Behind the door of a small apartment near La Roquette hides one of the artists behind animated films which have accumulated millions of admissions. When he is not working in the Parisian studio of Illumination Entertainment, a subsidiary of Universal, Valentin Tuil imagines under the roofs of Arles the drawings which will tour the world of cinema. “I am aware of working in the shadows, laughs the 36-year-old artist, people don’t always distinguish between Dreamworks, Pixar or Illumination… For a long time, my parents thought I worked at Disney!“
If his studio has not yet reached the figures of Mickey’s parent company, the Arlesian has been at the origin of several box office tidal waves. In France, the six opuses of the series Despicable me et The Minions accumulate more than 28 million entries. In 2023, Super Mario Bros was by far the most seen film in France with 7.3 million admissions, and the second biggest worldwide success of the year behind Barbie.
Great vintages from the animated film that Valentin Tuil bottles: “I am a 3D computer graphic designer, at the end of the production linehe says. This is the final step where we will assemble …
