Didier Ah-Koon
Director / Comedy Development / Storyboard artist
Comic book author
Creative Consultant Story and Comedy
Creative Consultant Story and Comedy
didierahkoon[@]gmail.com
+33 (0) 6.14.01.42.77
Didier is working as a storyboard artist with major animation studios: Illumination Entertainment, Universal, Blue Sky Studios, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros, Hasbro, Rovio Animation Company, On Entertainment, Boulder Media...
He is contributing to the success of the best blockbusters animated movies like The Lorax, Despicable Me 2, Minions, The Secret Life Of Pets, Ice Age: Collision Course, Smurfs: The Lost Village, The Emoji Movie, The Angry Birds Movie 2, Playmobil The Movie, Vivo, The Monkey King...
He has directed the Short Film "Cro Minion" at Illumination Entertainment released on Minions movie Blu-Ray.
He is also an awarded comic book author:
- The Minions comic book published by Titan Comics / Editions Dupuis
- Perseus (original comic book) published by Editions Delcourt
Perseus has won 2019 Nickelodeon kid's comic book choice award.
What he enjoys the most is provoking emotions by thinking outside the box!
EXPERIENCE
December 2014 - Present
Freelance Storyboard Artist and Comedy Development at Sony Pictures Animation
- Unannonuced Animated Feature Film Project
- Vivo (2020)
- Emojimovie : Express Yourself (2019)
- Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
August 2018 - Present
Freelance Storyboard Artist at Boulder Media / Hasbro
- Unannonuced Animated Feature Film Project
December 2017- May 2018
Animated Film Feature Director at Enormous Pictures
- Little Jules Verne (in development)
April 2017 - July 2017
Freelance Storyboard Artist at ON Animation Studios
- Playmobil Movie (2019)
December 2016 - Present
Freelance Storyboard Artist at Rovio Animation Company
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
February 2016 - Present
Creative Consultant - Comedy Development at Ubisoft
• Brainstorming and Analysing comedy punch-ups needs
• Providing storyboards beats, visual gags, comedy pass on scripts, storyboards and concepts
• Advising creative solutions
March 2013 - July 2015
Director on a Minion short movie at Illumination Mac Guff (Universal)
The short will be released on The Minions DVD (2015)
August 2014 - October 2014
Freelance Storyboard Artist at Blue Sky Studios
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
June 2010 - June 2014
Story Artist at Illumination Mac Guff (Universal)
- The Secret Life Of Pets (2015)
- The Minions (2015)
- Despicable Me 2 (2013)
- The Lorax (2012)
- Brad and Gary (Short 2011)
- Flanimals (in development)
May 2013 - July 2015
Comic book writer at Titan Comics and Editions Dupuis
Writer on "The Minions" comic book adaptation published in weekly magazine "Le journal de Spirou".
May 2011 - July 2011
Story Artist at Universal Orlando
"Despicable Me 3-D ride" for Universal Studios theme park.
Sep 2009 - May 2010
Story Artist at Marathon Media
"Rekkit Rabbit" (52 x 13’), 2D animated serie , 7 episodes.
July 2009 - Sep 2009
Story Artist at Cube Creative
"Kaeloo" (52 X 7'), 3D animated serie, 7 episodes.
May 2009 - June 2009
Story Artist at Futurikon
"Captain Biceps" (52 X 9'), 2D animated serie, 3 episodes.
August 2008 - March 2009
Story Artist at TV Loonland
"My Life Me", 2D animated serie (52 X 12'), 7 episodes.
June 2008 - July 2008
Story Artist at TeamTO
"International Hareport", 3D animated serie (26x12') , 2 episodes
Oct 2007 - April 2008
Story Artist at Mac Guff
"Pat & Stan", 3D animated serie (39 X 6'30''), 12 episodes
EDUCATION
2004 – 2007
Gobelins
CRFA, Animation
2001 – 2004
Emile Cohl
Art, Illustration, Comic
