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 ''

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''. He directed the music video for

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's song "Greenwashing", served as an

animation director An animation director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated or television film, or an animated segment for a live-action film or television show. Alternatively, the animation direct ...

on the 2011 French film '' The Rabbi's Cat'', and served as an assistant director on the 2019 French film ''

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''. In 2017, he received an

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nomination in the

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category for '' The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales''. Nguyen also developed

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s for the 2018 video game '' Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom''.

Early life and education

Nguyen attended Gobelins, l'École de l'image. 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. The following year, he created his group thesis film, ''

'', with

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, Olivier Staphylas, and

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. ''Le Building'' uses a combination of 2D and

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. On the film's official website, Nguyen is the only one of the filmmakers credited with having contributed animation in both mediums. All three of Nguyen's student films have received screenings in international film festivals, and ''Le Building'' has won several awards, including Best Undergraduate Animation at the

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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. ''Lisa'' was produced by La Station Animation and uses

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. It has been screened in multiple film festivals and was released in issue #54 of ''Stash'' DVD magazine. In 2014, ''Lisa'' was selected as one of a few shorts to be aired during the special 100th episode of the French animation group 's television series. Nguyen, Piocelle, and Collignon were interviewed as part of the program. 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. Nguyen worked as an

on '' The Rabbi's Cat'', as a

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on '' The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales'', and as an assistant director on ''

''. 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

- this music video was directed by Nguyen and also featured animation by Patrick Imbert. For ''The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales'', Nguyen earned a 2017

nomination. Nguyen and Piocelle then worked together on

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for the 2018 video game '' Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom''. Nguyen is credited as the game's FMV

, while Piocelle is credited as the FMV

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. Nguyen also worked as animator on ''

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'' and is now animating on the cinema adaptation of ''

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''.

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