Benjamin Renner

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| birth_date = {{b-da|14 November 1983}}

| image = Benjamin Renner - Prix BD Fnac 2016 (24470302906).jpg

| caption = Renner at the Prix BD Fnac in 2016

| nationality = French

| occupation = Cartoonist, animator, and filmmaker

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Benjamin Renner (born 14 November 1983) is a French cartoonist, animator, and filmmaker.

Renner and his fellow producers received a 2014 Academy Awards nomination in the category of Best Animated Feature for the film Ernest & Celestine.{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/86th-winners.html |title=The 86th Academy Awards (2013) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=August 30, 2014 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001025332/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/86th-winners.html |archivedate=October 1, 2014 }} He previously directed a short, La queue de la souris (The Mouse's Tail) in 2008.

In 2015 he published a comic, Le grand mechant renard (The Big Bad Fox), which he then adapted into a feature film released in 2017, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales....[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/comics/ernest-celestine-director-will-adapt-his-own-graphic-novel-for-tv-112765.html ‘Ernest & Celestine’ Director Will Adapt His Own Comic for TV]. Cartoonbrew, 6 May 2015

He also directed an original animated film for Universal Pictures and Illumination, titled Migration, which released on 22 December 2023.{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=February 18, 2022 |title=Illumination & Universal Set Dates For Animated Films Migration & Despicable Me 4 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/despicable-me-4-migration-get-release-dates-from-illumination-universal-1234956816/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218203450/https://deadline.com/2022/02/despicable-me-4-migration-get-release-dates-from-illumination-universal-1234956816/ |archive-date=February 18, 2022 |access-date=February 18, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{cite news|last1=Grobar|first1=Matt|date=June 28, 2022|title=Universal Pushes Release Date for Illumination Comedy 'Migration'|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/universal-pushes-release-date-for-illumination-pic-migration-1235053847/|access-date=June 28, 2022}}