About the Author

ERIC GUILLON is an award-winning French character designer and director. He served as the art director for Despicable Me and Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, and production designer for The Secret Life of Pets. Together with directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, Guillon co-created the hugely popular Minions.

BEN CROLL is a film journalist and critic whose work has been published in IndieWire, The Wrap, Screen International, and France 24. He has written about animation for Vanity Fair and Variety, covering the intersection of the French and US film industries.

CHRIS MELEDANDRI is an American film producer and the founder and CEO of Illumination.