Benjamin Renner (born 14 November 1983) is a French cartoonist, animator and filmmaker. Renner and his fellow producers received a 2014 Academy Awards nomination in the category of Best Animated Feature for the film Ernest & Celestine. He previously directed a short, La queue de la souris (The Mouse's Tail) in 2008.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 14, 1983 (42)
- France
- Director and writer
- 5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Benjamin Renner's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 2
Gentle 4 · Charged 0 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Benjamin Renner's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Benjamin Renner's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
9 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Minions & Monsters(2026)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Migration(2023)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Yellowbird(2014)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Ernest & Celestine(2012)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
The End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
A Mouse's Tale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Le plus gros Président du Monde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Crow that wanted to imitate the Eagle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2006 to 2026.
Awards
1 major award from 3 major nominations, 2012–2014.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
- Cannes award, won
- Cannes award, nominated
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Benjamin Renner's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 5 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 72/100 and the pacing 62/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Benjamin Renner work with?
People who share at least 2 of Benjamin Renner's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fabienne Alvarez-Giro shares the most, 2.
Editors
- Fabienne Alvarez-GiroShared titles: Yellowbird (2014), Ernest & Celestine (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Fabienne Alvarez-Giro
Producers
- Didier BrunnerShared titles: The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (2017), Ernest & Celestine (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Didier Brunner
- Vincent TavierShared titles: The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (2017), Ernest & Celestine (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Vincent Tavier