---
name: "Christophe Lautrette"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christophe-lautrette"
fi1m_id: "christophe-lautrette"
imdb_id: "nm2390429"
tmdb_id: 44126
roles: ["Visual development"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T15:32:17.588238+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."
---

# Christophe Lautrette

## Identity

Christophe Lautrette

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christophe-lautrette
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christophe-lautrette
- **IMDb ID:** nm2390429
- **TMDB ID:** 44126
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2390429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44126

Visual development. Born in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Visual development
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 55 (1), 2010s 60 (1), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 57 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Animation 3, Comedy 3, Family 3, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,091m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2390429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44126

## Biography

Christophe Lautrette is a French production designer and visual development artist based in Los Angeles. Born in Paris and raised in Toulouse, he studied applied arts at Jolimont before earning a degree in animation from Gobelins – L’École de l’Image. He began his career at Disney Feature Animation in France on *A Goofy Movie* (1995).

In 1996 he moved to the United States and joined DreamWorks Animation, where he worked for 21 years on films including layout on *The Prince of Egypt* (1998) and *The Road to El Dorado* (2000), visual development on *Madagascar* (2005) and *Kung Fu Panda* (2008), and art direction and character design on *Bee Movie* (2007). He served as production designer on *The Croods* (2013).

Since leaving DreamWorks in 2016, Lautrette has worked at Paramount Pictures Animation as production designer on *Rumble* (2021) and *The Tiger’s Apprentice* (2024). He received an Annie Award nomination for production design on *The Croods*.

*Sources: christophelautrette.com, imdb.com, artstation.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Croods: A New Age* (2020), Fi1m 70, Visual Development — [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods-a-new-age.md)
- *The Croods* (2013), Fi1m 60, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods.md)
- *Bee Movie* (2007), Fi1m 55, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/bee-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Rumble* (2021), as French Announcer (voice) · Production Design
- *The Croods: A New Age* (2020), as Visual Development — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods-a-new-age.md)
- *The Croods* (2013), Production Design — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods.md)
- *Bee Movie* (2007), as Art Direction — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/bee-movie.md)
- *Le Chaperon Rouge* (1993), Director

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