| Ben Bocquelet | |
|---|---|
| Born | Benjamin Bocquelet 1983 (age 28–29) France |
| Occupation | Animator, writer, producer |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Known for | The Hell's Kitchen The Amazing World of Gumball |
Benjamin "Ben" Bocquelet (born 1983) is a French-born English animator, writer, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the Cartoon Network series The Amazing World of Gumball. He also wrote a short film called The Hell's Kitchen in 2003. When Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe was created in 2007, Ben Bocquelet was hired in order to help people pitch their projects to the network. However, when the studio decided to have its employees all pitch their own ideas,[1] he decided to take some of the rejected characters he had created for commercials and put them all in one series, with a school setting.[2] Daniel Lennard, the Vice President of Original Series and Development at Turner Broadcasting UK,[3] liked the idea and the series was ultimately greenlit.