Marco Nguyen

Marco Nguyen is a French animator, known for his work on French feature films, as well as for his short film Lisa, which served as the pilot for an unproduced television series, and for his award-winning student film Le Building. He directed the music video for Tryo's song "Greenwashing", served as an animation director on the 2011 French film The Rabbi's Cat, and served as an assistant director on the 2019 French film The Swallows of Kabul. In 2017, he received an Annie Award nomination in the Character Animation category for The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales. Nguyen also developed cutscenes for the 2018 video game Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom.

Marco Nguyen
NationalityFrench
OccupationAnimator
Years active2004-present

Early life and education

Nguyen attended Gobelins, l'École de l'image.[1] In 2004, he created two short student films - Burp and Hector, the latter of which was co-directed with Antoine Birot, Lisa Pacalet, and Bertrand Piocelle.[2][3][4] The following year, he created his group thesis film, Le Building, with Pierre Perifel, Xavier Ramonède, Olivier Staphylas, and Rémi Zaarour. Le Building uses a combination of 2D and 3D animation.[5] On the film's official website, Nguyen is the only one of the filmmakers credited with having contributed animation in both mediums.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

All three of Nguyen's student films have received screenings in international film festivals,[1][12][13][14][15][16] and Le Building has won several awards,[17][18] including Best Undergraduate Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.[19]

Career

Nguyen reteamed with Piocelle to create a two-and-a-half minute pilot for an animated series called Lisa, which was written by Rémy Collignon - the finished work was released in 2009.[1][20][21] Lisa was produced by La Station Animation and uses Flash animation.[22] It has been screened in multiple film festivals[23][24][25] and was released in issue #54 of Stash DVD magazine.[26] In 2014, Lisa was selected as one of a few shorts to be aired during the special 100th episode of the French animation group Catsuka's television series. Nguyen, Piocelle, and Collignon were interviewed as part of the program.[27][28][29] The following year, in honor of Catsuka's fifteenth anniversary, Lisa was shown as part of a special screening held at the Studio des Ursulines.[30][31]

Nguyen worked as an animation director on The Rabbi's Cat, as a character animator on The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales, and as an assistant director on The Swallows of Kabul.[32][33][34] He reteamed with Zaarour for The Rabbi's Cat and further collaborated with Zaarour in 2012 to create a music video for the song "Greenwashing" by Tryo - this music video was directed by Nguyen and also featured animation by Patrick Imbert.[32][35] For The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales, Nguyen earned a 2017 Annie Award nomination.[33]

Nguyen and Piocelle then worked together on cutscenes for the 2018 video game Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom.[36] Nguyen is credited as the game's FMV animation director, while Piocelle is credited as the FMV art director.[37]

Nguyen also worked as animator on Ernest & Celestine and is now animating on the cinema adaptation of The Summit of the Gods.

References
  1. Buddy Bradley (December 21, 2011). "Lisa". Collater (in French). Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  2. "Burp (2004)". Catsuka (in French). Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  3. Antoine Birot. "Hector". antoinebirot.com. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  4. Lisa Paclet. "Hector". lisapaclet.com. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  5. Stash staff (December 4, 2005). ""Le Building" - Student Film". Stash DVD Magazine. No. 15. San Antonio, Texas: Stash Media. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  6. Marco Nguyen. "Le Building - Team: Marco Nguyen". le-building.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  7. Pierre Perfiel. "Le Building - Team: Pierre Perifel". le-building.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  8. Xavier Ramonède. "Le Building - Team: Xavier Ramonède". le-building.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  9. Rémi Zaarour. "Le Building - Team: Rémi Zaarour". le-building.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  10. Olivier Staphylas. "Le Building - Team: Olivier Staphylas". le-building.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  11. Olivier Staphylas. "Olivier Staphylas - Bio". staphylas.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  12. "Festival Genre et Enfance" (Press release) (in French). Lille: Chez Violette. March 11, 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  13. "Animex Student Animation Awards 2005" (PDF) (Press release). Middlesbrough: Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games. p. 20. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  14. "Anima Mundi 2005" (Press release) (in Portuguese and English). São Paulo: Anima Mundi. p. 47, 90. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  15. "Chilemonos" (Press release) (in Spanish). Santiago: Chilemonos International Animation Festival. p. 9. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  16. Leo Barraclough (July 26, 2006). "Toons Catch Continental Drift". Variety. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  17. Marco Nguyen, Pierre Perifel, Xavier Ramonède, Olivier Staphylas, and Rémi Zaarour. "Le Building - News, pg. 1". le-building.com. Retrieved August 21, 2016.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. Olivier Staphylas. "Olivier Staphylas - Bio". staphylas.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  19. Eric Homan (September 26, 2006). "Talk to the Snail: OIAF Category E – Student Animation Competition". Frederator Studios. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  20. Stash staff. "Stash Sixpack 9". Stash DVD Magazine. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  21. "Lisa". La Station Animation (in French). Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  22. Stash staff (January 20, 2009). "Lisa! Lisa! Lisa!". Stash. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  23. Marc Aguesse (December 5, 2011). "Projections Catsuka les 10 et 13 décembre à Bruz (Festival National du Film d'Animation)". Catsuka (in French). Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  24. "Festival national du film d'animation" (Press release) (in French). Bruz: Festival national du film d'animation de Bruz. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  25. "Brussels Animation Film Festival - anima" (PDF) (Press release) (in French, Dutch, and English). Brussels: Anima Festival. p. 48. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  26. Stash staff. "Stash 54". Stash Media. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011.
  27. Marc Aguesse (November 7, 2011). "Soirée spéciale 100ème de Catsuka sur Nolife demain soir (avec Louis Clichy, Jérémie Périn, CRCR, La Cachette, Lisa, Baïdir, Mr Flap ...)". Catsuka (in French). Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  28. Marc Aguesse (November 10, 2014). "Soirée spéciale pour la 100ème de Catsuka sur Nolife : en ligne (+ redif dimanche à 19h)". Catsuka (in French). Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  29. Collignon, Rémy; Nguyen, Marco; Piocelle, Bertrand (November 8, 2014). Soirée spéciale 100ème (video) (in French). Catsuka. Event occurs at 56:53 - 1:10:39. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  30. Marc Aguesse (May 18, 2015). "Projection ciné pour les 15 ans de Catsuka (le 30 Mai au Studio des Ursulines + lifting)". Catsuka (in French). Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  31. Marc Aguesse (May 20, 2015). "Réservations en ligne pour la projection 15 ans de Catsuka (le 30 Mai au Studio des Ursulines)". Catsuka (in French). Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  32. Marc Aguesse (July 9, 2012). "Tryo - Greenwashing (clip de Marco Nguyen)". Catsuka (in French). Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  33. Terry Flores (December 4, 2017). "'Coco' Tops 2018 Annie Awards Nominations With 13". Variety. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  34. "Les Armateurs, Melusine Productions and Close Up Films present The Swallows of Kabul" (PDF) (Press release). Paris: Celluloid Dreams. 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  35. Marc Aguesse (October 25, 2013). "Monkey Bizness tome 2, par Pozla et Eldiablo". Catsuka (in French). Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  36. FDG Entertainment staff (March 11, 2015). "Behind the scenes: FMV cutscenes". Monsterboy.com. FDG Entertainment. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  37. "Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom Fact Sheet" (Press release). Munich: FDG Entertainment. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
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