Claim: The animation studio which animated Despicable Me was bought by an animation film production company in America.

Mac Guff is a French visual effects company based in both Los Angeles , USA and Paris , France , where it is headquartered . Mac Guff specializes in the creation of computer-generated imagery for commercials , music videos and feature films . 270 graphic artists , vfx supervisors and producers , computer engineers and administrators are usually working on 100 + million files -LRB- for Despicable Me -RRB- . In mid-2011 , the company was split in two , and the animation department has been acquired by Illumination Entertainment -LRB- Universal Studios -RRB- . The new company is named `` Illumination Mac Guff '' and has capital worth 3.2 million euros .