Ugo Bienvenu

Directing

Ugo Bienvenu

Born 1987-05-10

Ugo Bienvenu is a French illustrator, director, publisher and producer based in Paris. Because his father was a diplomat, Ugo grew up in Guatemala, in Tchad, in Paris and in Mexico. His comic credits include: Fog, Sphere of existence, Paiement accepté, L’entretien, Premium+ and System Preference. He has also written Appel en Absence and B.O, Comme un Dieu. As well as comics, Ugo has produced short movies, music videos and advertisements out of his studio Remembers, publishes content from his own publishing house Réalistes, and has directed the Oscar-nominated animated feature movie Arco starring Natalie Portman.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Arco poster
7.5

Ten-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by any means to help send him back to his own era.

Arco

2025

Arco poster
7.5

Ten-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by any means to help send him back to his own era.

Arco

2025

Arco poster
7.5

Ten-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by any means to help send him back to his own era.

Arco

2025

Mom poster
6.0

Dad irons. Child tidies up. Mum breathes out.

Mom

2013

Mom poster
6.0

Dad irons. Child tidies up. Mum breathes out.

Mom

2013

God Is Shy poster
NR

During a train ride, Ariel and Paul pass the time sketching their deepest fears. Their game takes an unexpected turn when Gilda, a mysterious passenger, intrudes on their exchange. Yet, her relationship with fear seems far less innocent than their playful drawings.

God Is Shy

2026

Jelly Sunday poster
5.3

Gretchen unmoulds a jar of jelly in her room while her parents picnic in the garden. The jelly comes to life, the girl begins a frenzied dance with her new friend "Jelly".

Jelly Sunday

2009

The End of the World poster
4.0

While waiting for the end of the world, Max and Norbert chat.

The End of the World

2012

A Kind of Testament poster
7.0

A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. A stranger with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”

A Kind of Testament

2023

Je t'aime poster
7.0

"Y" hears a sound next door.

Je t'aime

2010

Goodbye Cruel World poster
NR

Fourteen-year-old Otto writes a suicide letter to his family and classmates, but his attempt fails. Too ashamed to go back home, he hides. As night falls, he roams the city streets like a ghost—until a girl from his high school, Léna, recognizes him.

Goodbye Cruel World

2026

An Island poster
NR

A discreet hole in the wall provides the middle-aged protagonist of this moodily inked, ennui-infused short with stolen views of the young woman next door.

An Island

2012

An Island poster
NR

A discreet hole in the wall provides the middle-aged protagonist of this moodily inked, ennui-infused short with stolen views of the young woman next door.

An Island

2012

Farewell Emile poster
7.0

Tim lost his father a few months ago. Today, he is about to break up with his boyfriend Émile. Confined to his home, Tim delves into the memories of their relationship, mingled with his father's. Refusing to accept the separation, he embarks on a desperate digital hunt to find Émile.

Farewell Emile

2024

L'entretien poster
6.5

No men left on earth, only maintenance programed robots. Mikki, the robot from the Opera Garnier is not an exception. Every night, at nightfall, he projects on the stage mysterious pictures of a dancer, as a last memory of mankind.

L'entretien

2019

L'entretien poster
6.5

No men left on earth, only maintenance programed robots. Mikki, the robot from the Opera Garnier is not an exception. Every night, at nightfall, he projects on the stage mysterious pictures of a dancer, as a last memory of mankind.

L'entretien

2019