Benjamin Renner

Benjamin Renner (born 14 November 1983) is a French cartoonist, animator and filmmaker.

Renner and his fellow producers received a 2014 Academy Awards nomination in the category of Best Animated Feature for the film Ernest & Celestine. He previously directed a short, La queue de la souris (The Mouse's Tail) in 2008.

In 2015 he published a comic, Le grand mechant renard (The Big Bad Fox), which he then adapted into a feature film released in 2017, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales....

He also directed an original animated film for Universal Pictures and Illumination, titled Migration, which released on 22 December 2023.

Filmography

 * Le Corbeau voulant imiter l'aigle (2006) (short film)
 * Le Plus Gros Président du monde (2006) (short film)
 * La Queue de la souris (2007) (short film)
 * Ernest & Celestine (2012) - director
 * 'Yellowbird' (2015) - visual development
 * The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales... (2017) - director and writer
 * Migration (2023) - director and story writer

Comics

 * Un bébé à livrer (2011) ISBN 978-2915920550
 * The Big Bad Fox (2015) ISBN 978-2-7560-5124-6