Spotlighting the stupendous class of Young Guns 20
Nearly 100 renowned industry professionals made up the jury for Young Guns this year. And after revealing the 84 finalists, it is finally time to unveil the 31 winners who make up the class of Young Guns 20.
Every year, we add another class of young talent from all over the globe to the exclusive Young Guns community. The winners of Young Guns 20 are your next project directors, animators, designers, editors, illustrators, artists, photographers, storytellers, coders, and writers. So this is your cue to follow them on Instagram immediately– because they are our industry’s future legends after all.
In two weeks, the winners will fly into NYC from around the world to celebrate their accomplishments, make new friends, have a few cocktails, and take home their official Young Guns Cube. We can’t wait to celebrate with them at Sony Hall on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at 6:30 PM– and we hope to see you there too!
Before the party begins, we took the time to get to know each of our winners so you can read up on the highly creative individuals who make up Young Guns 20.
MegaComputeur
Directors
Based:
London, England
Hometown:
Paris, France
When did you first hear about Young Guns?
We first heard about it from the studio that represents us as directors, Passion Pictures.
If you're a first-time entrant — congrats! What made you enter this year?
We entered this year because the timing was perfect in terms of our work. We had the right selection of work on our reel and we're on the cusp of some exciting developments taking us onto the next level, so. Young Guns is the perfect springing off point for us.
How did you decide which pieces were best to enter and truly reflected you and your work?
Choosing our work is a bit like choosing your favourite child (who also happens to be a donut). We tried to reflect different sides to our work, the funny side and also a bit more of the serious side that we don’t always get to show… we’re really glad that the Young Guns jury loved what we chose as much as we do!
What went through your mind when you discovered that you won, especially knowing how difficult it is to make it into Young Guns? How did you feel?
We felt honored and so happy to have such recognition! When we found out, we were actually developing our future project. What could be more motivating and encouraging than such news to continue developing new projects?
Define your personal brand in three words.
Comedy. Absurd. 80s.
Who may have had a hand in mentoring and supporting you?
Influences: Aardman, Jacques Tati, Dice Tsutsumi, Brad bird, Bong Joon Ho, and Alain Chabat. Mentors: Andrew Ruhemann, Alan Barillaro, Kristof Serrand, and Louis Clichy.
Now that you’re in the Young Guns crew, are there any past winners you look up to and admire?
We love Magnus Atom (YG19) and Yuval Haker (YG18).
Name a creative dream that you have yet to fulfill — hey, maybe Young Guns can help propel you in that direction!
One day we would love to make a MegaComputeur feature or series– to develop more of the narratives and characters we always come up with for our short films!
"One day we would love to make a MegaComputeur feature or series– to develop more of the narratives and characters we always come up with for our short films!"
This is YG20, but what do you imagine you’ll be up to when YG30 rolls around in 2032, both personally and professionally?
Still working on some exciting projects as a collective, and having a lot of fun making them! Hopefully, one of our dreams will be fulfilled, why not an animated series?
Any thoughts on how you are feeling about winning YG20?
It is incredible and it makes us realize that sometimes we have to challenge ourselves to create new projects without necessarily knowing if people will like them or not. It was the case for us with our film Plaisir Sucré, which opened many doors for us and helped us win this award!
Come party with us and celebrate all the Young Guns 20 winners on Wednesday, November 16 at Sony Hall!
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