{{short description|French animator and producer (born 1963)}} {{Infobox person | name = Marc du Pontavice | image = Marc du Pontavice.jpg | caption = Du Pontavice at the 2016 Annecy International Animation Film Festival | birth_name = Marc Marie Joseph Raymond du Pontavice<ref name="PontaviceLePoint2010">{{cite news|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/marc-du-pontavice-02-12-2010-1270012_23.php|title=Marc du Pontavice|date=2 December 2010|publisher=Le Point|language=French|access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|1|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Paris, France | occupation = {{hlist|Animator|producer|designer}} | known_for = Xilam | spouse = {{marriage|Alix de Maistre|1989}}<ref name="PontaviceLePoint2010" /> | children = Lou du Pontavice<br>Ivan du Pontavice | alma_mater = Sciences Po }}
'''Marc Marie Joseph Raymond du Pontavice''' (born 10 January 1963) is a French animator, producer and designer, known for ''Oggy and the Cockroaches'', ''Space Goofs'', ''Zig & Sharko'', ''Ratz'', ''FloopaLoo, Where Are You?'', ''Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life'' and others. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for producing ''I Lost My Body'' (2019). He was an executive producer from Gaumont, which is based in France. In 1990, he was the co-founder of Gaumont Television. In 1994, the company started producing animated series, which was eventually transformed into Gaumont Multimedia in 1995. After leaving the company, he, along with Alix de Maistre, founded Xilam.
Du Pontavice is the CEO of Xilam and its sister studio, Cube Creative (which Xilam acquired in 2020), since 2023, replacing Cube's founder, Lionel Fages, who stepped down as CEO.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/02/people-on-the-move-xilam-senior-promotions-dneg-ups-denis-to-cd-oni-press-execs-more/|title=People on the Move: Xilam Senior Promotions, DNEG Ups Denis to CD, Oni Press Execs & More|date=February 23, 2023|website=Animation Magazine|access-date=January 11, 2026}}</ref> He is also the co-founder and CEO of French live-action film studio, One World Films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animationxpress.com/interviews/meet-marc-du-pontavice-the-man-behind-xilam-animation-and-the-creator-of-oggy-and-the-cockroaches/|title=Meet Marc du Pontavice, the man behind Xilam Animation and the creator of 'Oggy and the Cockroaches'|date=April 11, 2018|website=AnimationXpress|access-date=April 30, 2026}}</ref>
==Early life== Born on January 10, 1963, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris,<ref name="PontaviceLePoint2010" /> he is the son of academic professor Emmanuel du Pontavice and doctor Anne de Pardieu. Marc comes from the Breton nobility, the du Pontavice family.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.strategies.fr/actualites/medias/4018976W/marc-du-pontavice-un-destin-anime.html|title=Marc du Pontavice, un destin animé|author=Soulas-Gesson, Delphine|date=19 October 2018|website=Stratégies|access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref> Marc's parents never worked in French cinema and rarely took him to theaters; his grandmother was the one who took him to the legendary theater in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, La Pagode.<ref name="Pontavice">{{cite book |last1=Du Pontavice |first1=Marc |title=Destin animé |date=2022 |publisher=Slatkine & Cie |isbn=978-2-88944-191-4 |location=France}}</ref> When he turned seven, his parents agreed to show him a film they liked, Charlie Chaplin's ''City Lights''. Every Sunday, he watched the program he never missed, ''Histoires sans paroles'' on ORTF. In his adolescence, he studied at a Jesuit college near Bonn in Germany, chosen by his parents, where he spent the first two months in absolute silence, without conversation and surrounded by strangers. Calmed by the power of silence, he spent his days reading, mostly poetry and few novels.<ref name="Pontavice" />
As a child, du Pontavice suffered childhood trauma<ref name="PontaviceLePoint">{{cite news|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/les-confidences-de-marc-du-pontavice-le-disney-francais-19-08-2022-2486781_3.php|title=Les confidences de Marc du Pontavice, le Disney français|date=19 August 2022|publisher=Le Point|language=French|access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref> due to the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his mother, who violently beat him, locked him in the closet, and separated him from his siblings' games, since his parents' marriage was a failure because his mother was homosexual. The abuse ended when she left him and his father in 1986 to move to the USA. Du Pontavice would not meet his mother again upon her death 30 years later in 2016.<ref name="Pontavice" /> He studied at Sciences Po and graduated from the Eco-Fi section in 1989, after having studied there for three years starting in 1986.<ref name="PontaviceLePoint2010" /><ref name="Pontavice" />
==Career== Du Pontavice began his career at the world's oldest film studio, Gaumont, in 1990, after the studio joined forces with CFC-Groupe Robur to create Gaumont-Robur Télévision, led by Christian Charret, whose goal was to produce high-quality television series for European television channels. Then legal and financial manager of CFC-Groupe Robur from 1989 to 1990, after managing the financial organization and the production of about one hundred hours of fiction at Robur, du Pontavice became secretary-general of the new division.<ref name="Pontavice" /> In 1992, after selling its film catalog to UGC, Robur also sold its stake in Gaumont-Robur Télévision to Gaumont, which subsequently renamed it Gaumont Television.<ref>Gaumont prend la totalité de la société de production télé Gaumont-Robur, Les Echos, 7 February 1992</ref>
In 1993, encouraged by the success of the ''Highlander'' series, du Pontavice proposed adapting the series into an animated cartoon, co-produced by Gaumont Television in 1994. Convinced by the series delivered in just ten months, Gaumont's general director, Patrice Ledoux, proposed in March 1995 that du Pontavice form his own department, Gaumont Multimédia, to produce cartoons, video games, and internet content.<ref name="PontaviceGaumont">{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Michael |date=December 1, 1998|title=Gaumont surprise|url=https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/gaumont-surprise-1117488981/|access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Variety}}</ref> He moved to Luc Besson's former studios in Paris in September 1995, which years later became the headquarters of Xilam.<ref name="Pontavice" /> Series such as ''Space Goofs'', followed by ''Oggy and the Cockroaches'',<ref name="OggyDepeche">{{cite news|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2014/09/18/1954159-oggy-superstar-made-in-france.html|title=Oggy, superstar made in France|author=Hurtevent, Xavier|date=18 September 2014|publisher=La Dépêche|access-date=2 October 2014}}</ref> were a great success for the studio. Gaumont Multimédia also produced video games with adaptations of ''The Visitors'' in 1997 and ''The Fifth Element'' in 1998. He is also the first French producer to sell French cartoons to American television.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/marc-du-pontavice-french-animation-advantage|title=Marc du Pontavice on the French Animation Advantage|author=Baisley, Sarah|date=March 6, 2007|website=Animation World Network|access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref>
However, due to Gaumont's need for funds to develop its Multiplex cinema network, the reorientation of its main business, cinema,<ref name="PontaviceLexpress">{{cite web|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/entrepreneurs/creation-entreprise/etapes-creation/34-j-ai-rachete-gaumont-multimedia-34_1515955.html|title="J'ai racheté Gaumont Multimédia"|author=Tranchant, Sébastien|date=7 April 2004|website=L'Express|access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref> and an inability to develop diversification businesses at Gaumont,<ref name="PontaviceGaumont" /> in addition to the death of his father Emmanuel on December 23 of that year,<ref name="PontaviceLePoint" /> he left Gaumont on December 10 and was replaced by Stéphane Pathernay at the helm of Gaumont Multimédia on January 1, 1999, until the studio's closure that same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=317766.html|title=Parthenay chez Gaumont Multimédia|date=10 December 1998|website=AlloCiné|access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref> On the same day as his replacement, du Pontavice announced the creation of an independent animation studio,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kidscreen.com/1999/01/01/24066-19990101/|title=Marc du Pontavice's independent start-up|author=Paoli, Pascal|date=January 1, 1999|website=Kidscreen|access-date=October 15, 2023}}</ref> which was introduced at MIPTV in May 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/concerns-europe-miptv|title=The Concerns of Europe from MIPTV|author=Rodriguez, Paco|date=May 1, 1999|website=Animation World Network|access-date=October 15, 2023}}</ref> On August 5, 1999, he founded the animation studio Xilam,<ref name="PontaviceLexpress" /> where the studio's name is an anagram of M-Alix, a declaration of love for his wife, Alix de Maistre,<ref name="Pontavice" /> and in December of the same year, Gaumont sold the assets of the former Gaumont Multimédia to du Pontavice for 44 million francs and reintegrated it into Xilam.<ref name="Pontavice" /> Also in 1999, he signed a contract with Dargaud and Lucky Comics to purchase the animation rights to ''Lucky Luke'', producing ''The New Adventures of Lucky Luke'' for France 3 in 2001 with a budget of €18.4 million.<ref name="Pontavice" />
On April 8, 2009, du Pontavice was elected president of the French Animation Producers Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animation-france.fr/telechargements/SPFA-CPRenouvellement_bureau0409.pdf|title=Election for positions in the French Animation Producers Union, April 2009|website=French Animation Producers Union|access-date=2023-07-29|archive-date=2016-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316095831/http://www.animation-france.fr/telechargements/SPFA-CPRenouvellement_bureau0409.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He held the position until 2015, when he was succeeded by Philippe Alessandri.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/news/philippe-alessandri-elected-chair-french-animation-producers-association|title=Philippe Alessandri Elected Chair of French Animation Producers' Association|author=Wolfe, Jennifer|date=October 2, 2015|website=Animation World Network|access-date=July 29, 2023}}</ref>
On February 3, 2020, along with 19 shareholders, he bought the longest-running film magazine in France, Cahiers du Cinéma, which resulted in the magazine's editorial team resigning collectively after the purchase.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/medias/clap-de-fin-pour-la-redaction-des-cahiers-du-cinema-1180672|title=Clap de fin pour la rédaction des Cahiers du cinéma|date=28 February 2020|website=Les Echos|access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref> In the same year, he was invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to become a member of the academy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2020/06/academy-adds-819-new-members-surpasses-parity-goals/|title=Academy Adds 819 New Members, Surpasses Parity Goals|author=Milligan, Mercedes|date=June 30, 2020|website=Animation Magazine|access-date=November 28, 2025}}</ref>
On March 10, 2022, he released his autobiographical book, ''Destin animé'', published by Slatkine et Compagnie, which tells the story of his life as a producer and the history of the Xilam studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://xilam.com/2022/04/01/destin-anime-un-livre-de-marc-du-pontavice-disponible-en-librairie/|title= « Destin animé », un livre de Marc du Pontavice, disponible en librairie|website= Xilam|date= April 1, 2022|access-date=March 13, 2026}}</ref> Development of the book began in mid-September 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the book's publisher offered du Pontavice the opportunity to tell his story in an autobiographical book.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.reca-animation.com/index.php/2022/05/10/linterview-animee-de-marc-du-pontavice/|title= L'INTERVIEW ANIMEE DE MARC DU PONTAVICE|website= Reca Animation|date= 10 May 2022|access-date= 2023-09-16|archive-date= 2022-05-20|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220520131843/https://www.reca-animation.com/index.php/2022/05/10/linterview-animee-de-marc-du-pontavice/|url-status= dead}}</ref>
==Personal life== Du Pontavice has been married to director and writer Alix de Maistre since June 23, 1989, with whom he had dated five years since 1984. They have two children, Lou and Ivan.<ref name="PontaviceLePoint2010" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://xilam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Xilam-Animation-Document-dInformation-Transfert-17092025-vdef.pdf|title=L'admission des actions ordinaires de la société XILAM ANIMATION sur le marché Euronext Growth|date=September 17, 2025|quote=À l'exception d'un lien marital entre Marc du Pontavice et Alix de Maistre (With the exception of a marital link between Marc du Pontavice and Alix de Maistre)|website=Xilam|access-date=April 30, 2026}}</ref> Du Pontavice and de Maistre married in the former French commune of Saint-Martin-du-Mesnil-Oury in Calvados.<ref name="Bonobo">{{cite web|url=https://www.pappers.fr/entreprise/sci-du-bonobo-452827025/documents/SCI%20DU%20BONOBO%20-%20Statuts%20mis%20%C3%A0%20jour%2014-10-2021.pdf|title=Sci du Bonobo|date=October 14, 2021|website=Pappers.fr|access-date=February 16, 2024}}</ref> The couple's relationship is very loving, as they form a united and fused couple, where de Maistre's love protects du Pontavice, also due to her support, both emotional and intellectual, which is one of the conditions for his balance. Without her, his choices would not always be the same. The birth of their children, Lou in 1992 and Ivan in 1995, brought rebirth to Marc, who faced sexual abuse from his mother in childhood. He has a good relationship with his two children, and also forms a strong bond with his eldest daughter.<ref name="Pontavice" /> Du Pontavice and de Maistre have been living in Vincennes since 1996.<ref name="Pontavice" /><ref name="Bonobo" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/marc_du_pontavice_bio_-_cnd_updated_8020a7da.pdf|title=BIOGRAPHY Marc du Pontavice|website=Disney+|access-date=October 23, 2023}}</ref> On du Pontavice's 50th birthday in 2013, de Maistre made a moving speech, uttered an essential phrase which said all the strength of her gaze upon him: "Marc, you are not afraid."<ref name="Pontavice" />
He is a fan of recent animation such as Studio Ghibli's ''The Tale of the Princess Kaguya''<ref name="OggyDepeche" /> and ''The Wind Rises'', and Disney's ''Wander Over Yonder'',<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zahed|first=Ramin|date=March 2014|title=A Handy Tale|magazine=Animation Magazine|location=United States}}</ref> and also admires Brad Bird and ''Bluey''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zahed|first=Ramin|date=June 2008|title=How to Make a Perfect French Western|magazine=Animation Magazine|location=United States}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c21media.net/perspective/can-a-kids-original-break-through-in-an-algorithm-driven-world/|title=Can a kids' original break through in an algorithm-driven world?|author=du Pontavice, Marc|date=May 21, 2025|website=C21Media|access-date=November 28, 2025}}</ref>
Du Pontavice is fluent in English and German, the latter due to his time at boarding school near Bonn during his adolescence, whereas the first one was previously terrible for having chosen German as his first foreign language.<ref name="Pontavice" />
He criticized France Télévisions' decision to close France 4 in an interview with the newspaper Le Figaro in 2018, calling it "a profound mistake."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2018/11/11/20004-20181111ARTFIG00093-fermer-france-4-est-une-erreur-profonde.php|title=Fermer France 4 est une erreur profonde|author=Renault, Enguérand|date=11 November 2018|website=Le Figaro|access-date=15 October 2025}}</ref> In a column sent to Agence France-Presse in 2020, about one hundred representatives, including du Pontavice and the director of ''I Lost My Body'', Jérémy Clapin, who make up the new general assembly of the Academy of Arts and Techniques of Cinema that holds the César ceremony, ruled out a collective resignation and denounced the lack of transparency following the presence of director Roman Polanski among the members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18693029.html|title=Roman Polanski et les César : "Comment ne pas nous sentir trahis"|author=Baronnet, Brigitte|date=17 September 2020|website=AlloCiné|access-date=15 October 2025}}</ref> On the topic of artificial intelligence, du Pontavice said that AI will never reproduce any story or style and it shouldn't be viewed as a means to revolutionize the processes behind animation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/05/lucy-lost-producer-director-share-the-secrets-of-their-magical-animated-mystery-exclusive-first-look/|title='Lucy Lost' Producer & Director Share the Secrets of Their Magical Animated Mystery (Exclusive First Look)|author=Zahed, Ramin|date=14 May 2026|website=Animation Magazine|access-date=15 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://xilam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/C21Media-Marc-du-Pontavice-Interview-19-May-2026.pdf|title=Interview with Marc du Pontavice to C21Media (May 19, 2026)|date=26 May 2026|website=Xilam|access-date=31 May 2026}}</ref>
==Influences== Du Pontavice was intrigued by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, but also Walt Disney's 1967 ''The Jungle Book'', the ''Mandrake the Magician'' and ''Rahan'' comics and the paintings of Alexander Iakovlev.<ref name="Pontavice" /><ref name="OggyDepeche" /><ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/ks23145.asp|last= Pratt|first= Laura|title= The Magician|website= Kidscreen|date= October 1998|access-date= 2025-10-31|archive-date= 2000-10-21|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20001021054859/http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/ks23145.asp|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="PontaviceLePoint" />
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1990 | ''Koko Flanel'' | | Special thanks<ref>Koko Flanel Closing Credits</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 2003 | ''De nouveau lundi'' | | Short film |- | ''Kaena: The Prophecy'' | | |- | rowspan="2" | 2007 | ''Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure'' | | |- | ''Sleeping Betty'' | | Short film |- | 2009 | ''For a Son'' | Doctor | Script collaboration<ref>For a Son Closing Credits</ref> |- | 2010 | ''Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life'' | Police Officer Vian 1 | |- | 2011 | ''War of the Buttons'' | | |- | 2013 | ''Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie'' | | |- | 2014 | ''Far from Men'' | | |- | 2015 | ''Minions'' | | Special thanks<ref>Minions Closing Credits</ref> |- | 2017 | ''Chateau'' | | Co-producer |- | 2018 | ''Close Enemies'' | | |- | 2019 | ''I Lost My Body'' | | |- | rowspan="2" | 2024 | ''Meanwhile on Earth'' | | |- | ''Prodigies'' | | |- | 2025 | ''La Vie de château - Mon enfance à Versailles'' | | |- | 2026 | ''Lucy Lost''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kidscreen.com/2019/03/25/what-were-watching-at-miptv/|title=What we're watching at MIPTV}}</ref><ref name=movies>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/xilam-lucy-lost-zack-snyder-disney-cartoon-movie-1235929579/|title=Xilam Retools 'Lucy Lost' as Feature, Adapting 'War Horse' Author Michael Morpurgo, Shares First Look (Exclusive)|first=Ben|last=Croll|website=Variety|date=March 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/09/xilam-animations-michael-morpurgo-pic-lucy-lost-sets-sail-with-sales-distribution-partners/|title=Xilam's Adaptation of Michael Mopurgo's 'Lucy Lost' Sets Sail With Sales & Distribution Partners|first=Mercedes|last=Milligan|website=Animation Magazine|date=September 16, 2024|access-date=September 17, 2024}}</ref> | | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Notes |- | 1992–1995 | ''Highlander: The Series'' | Executive in charge of production, alongside Denis Leroy<br>seasons 1–3 only |- | 1994–1996 | ''Highlander: The Animated Series'' | |- | 1996 | ''Sky Dancers'' | |- | 1996–1997 | ''Dragon Flyz'' | |- | 1997–2006 | ''Space Goofs'' | |- | 1998–1999 | ''The Magician'' | |- | 1998–2019 | ''Oggy and the Cockroaches'' | Freelance producer on season 2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/xilam-new-convergence-studio-tried-and-true-business-sense|title=Xilam: A New Convergence Studio With A Tried and True Business Sense|author=Beardmore, Marie|date=April 1, 2001|website=Animation World Network|access-date=January 21, 2024}}</ref> |- | 2001–2003 | ''The New Adventures of Lucky Luke'' | |- | 2001–2002 | ''Cartouche: Prince of the Streets'' | |- | 2003–2004 | ''Ratz'' | |- | 2005 | ''Tupu'' | |- | rowspan="2" | 2006–2007 | ''Shuriken School'' | Co-produced with José Maria Castillejo |- | ''Rintindumb'' | |- | 2008–2018 | ''A Kind of Magic'' | |- | 2008–2009 | ''Rahan'' | |- | 2009–2010 | ''Mr. Baby'' | Creator<ref>{{cite web|url=https://xilam.com/en/media/mr-baby/|title=Mr Baby – Xilam animation|work=Xilam animation |access-date=21 January 2024}}</ref> |- | 2010–2016 | ''The Daltons'' | |- | 2010–2024 | ''Zig & Sharko'' | |- | 2011–2014 | ''FloopaLoo, Where Are You?'' | Creator<ref>{{cite web|url=https://xilam.com/en/media/floopaloo-where-are-you/|title=Floopaloo, where are you? – Xilam animation|work=Xilam animation |access-date=21 January 2024}}</ref> |- | 2013–2015 | ''Hubert & Takako'' | |- | 2016–2017 | ''Rolling with the Ronks!'' | |- | 2017–2019 | ''Paprika'' | |- | 2018 | ''If I Were an Animal...'' | Creator<ref>{{cite web|url=https://xilam.com/en/media/if-i-were-an-animal/|title=If I were an Animal… – Xilam animation|work=Xilam animation |access-date=21 January 2024}}</ref> |- | 2019–2023 | ''Mr. Magoo'' | |- | rowspan="2" | 2020 | ''Moka's Fabulous Adventures!'' | |- | ''Coach Me If You Can'' | |- | 2021–present | ''Lupin's Tales'' | |- | 2021–2024 | ''Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life'' | |- | 2021–2023 | ''Oggy Oggy'' | |- | 2021 | ''Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation'' | |- | 2021–2022 | ''The Adventures of Bernie'' | |- | rowspan="3" | 2023 | ''Karate Sheep'' | |- | ''Kaeloo''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.remichapotot.fr/kaeloo/kaeloo-saison-5|title=KAELOO SAISON 5 {{!}} remichapotot|website=remichapotot.fr|language=fr|access-date=2025-08-11}}</ref> | |- | ''Silly Sundays'' | Special thanks<ref>Silly Sundays Closing Credits</ref> |- | 2024–present | ''Buddybot''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://xilam.com/en/media/buddybot/|title=Buddybot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=okoo_francetv |postid=C-7UWHDC-v7/ |title=Potobot c’est disponible dès maintenant sur l’appli Okoo 📱🌍 Et dès le 28 août sur France 4 ! #okoo #potobot #dessinanime #ecologie |date=21 August 2024}}</ref> | Theme song writer<ref>''Buddybot'' English Closing Credits</ref> |- | 2024 | ''My Life in Versailles'' | Co-producer<ref>''My Life in Versailles'' Closing Credits</ref> |- | 2025–present | ''Piggy Builders''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/xilam-animations-piggy-builders-to-start-work-at-bbc-france-televisions-and-zdf/|title=Xilam Animation's Piggy Builders to start work at BBC, France Télévisions and ZDF|first=Karolina|last=Kaminska|website=C21 Media|date=April 29, 2024}}</ref> | |- | 2026–present | ''The Doomies''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/disney-annecy-1235294867/ | title=Disney Reveals Animated Series Slate at Annecy Festival (Exclusive) | date=June 15, 2022 }}</ref> | |}
===Video games=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title |- | rowspan="2" | 1998 | ''Les Visiteurs, le jeu'' |- | ''The Fifth Element'' |- | 2000 | ''Stupid Invaders'' |}
==Honours and awards== ===Honours=== *50px Chevalier, ordre national du Mérite (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legiondhonneur.fr/sites/default/files/onm_20140515.pdf|title=Journal officiel de la République française|website=Ordre national du Mérite|date=May 15, 2014|access-date=March 28, 2026}}</ref>
===Awards=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Association ! Category ! Nominee ! Result |- | 2010 | International Encounters of Heritage Cinema and Restored Films | Henri-Langlois Award<ref>Vincennes Info, March 2010, n° 654</ref> | | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2" | 2011 | rowspan="2" | César Awards | Best Film | rowspan="2" | ''Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life'' | {{nom}} |- | Best First Film | {{win}} |- | rowspan="3" | 2020 | Academy Awards | Academy Award for Best Animated Feature | rowspan="2" | ''I Lost My Body'' | {{nom}} |- | César Awards | Best Animated Film | {{win}} |- | Animation Magazine Hall of Fame | Game-Changer Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/hall-of-fame-awards-2020/|title=Animation Magazine's 2020 Hall of Fame Awards|website=Animation Magazine|date=December 2, 2020|access-date=October 31, 2025}}</ref> | | {{won}} |}
==Bibliography== * Pontavice, Marc du. ''Destin animé''. France: Slatkine et Compagnie, 2022; {{ISBN|9782889441914}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slatkineetcompagnie.com/destin-anime/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418202342/http://www.slatkineetcompagnie.com/destin-anime/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 18, 2022|title=Destin animé — Slatkine et compagnie|date=February 10, 2022|publisher=Slatkine et Compagnie|access-date=21 January 2024}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Du Pontavice, Marc}} Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:French animators Category:French film producers Category:French animated film producers Category:French television producers Category:Film people from Paris Category:Sciences Po alumni Category:Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Category:French people of Breton descent Category:Xilam Category:Oggy and the Cockroaches