Emmanuel-Alain Raynal is a French animation producer, author and gallery owner. He is mostly known for producing the Palme d'Or-winning short film 27 (2023), the feature film Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022), winner of the Grand Prix at Anima Brussels, and the feature film Chicken for Linda! (2023), winner of the Cristal Award at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Career Born in Nice, Raynal lived in Paris from the age of 11. He later decided to study cinema at the University of Paris (La Sorbonne). He holds a Master's degree in Film Studies.
After his studies, Raynal became a filmmaker and film producer for live actions films. In 2009, he founded the French production company Miyu Productions, specialised in animation. The company, based in Paris, Angoulême, Valence and Bruxelles, has produced a number of short films, feature films and TV specials and series. Since 2015, Raynal runs Miyu Productions alongside French producer Pierre Baussaron. He has also co-founded Miyu Distributions, Studio Miyu and Galerie Miyu, a contemporary art gallery showcasing artwork by animators.
Between 2018 and 2023, Raynal was the vice-president of the French Syndicate of Independent Producers (SPI).
In 2018, Raynal became a member of the Césars Academy. As of 2023, Raynal is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Short Films and Feature Animation branch.
Raynal is also the author of Domenica, a novel co-written with his father, French author and editor Patrick Raynal.
Filmography Short films 2013: Maman - producer 2016: Dix puissance moins quarante-trois seconde - producer 2017: Nothing Happens - producer 2018: The Afternoon of Clemence - producer 2018: I'm Going Out for Cigarettes - producer 2018: Egg - producer 2019: Symbiosis - producer 2020: Blue Fear - producer 2020: Easter Eggs - producer 2021: The Hangman at Home - producer 2021: Anxious Body - producer 2021: Steakhouse - co-producer 2022: Bird in the Peninsula - producer 2022: Histoire pour 2 Trompettes - producer 2022: Backflip - producer 2022: I'm late - producer 2022: Christopher at Sea - executive producer, producer 2022: Letter to a Pig - producer 2023: La Grande Arche - producer 2023: 27 - producer 2023: Aaaah! - producer 2023: Via Dolorosa - producer 2023: Nezumikozo Jirokichi - producer 2023: La Valise - producer 2023: Misérable Miracle - producer 2024: Society of Clothes (Les gens dans l'armoire) - producer
Feature films 2021: Ikuta no kita - producer 2023: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Saules aveugles, femme endormie) - producer 2023: Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du poulet!) - producer 2024: Ghost Cat Anzu - producer 2025: Death Does Not Exist (La mort n'existe pas) - producer 2026: A New Dawn - producer
Television 2019: La vie de château - producer 2021: Elliott from Earth (2021) (15 episodes) - executive producer 2021: Moules-Frites (TV special) - producer
Documentaries 2014: Le Soldat méconnu - producer 2015: Lune - producer
Bibliography
2023: Domenica co-written with Patrick Raynal, Albin Michel
Recognition Raynal's films have received several international accolades, such as the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival for the short film 27 (2023), and the Cristal Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival for 27 (2023) and the feature film Chicken for Linda! (original title: Linda veut du poulet!) (2023).
In 2019, Raynal was awarded with the 'Trophée de l'Animation du Film Français', a prize awarded to French animation professionals at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
In 2022, he received the 'Prix du Producteur français d'animation' (French Animation Producer Award), awarded by Procirep (Civil Society of French Producers).
In 2023 Raynal was awarded with the Prix de la Personnalité de l'année (Person of the year Award) awarded by the magazine Écran Total.
References
External links
Emmanuel-Alain Raynal at Unifrance.