Marco Nguyen

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][11] including Best Undergraduate Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.^[18]

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][19][20] Lisa was produced by La Station Animation and uses Flash animation.^[21] It has been screened in multiple film festivals^[22][23][24] and was released in issue #54 of Stash DVD magazine.^[25] 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 [fr]'s television series. Nguyen, Piocelle, and Collignon were interviewed as part of the program.^[26][27][28] 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.^[29][30]

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.^[31][32][33] 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.^[31][34] For The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales, Nguyen earned a 2017 Annie Award nomination.^[32]

Nguyen and Piocelle then worked together on cutscenes for the 2018 video game Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom.^[35] Nguyen is credited as the game's FMV animation director, while Piocelle is credited as the FMV art director.^[36]

Nguyen also worked as animator on Ernest & Celestine and is now animating on the cinema adaptation of The Summit of the Gods.^{[citation needed]}

• Marco Nguyen at IMDb