---
name: "Guillaume Aretos"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/guillaume-aretos"
fi1m_id: "guillaume-aretos"
imdb_id: "nm0967646"
tmdb_id: 12071
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "29 December 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 53
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T12:06:55.613913+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."
---

# Guillaume Aretos

## Identity

Guillaume Aretos

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/guillaume-aretos
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** guillaume-aretos
- **IMDb ID:** nm0967646
- **TMDB ID:** 12071
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0967646/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12071

Production designer. Born 29 December 1963 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 29 December 1963, Paris, France
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 3 acting, 3 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Antonio Banderas](https://film.one/person/antonio-banderas.md), [Aaron Horvath](https://film.one/person/aaron-horvath.md), [Anya Taylor-Joy](https://film.one/person/anya-taylor-joy.md), [Aron Warner](https://film.one/person/aron-warner.md), [Cameron Diaz](https://film.one/person/cameron-diaz.md), [Charlie Day](https://film.one/person/charlie-day.md), [Chris Meledandri](https://film.one/person/chris-meledandri.md), [Chris Miller](https://film.one/person/chris-miller.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (3), 2010s 66 (1), 2020s 47 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 53 to 50 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Animation 3, Comedy 3, Family 3, Fantasy 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,928m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0967646/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12071

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Shrek 2*](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md) (80), [*The Super Mario Bros. Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-bros-movie.md) (56), [*Shrek the Third*](https://film.one/film/shrek-the-third.md) (50), [*The Super Mario Galaxy Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie.md) (38)
- **HBO Max:** [*Puss in Boots*](https://film.one/film/puss-in-boots.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Guillaume Aretos is a production designer and actor. Born in Paris, he trained at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris and the École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle. He moved to the United States in 1996 and joined DreamWorks, where he worked as a visual development artist on *Antz* (1998) before serving as art director on *Shrek* (2001).

Aretos has been production designer on several animated features, including *Shrek 2* (2004), *Shrek the Third* (2007), *Puss in Boots* (2011) and *The Super Mario Bros. Movie* (2023), as well as the forthcoming *The Super Mario Galaxy Movie* (2026). He has also provided voices for characters in the *Shrek* series, *Mr. Peabody & Sherman* (2014) and *Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos* (2012). He won an Annie Award for production design on *Shrek*.

*Sources: imdb.com, aretos.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (3)

- *Shrek the Third* (2007), Fi1m 50, as Raul (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-the-third.md)
- *Shrek 2* (2004), Fi1m 80, as Receptionist (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)
- *Shrek* (2001), Fi1m 80, as Merry Man (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek.md)

### Crew (3) — the average rests on these

- *The Super Mario Galaxy Movie* (2026), Fi1m 38, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie.md)
- *The Super Mario Bros. Movie* (2023), Fi1m 56, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-bros-movie.md)
- *Puss in Boots* (2011), Fi1m 66, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/puss-in-boots.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The Super Mario Galaxy Movie* (2026), Production Design — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie.md)
- *The Super Mario Bros. Movie* (2023), Production Design — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-bros-movie.md)
- *Mr. Peabody & Sherman* (2014), as Robespierre (voice)
- *Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos* (2012), as Le Chuchoteur / The Whisperer (voice)
- *Puss in Boots* (2011), as Visual Development · Production Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/puss-in-boots.md)
- *Shrek the Third* (2007), as Raul (voice) · Production Design — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-the-third.md)
- *Far Far Away Idol* (2004), Production Design
- *Shrek 2* (2004), as Receptionist (voice) · Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)
- *Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party* (2001), as Merry Men (singing voice)
- *Shrek* (2001), as Merry Man (voice), Art Direction — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek.md)

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