A director and screenwriter trained at the Gobelins animation school, Marco Nguyen directed the short Le Building (2005). He served as an assistant director and animation director on Joann Sfar′s The Rabbi′s Cat (2011), and worked as an animator on Ernest & Celestine (2012) and The Summit of the Gods (2021). He was a first assistant director on Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec′s The Swallows of Kabul (2019). His debut feature, co-directed with Nicolas Athané, Jim Queen, a bold and exhilarating adult animated comedy set in Paris′s gay scene, had its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
