Pierre Coffin reveals why he returned to direct Minions & Monsters after sitting out the last 2 movies

Director Pierre Coffin talks about returning to direct Minions & Monsters and making it into a movie for film buffs ...
The New York Times

The Man Behind the Minions

Pierre Coffin helped invent the yellow animated creatures and has supplied their voices for nearly 15 years. He’s as puckish and subversive as his mischievous creations. By Calum Marsh When the French ...
Cartoon Brew

Pierre Coffin And Chris Meledandri On ‘Minions,’ Auteur Ambitions, And Illumination’s French Roots

The Minions franchise has a long history with the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The very first Despicable Me movie had its world premiere at the festival, and since then, every film in ...
Yahoo

Bello again: Pierre Coffin, voice of the Minions, finally understands his yellow henchman

NEW YORK (AP) — Filmmaker Pierre Coffin is the creator and chief practitioner of Minionese, but it's a dialect — like most things Minions — that's taken time to hone. "I have this file on my phone of ...
Variety

Why Do the Minions Sound Like That? How Six Semitones, Random Menu Items and Rosamund Pike Helped Create the Minionese Language

Despite having voiced almost every single Minion since the yellow creatures’ grand cinematic entrance in 2010’s “Despicable Me,” Pierre Coffin admits that — much to the disappointment of many people ...
collider

How a Lego Gag Became 'Minions & Monsters' Most Divisive Moment

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Minions & Monsters. Collider's Steve Weintraub talks with Minions & Monsters writer-director Pierre Coffin and Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri. At ...

‘Minions & Monsters’ Director Makes It Clear Minions Never Worked For Hitler

Although the Minions have served some of history and fiction’s ultimate baddies, even they draw the line at fascism. Minions & Monsters co-writer/director Pierre Coffin, who also returns to voice the ...