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Mac Guff

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Mac Guff (also known as Mac Guff Ligne) is a French visual effects company based in Los Angeles, United States, Brussels, Belgium and Paris, France, where it is headquartered. Mac Guff specializes in the creation of computer graphics for commercials, music videos and feature films. 270 graphic designers, VFX supervisors and producers, computer engineers, and administrators are usually working on over 100 million files (for Despicable Me). In mid-2011, the company was split in two, and the animation department was acquired by Illumination Entertainment (Universal Studios). The new company was named Illumination Mac Guff (now known as Illumination Studios Paris) and has capital worth 3.2 million euro.[1][2]

Mac Guff
IndustryVisual effects, Animation
Founded1988; 36 years ago (1988) (as MGL Studio)
FoundersJacques Bled
Rodolphe Chabrier
Philippe Sonrier
Martial Vallanchon
Thierry Bravais
Defunct2011; 13 years ago (2011) (animation studio)
SuccessorIllumination Studios Paris (animation department)
Headquarters
Paris
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France
ProductsAnimated films

Company name

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The company name Mac Guff was inspired by the term MacGuffin. The director and producer Alfred Hitchcock popularized both the term "MacGuffin" and the technique.

Animated productions

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Features

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References

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  1. ^ Juridic information about Illumination Mac Guff
  2. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (December 12, 2011). "Universal benefit in Mac Guff accord". Variety. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
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