet | Joby Talbot | $75 million | $632.2 million | 72% | 59 | |
| 6 | Despicable Me 3 | Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda Co-Director: Eric Guillon | Heitor Pereira Pharrell Williams | $80 million | $1.034 billion | 59% | 49 | |
| 7 | Dr. Seuss' The Grinch | Scott Mosier Yarrow Cheney | Danny Elfman | $75 million | $511.3 million | 58% | 51 | |
| 8 | The Secret Life of Pets 2 | Chris Renaud Co-Director: Jonathan del Val | Alexandre Desplat | $80 million | $429.4 million | 58% | 55 |
Upcoming
Short films
Miscellaneous work
- 88th Academy Awards – Provided the animation for Kevin, Stuart and Bob presenting the award for Best Animated Short Film