Pierre Perifel
Birthdate: Jan 1, 1970
Birthplace: N/A
A rising talent at DreamWorks Animation, Pierre Perifel is a French-born and trained animation director, and helmer of DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys. Trained in animation in France, Perifel made the jump to Hollywood by fits and starts, after initially turning down a 2005 offer by DreamWorks to join their team. He switched courses two later, joined DreamWorks Animation, and moved with his wife and child to Burbank, California, where the studio’s home base is located.
Pierre Perifel rose through the ranks of DreamWorks Animation, serving as an animator on Kung Fu Panda (2008), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), The Illusionist (2010), Shrek Forever After (2010), and Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011). He rose to the level of supervising animator on the epic Rise of the Guardians (2012), then head of character animation on short films produced by DreamWorks Animation.
Before landing his first feature directing assignment on The Bad Guys, Perifel won Best Short for Bilby (2018) at the largest North American shorts film festival, Palm Springs ShortFest.
Personal Details
Pierre Perifel was born in the central France city of Lyon and attended the animation school L’École Émile Cohl before being accepted to the prestigious Gobelins animation school. He currently lives in Burbank, California.
Filmography
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- 2025 | The Bad Guys 2
The Bad Guys 2
The Bad Guys are struggling to find trust and acceptance in their newly minted lives as Good Guys, when they are pulled out of retirement and forced to do "one last job" by an all-female squad of criminals.
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- 2022 | The Bad GuysasDirector
The Bad Guys
To avoid prison, a gang of notorious animal criminals pretends to seek being rehabilitated, only for their leader to realize that he genuinely wants to change his ways.
Some Facts About Pierre Perifel
Career move: Offered a coveted spot on the DreamWorks Animation team in 2005, Perifel turned it down since the studio was working only in 3D animation.
