Benjamin Renner

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

Benjamin Renner
Renner at the Prix BD Fnac in 2016
Born	14 November 1983 (1983-11-14) (age 41)
Occupation	Cartoonist, animator, and filmmaker
Nationality	French

Renner and his fellow producers received a 2014 Academy Awards nomination in the category of Best Animated Feature for the film Ernest & Celestine.^[1] 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....^[2]

He also directed an original animated film for Universal Pictures and Illumination, titled Migration, which released on 22 December 2023.^[3][4]

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