Bibo Bergeron

Born

1950-09-10

Birthplace

Paris, France

Biography

Eric "Bibo" Bergeron is a French animator and film director. His work includes The Road to El Dorado (2000), Shark Tale (2004) and A Monster in Paris (2011). Bergeron has served as animator on films like Asterix in Britain (1986), Asterix and the Big Fight (1989), Fievel Goes West (1991), FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996), A Goofy Movie (1995), and The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996). He also worked as storyboard artist on Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) and Flushed Away (2006). In 1993 Bergeron founded the animation studio "Bibo Films" in France. He directed the 2011 film A Monster in Paris which he dedicated to his father. Bergeron is an alumnus of the Gobelins School of the Image. After being taken into police custody at the end of 2019, Éric Bergeron was indicted for sexual harassment and rape in early January 2020, in connection with a case related to the production of the film A Monster in Paris. The alleged incidents (which he denies) date back to 2007. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bibo Bergeron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.