Michel Ancel

Michel Ancel (born March 29, 1972 in Monaco ) is a French designer of computer games . He became known through Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil . Michel Ancel was named Knight des Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France on March 13, 2006 for his life's work in the video game industry .

Career

Michel Ancel started working as a graphic designer for the French publisher and developer Ubisoft at the age of 17 . The first part of: In 1995, his greatest success probably came after three years of development Jump 'n' Run -Spielereihe Rayman .

Ancel was also involved in the development of the sequel Rayman 2: The Great Escape . In Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc he was not involved.

In 2003, Beyond Good & Evil was released , an action-adventure game, which was praised by the critics, but which was not granted any financial success. Due to difficulties with publisher Electronic Arts , director Peter Jackson handed over the development of a game for his film King Kong to Ubisoft. Michel Ancel and his team in Montpellier finally realized the project.

Through a trailer that was shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2006, Ancel announced the game Rayman: Raving Rabbids , a collection of mini-games specially developed for Nintendo Wii . A second part was published in 2007.

For Super Mario Maker , which was released on September 11, 2015 for the Wii U , Ancel created a separate level.

Web links

Commons : Michel Ancel - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Michel Ancel at MobyGames (English)
Erwan Cario: Michel Ancel, piqué au jeu ( French ) Écrans. May 30, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2013.

Individual evidence

↑ France awards medals to game designers
↑ gamespy.com: Gamespy Interviews: Michel Ancel: Beyond Rayman ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dated September 17, 2003. @1@ 2

↑ Super Mario Maker - Michel Ancel donne ses conseils avec Super Mario Maker! (Wii U). Nintendo France, August 6, 2015, accessed August 7, 2015 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Ancel, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French designer of computer games
DATE OF BIRTH	March 29, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Monaco

[1] France awards medals to game designers

[2] spy.com: Gamespy Interviews: Michel Ancel: Beyond Rayman ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dated September 17, 2003. @1@ 2

[3] Super Mario Maker - Michel Ancel donne ses conseils avec Super Mario Maker! (Wii U). Nintendo France, August 6, 2015, accessed August 7, 2015 (French).