Director Biography – Pipou Phuong Nguyen

Pipou Phuong Nguyen is a director and artist based in Paris. She graduated from Gobelins Paris with a master’s degree in animated filmmaking.

A young Vietnamese artist passionate about animation, an art form that has all the arts, she weaves eclectic universes and characters into a Pipou-esque storytelling. She constantly renews her artistic practice by combining 2D/3D animation, stop motion and puppetry. She also tells stories through AR / VR projects and oil paintings. She draws on these different mediums to discover new sources of inspiration and live her passion as an artist more intensely.
Notable short films include Goodbye Robin! (2020), I’m Ready to be any Animal that’s Whistled (2021) and The Boy Who Cheated Death (2025)