Illumination Mac Guff (Mac Guff Line) is a French animated feature production company owned by Illumination Entertainment. The company was created in 2011 as part of Illumination's parent company Universal Pictures' purchase deal of the animation arm of French animation and VFX company Mac Guff and are responsible for Illumination's feature-length animated films and associated short films (except for Hop, animation by Rhythm and Hues), most notably the Despicable Me franchise.