Despicable Me was animated by a studio headquartered in Paris.
Despicable Me is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated comedy film from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment that was released on July 9 , 2010 in the United States . 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 .