Pierre Perifel (born March 19, 1980) is a French filmmaker and animator, best known for his work at DreamWorks Animation. He is the director of the feature film The Bad Guys and the award-winning short films Bilby and Le Building. He is an alumnus of École Émile-Cohl and Gobelins, l'Ecole de l'image.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 19, 1980 (46)
- Lyon, Rhône, France
- Director, producer and writer
- 12 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Pierre Perifel's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 3
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · 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 Pierre Perifel's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Pierre Perifel'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
16 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Bad Guys 2(2025)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Bad Guys(2022)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Bilby(2018)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Rise of the Guardians(2012)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Nocturna(2007)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Curious George(2006)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Building (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Bad Guys 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Mitchells vs. the Mitchells (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles, 13 of them dated from 2005 to 2025.
Biggest box office
The Bad Guys (2022)
Highest rated
Bilby (2018)
Most popular right now
The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Pierre Perifel's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of the 11 of 12 with a score; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved5
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 74/100 and the pacing 77/100 in their films, across 3 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 Pierre Perifel work with?
People who share at least 2 of Pierre Perifel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Aaron Blabey shares the most, 3.
Directors
- JP SansShared titles: The Bad Guys 2 (2025), Bilby (2018)See all 2 shared titles with JP Sans
Writers
- Aaron BlabeyShared titles: The Bad Guys 2 (2025), The Bad Guys (2022), The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Aaron Blabey
Actors
- Alex BorsteinShared titles: The Bad Guys 2 (2025), The Bad Guys (2022), The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Alex Borstein
- Anthony RamosShared titles: The Bad Guys 2 (2025), The Bad Guys (2022), The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Anthony Ramos
- AwkwafinaShared titles: The Bad Guys 2 (2025), The Bad Guys (2022), The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Awkwafina
- Craig RobinsonShared titles: The Bad Guys 2 (2025), The Bad Guys (2022), The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Craig Robinson
Composers
- Daniel PembertonShared titles: The Bad Guys 2 (2025), The Bad Guys (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Pemberton
Producers
- Damon RossShared titles: The Bad Guys 2 (2025), The Bad Guys (2022), The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Damon Ross
- Patrick HughesShared titles: The Bad Guys 2 (2025), The Bad Guys (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Patrick Hughes
- Rebecca HuntleyShared titles: The Bad Guys (2022), The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Rebecca Huntley
