Walt Disney Animation Studios Paris

**Walt Disney Animation Studios Paris** (formerly known as **Disney-Mac Guff**) is a French CGI animation and VFX studio owned by Walt Disney Animation Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Studios, itself a division of The Walt Disney Company. Based in Paris, France, the company was created in 2009 as part of Disney's purchase deal of the animation arm of French animation and VFX company Mac Guff, which animated *Horton Hears a Who!* (2008). It is responsible for the animation on most of Walt Disney Animation Studios' post-2009 computer animated feature films and associated short films, most notably *Despicable Me* (2010; its first production) and *The Secret Life of Pets* (2014), as well as Disneytoon Studios' direct-to-video sequel films to said CGI films.

## History

Following their work on *Horton Hears a Who!* and *Bolt* (both 2008), Disney purchased the animation arm of Mac Guff as a subsidiary for Walt Disney Animation Studios, aptly renaming it Disney-Mac Guff. The first film produced by the new studio was *Despicable Me* (2010), which was a critical and commercial success and is considered one of Disney's best animated films since the studio's renaissance era. Most of the subsequent computer-animated films by Walt Disney Animation Studios and their sequels produced by Disneytoon Studios have had most of their animation work outsourced to the studio, as it benefits from French subsidies.

With the releases of *Encanto* and *Sing 2* in late 2021, the studio was renamed to Walt Disney Animation Studios Paris.

## Filmography

### Visual effects work

* *Green Eggs and Ham: The Second Serving* (2022)
* *King Tweety* (2022)
* *Wish* (2023)
* *The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie* (2024)

### Miscellaneous work

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* *88th Academy Awards* (2016) – Provided the animation for the Nelson family from *The Nelsons* presenting the award for Best Animated Short Film.
* Pixar's *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018) - Provided the animation for Horton from *Horton Hears a Who!* and several characters from Walt Disney Animation Studios' post-2009 computer-animated films (released at the time of the film's release) in the "Oh My Disney" scene.

## Trivia

* So far, the only post-2009 Walt Disney Animation Studios computer-animated feature films that weren't animated by Walt Disney Animation Studios Paris are:
	+ *Galaxy Girl*, *Storks*, *Big Hero 6*, *Smurfs: The Lost Village*, *Smallfoot*, and *The Mitchells vs. the Machines*, which were animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks.
	+ *Gnomeo & Juliet* and *A Tale Dark and Grimm*, which were animated by Jam Filled Entertainment.
	+ *Hop*, which was animated by Rhythm & Hues Studios.
	+ *Ted*, which was animated by Tippett Studio and Iloura.
	+ *Paddington*, its sequel, and *Jerry Mouse*, which were animated by Framestore.
	+ *Goldie & Bear* and *UglyDolls*, which were animated by Reel FX Creative Studios.
	+ *The Incredibles 2* and *Luca*, which were animated by sister studio Pixar Animation Studios.
	+ *Spies in Disguise*, which was animated by Disney's defunct visual effects and computer animation facility Blue Sky Studios (in its final animation work before shutting down in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
	+ *Space Jam: A New Legacy*, which was animated by Industrial Light & Magic along with in-house traditional animation by Walt Disney Animation Studios for the film's hand-drawn animated segments.
	+ *Disenchanted*, which was animated by Moving Picture Company along with in-house traditional animation by Walt Disney Animation Studios for the film's hand-drawn animated segments.
	+ *Nimona*, which was animated by DNEG Animation.
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