ABOUT — Aurélien Predal

Aurélien Predal is a two-time Annie Award-nominated production designer, concept artist and character designer with 20 years of experience in the animation industry.
He graduated from Gobelins in 2006 with the short film "Burning Safari", and has since collaborated with studios such as Aardman Animations, Pixar, Sony Pictures Animation, DreamWorks, Laika and Illumination among others.

He currently lives in Bristol, UK, surrounded by exotic plants and a giant cat.

Represented by Ellen Ann Mersereau, Esq.
ellen@mersereaulegal.com
+1-323-461-3316

RESUME / CLIENTS:
2021 - Current:

SONY PICTURE ANIMATIONS
Visual development - “Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse” - Feature film
(in production)

AMAZON MGM
Visual development - “Project Hail Mary” - Feature film

NETFLIX / TAT
Production Designer - “Asterix et Le Combat des Chefs” - Mini-Series

NETFLIX
Character Designer - “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” - Feature film (in production)

SONY PICTURE ANIMATIONS
Visual development - “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” - Feature film

ILLUMINATION
Production Designer - “Untitled Project” - Feature film (in production)

AARDMAN ANIMATIONS
Production Designer - Star Wars Visions Volume 2 “I Am Your Mother” - TV Short

PIXAR ANIMATION
Visual development - “Untitled Project” - Feature film (in development)
Visual development - “Inside Out 2” - Feature film (in development)

PARAMOUNT
Visual development - “Unannounced Project” - Feature film (in development)

ILLUMINATION
Visual development - “Despicable Me 4” - Feature film (in development)

2016 - 2020: (4 years)
LOCKSMITH ANIMATION
Production Designer - "Ron's Gone Wrong" - Feature film

2010 - 2016: (6 years)
Freelance Visual Development Artist & Character Designer:

AARDMAN ANIMATIONS
Character/Set design - "Shaun the Sheep 2" - Feature film
Visual development - "Chicken Run 2" - Feature film (in production)
Visual development - "Early Man" - Feature film
Visual development - "Various Untitled Projects" - Feature films (in development)
Visual development - "The Abominables" - Feature film (cancelled)
Visual development - "Tottington Hall" - Tv show (cancelled)
Colour designer - "Special Delivery" - Google Spotlight Short film
Visual development - "Ray's Big Idea" - Short Film

SONY PICTURE ANIMATIONS
Visual development - "Hotel Transylvania 3" - Feature film
Visual development - "Puppy" - Short film
Visual development - "Can You Imagine" - Feature film (cancelled)
Visual development - "Hotel Transylvania 2" - Feature film
Visual development - "Popeye" - Feature film (cancelled)

LAIKA
Visual development - "Untitled Project 6" - Feature film (in development)

ILLUMINATION
Concept artist - "SING" - Feature film
Visual development - "Despicable Me" - Feature film

MAGIC LIGHT
Set designer/ Color keys - "Highway Rat" - TV special
Lead color concept artist - "Revolting Rhymes" - TV specials
Color key artist - "Room on the Broom" - TV special
Color key artist - "The Gruffalo's Child" - TV Special

DREAMWORKS
Visual development - "Penguins of Madagascar" - Feature film

REEL FX/HEADLESS
Visual development - "W.I.S.H. Police" - Feature film (in production)

PASSION PICTURES
Matte painter - "Monkey Bizness" - Web Series trailer
Set design/Colour keys - "The Greatest Gift" - Commercial

NICKELODEON
Visual development - "Albert" - TV special
Set design - "Pinky & Malinky" - TV show

CARTOON NETWORK
Visual development - "Verne on Vacation" - TV Special (cancelled)

FINALEMENT
Production designer - "Tistou of the Green Thumbs" - Feature film (in development)

TIMTOM FILMS / MIKROS
Title Sequence Color-Script - "Asterix: The Mansion of the Gods" - Feature film

ON ANIMATION
Character Designer - "The Little Prince"- Feature film

2009 - 2011:
ON ANIMATION
Production Designer - "Mune: Guardian of the Moon"- Feature film

2006 - 2010:
KAWA Animation
Production Designer/ Character Designer - "BATZ" - Short film

BIBO FILMS
Color key artist - "A Monster in Paris" - Feature film

WANDA / EMI MUSIC
Production designer - "Dr Tom" - Album covers + video clips

ATTITUDE STUDIO
CGI character animator - "9" - Feature film

GOBELINS
Director - “Burning Safari” - Short Film

AWARDS / NOMINATIONS:

- Annie Awards (Nominee) / Outstanding Achievement for Production Design on a Limited Series / “Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight” / 2026
- Concept Art Awards (Won) / Animation Series: Environment Art / “Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight” / 2025
- Concept Art Awards (Nominee) / Animation Series: Character Art / “Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight” / 2025
- Concept Art Awards (Nominee) / Excellence in Animation Feature Color Keys / “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” / 2023
- Concept Art Awards (Won) / Excellence in Animation Feature Color Keys / “Ron’s Gone Wrong” / 2022
- Annie Awards (Nominee) / Outstanding Achievement for Production Design on an Animated Feature / “Ron’s Gone Wrong” /2022
- British Animation Awards (Nominee) / Best Production Design / “Ron’s Gone Wrong” /2022
- Sishuan TV Festival (Won) / Best Overseas Animation Short Film / “Batz” / 2015
- Manlieu Short Film Festival (Won) / Best Animation / “Batz” / 2014
- Balticon Film Festival (Won) / Best Animated Film / “Burning Safari” /2009

EXHIBITIONS/PUBLICATIONS:

- The Art of Inside Out 2
- The Art of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-verse
- The Art of Google Spotlight Stories
- Shaun in Shibuya link
- Cracking Animation; The Aardman Book of 3D Animation
- The Art and Making of Hotel Transylvania 2
- The Little Prince: the art of the movie
- The Art of the Penguin of Madagascar
- Hommage à Satoshi Kon link
- Art of Aardman Exhibition, Art Ludique Museum link
- A Monster in Paris, Arludik gallery link
- Sketchtravel link
- Totoro Forest Project

EDUCATION:
2003-2006: GOBELINS, l'école de l'image - graduation film "Burning Safari"
2002-2003: Atelier de Sèvres
2002: Scientific Baccalauréat (A level), lycée ENREA Newton