Ben Bocquelet

Ben Bocquelet
Bocquelet at Polymanga 2016
Born
Benjamin Bocquelet

(1980-06-27) 27 June 1980 (age 44)[1]
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Animator, writer, director, producer
Years active2003–present
Known for

Benjamin Bocquelet (born 27 June 1980) is a French animator, writer, director and producer. He is best known as the creator and executive producer of the Cartoon Network animated series The Amazing World of Gumball. He was also the director of the 2003 short film The Hell's Kitchen. When Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe was created in 2007, Bocquelet was hired in order to help people pitch their projects to Cartoon Network after the dismissal of Nickelodeon and Jetix subdivisions of Europe. However, when the studio decided to have its employees all pitch their own ideas,[2] he decided to take some of the rejected characters he had created for commercials and put them all in one series, with a school setting.[3] Daniel Lennard, Khaki Jones, and Brian A. Miller, the Vice President of Original Series and Development at Turner Broadcasting System, [4] liked the idea and the series was ultimately greenlit.

  1. ^ Bocquelet, Ben [@benbocquelet] (4 November 2014). "@OliviaSnider10 well the real ones just hit sixty. I'm 34. I'll let you work it out. Math time... BAM!" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 October 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Kidscreen "Ready To Roll"
  3. ^ Toonzone "Toonzone Interviews "The Amazing World of Gumball" Creator Ben Bocquelet" Archived May 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Animation Insider "Cartoon Network Europe Promotes Daniel Lennard" Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine