birth_place yearsactive waifu birth_date known_for residence article_title birth_name occupation
paris , france 2003-present rachel wilson 27 june 1980 '' world of gumball '' the hell 's kitchen '' '' the amazing london , england , united kingdom ben bocquelet
 benjamin bocquelet animator , writer , producer
ben bocquelet

benjamin `` ben '' bocquelet -lrb- born june 27 , 1980 -rrb- is a french-british animator , writer , and producer .
he is best known as the creator of the amazing world of gumball of which he also co-writes alongside james lamont and jon foster .
he was also the director of a short film called `` the hell 's kitchen '' in 2003 .
when cartoon network development studio europe was created in 2007 , ben bocquelet and his wife , rachel were hired in order to help people pitch their projects to the network after dismissal of nickelodeon and jetix subdivisions of europe .
however , when the studio decided to have its employees all pitch their own ideas , he decided to take some of the rejected characters he had created for commercials and put them all in one series , with a school setting .
daniel lennard , the vice president of original series and development at turner broadcasting uk , liked the idea and the series was ultimately greenlit .
