Jacques BLED

Founded Mac Guff Ligne in 1986 with four partners. This is a digital visual effects design studio specialising in 3D animation and special effects for commercials and the cinema whose films include ‘Azur and Asmar : The Princes’ Quest’, ‘Irréversible’, ‘Un Prophète’, ‘Welcome’, and ‘Kirikou 3’. In August 2011, he became president of Illumination Mac Guff, a new company created by Universal Pictures. The animation studio is based in Paris and produced ‘Despicable Me’ (2010), ‘The Lorax’ (2012), ‘Despicable Me 2’ (2013) and is currently working on ‘Minions’ which is due to be released in July 2015. He was appointed Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and President of the Technical Industries’ Commission in the French National Film Centre (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée). He was also named 2013 Personality of the Year by readers of ‘Film Français’ magazine.