Born in France in 1962, Benoit worked on the movie Balto (a 2D animated feature) for Amblimation, London. When that company dissolved into Dreamworks California, he moved along to the United States where he worked on all of Dreamworks 2D movies ( from The Prince of Egypt to Sinbad ) as a layout Artist. He worked at Bluesky Studios on “Robots”.
Benoit Lepennec did his drawing at Alexandra Boiger's studio, and represented himself in the studio while drawing.