Michel Ancel
aka:
M. Ancel
Moby ID: 30395
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Michel Ancel is a French video game director and creative manager of the development studio of Ubisoft in Montpellier. He is known for creating the Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil franchises.
Ancel's first title, Mechanic Warriors, was developed for software house Lankhor. Ancel then joined Ubisoft as a graphic artist at the age of 17, where he worked on the graphics of games such as The Intruder and The Teller. In 1992, he began to work on Rayman, his directorial debut.
In March 2006, he, along with Shigeru Miyamoto and Frédérick Raynal, was knighted by the French Minister of Culture and Communication, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, a knight of arts and literature. In 2014 Ancel founded his own studio, Wild Sheep and said he would also continue to work on various projects for Ubisoft.
In September 2020 Ancel said that he was leaving the games industry through an announcement on Instagram. He said this was to pursue his second passion, wildlife, as he would be working on a wildlife sanctuary. He said that the projects he had been working on, Beyond Good and Evil 2 and Wild, were in good hands.
Credited on 40 games
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| Psychonauts 2 (2021, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Immortals: Fenyx Rising (2020, PlayStation 5) | Special Thanks |
| Rayman Mini (2019, iPhone) | Based on the Rayman Universe, A Universe Created By |
| Rayman Adventures (2015, Android) | A Game Created by |
| Valiant Hearts: The Great War (2014, Windows) | Very Special Thanks to |
| Rayman Fiesta Run (2013, Android) | Creative Director |
| Rayman Legends (2013, Windows) | A Game Created by |
| Rayman Legends: Beatbox (2013, Android) | Creative Director |
| Rayman Jungle Run (2012, Android) | Creative Director |
| Rayman Origins (2012, Windows) | Created and Directed by |
| The Adventures of Tintin: The Game (2011, PlayStation 3) | Tintin First Project Team |
| Red Steel 2 (2010, Wii) | Special Thanks to |
| Rayman: Raving Rabbids TV Party (2008, Wii) | Rayman is based on an original concept by |
| Rayman: Raving Rabbids 2 (2007, Wii) | Character Design |
| Rayman: Raving Rabbids (2007, Nintendo DS) | Special Thanks |
| Rayman: Raving Rabbids (2006, Game Boy Advance) | Rayman Creator |
| Rayman: Raving Rabbids (2006, Wii) | Based on an original world by |
| Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (2005, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Rayman: 10th Anniversary (2005, Game Boy Advance) | Based on an original idea by |
| Rayman: Hoodlum's Revenge (2005, Game Boy Advance) | Original Concept by |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 30 games with Yves Guillemot
- 27 games with Serge Hascoët
- 23 games with Frédéric Houde
- 21 games with Christine Burgess-Quémard
- 20 games with Jean-Marc Geffroy
- 19 games with Didier Lord
- 18 games with Cyril Derouineau
- 18 games with Dieter Pfeil
- 18 games with Stefan Dinger
- 17 games with Olivier Soleil
Companies
- 39 games with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
- 19 games with Ubisoft, Inc.
- 11 games with Ubisoft Montpellier SAS
- 11 games with Ubisoft GmbH
- 9 games with Ubisoft SRL
- 7 games with Valve Corporation
- 6 games with Ubisoft Paris Studios SARL
- 6 games with Ubisoft SARL
- 6 games with GOG Limited
- 6 games with Ubisoft Ltd.
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