---
name: "Ben Bocquelet"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-bocquelet"
fi1m_id: "ben-bocquelet"
imdb_id: "nm2173609"
tmdb_id: 1254165
wikidata_id: "Q3637925"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 June 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:21:48.842154+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ben Bocquelet

## Identity

Ben Bocquelet

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-bocquelet
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-bocquelet
- **IMDb ID:** nm2173609
- **TMDB ID:** 1254165
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3637925
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bocquelet, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3637925, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2173609/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1254165

Writer. Born 27 June 1980 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 June 1980, Paris, France
- **Also known as:** Benjamin Bocquelet
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bocquelet, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3637925, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2173609/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1254165

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Amazing World of Gumball*](https://film.one/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Benjamin Bocquelet (also credited as Ben Bocquelet) is a French-British animator, writer, director and producer. He is the creator of the Cartoon Network animated series *The Amazing World of Gumball* (2011–2019), on which he also served as writer, executive producer, showrunner and art director.

Bocquelet trained in animation and began his career working on commercials at Studio AKA in London. He joined Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe in 2007, where he developed the concept for *Gumball* after an initial pitch about rejected cartoon characters was revised into a family sitcom format. The series premiered in 2011. He has also created the revival series *The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball* (2025–present).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theamazingworldofgumball.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Amazing World of Gumball* (2011), Fi1m 82, Lyricist, Writer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Gumball Chronicles* (2020), series, Creator
- *Darwin's Yearbook* (2019), series, Creator
- *The Amazing World of Gumball* (2011), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Lyricist, Creator — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball.md)
- *The Little Short-Sighted Snake* (2006), as Art Direction
- *Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1* (2005), Director
- *The Hell's Kitchen* (2003), Director, Writer
- *Gumball*, series, Creator

## Gallery

- ![Portrait of Ben Bocquelet](https://film.one/media/person/1777336/gallery-0f56900e6bab.jpg) Portrait of Ben Bocquelet — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Ben_Bocquelet-IMG_0338.JPG/1280px-Ben_Bocquelet-IMG_0338.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Portrait of Ben Bocquelet](https://film.one/media/person/1777336/gallery-7d970070ba64.jpg) Portrait of Ben Bocquelet — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ben_Bocquelet-IMG_0339.JPG/1280px-Ben_Bocquelet-IMG_0339.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Bocquelet](https://film.one/media/person/1777336/gallery-9ab05f4de22d.jpg) Ben Bocquelet — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Ben_Bocquelet-IMG_0340.JPG/1280px-Ben_Bocquelet-IMG_0340.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Portrait of Ben Bocquelet](https://film.one/media/person/1777336/gallery-73a696d77cf3.jpg) Portrait of Ben Bocquelet — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Ben_Bocquelet-IMG_0342.JPG/1280px-Ben_Bocquelet-IMG_0342.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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