Despicable Me was animated by one man headquartered in Paris.
Despicable Me . The film was animated by the French animation studio Mac Guff , which was later acquired by Illumination Entertainment . Mac Guff is a French visual effects company based in both Los Angeles , USA and Paris , France , where it is headquartered . 270 graphic artists , vfx supervisors and producers , computer engineers and administrators are usually working on 100 + million files ( for Despicable Me ) . Oscar Jackson , Jr. ( born October 29 , 1967 ) , better known by his stage name Paris , is an American rapper from San Francisco , California , known for his highly charged political and socially conscious lyrics .