Brizzi, Gaëtan and Brizzi, Paul

(December 24, 1951, Paris, France - )

   Twin brothers, they studied art in the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (Art Decorative Su­perior National School of Paris). Spotted and helped by Paul Grimault, they directed their first animated short in 1973 before working as character design­ers (1985 Les Mondes engloutis / Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea / The Absorbed Worlds, animated TV series), unit directors (1989 Babar: The Movie / Le Triomphe de Babar, animation, Alan Bunce, Canada / France; 1993 Marsupilami, TV, animation, episodes "Working Class Mars", "King of the Beach", "The Hairy Ape", Bob Hathcock, Ed Wexler), sequence directors (1990 Duck Tales: The Movie—Treasure of the Lamp / La Bande à Picsou: Le Trésor de la Lampe perdue, Bob Hathcock, USA / France), producers (1991 Win­nie the Pooh & Christmas Too, Jamie Mitchell, USA), animation producers (1995 A Goofy Movie, Kevin Lima, USA), co-authors of stories (1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame, animation, Guy Trousdale, Kirk Wise, USA; 1999 Tarzan, animation, Chris Buck, Kevin Lima, USA), storyboard artists (1992 Goof Troop: The Good, the Bad and the Goofy, TV, animation, Robert Taylor; 2007 Enchanted, animation, Kevin Lima, USA), and story artists (2009 9, animation, Shane Acker, USA). They currently work for Dreamworks. Other credit (as animator / Paul Brizzi only): 1988 La Table tourn­ante (animation, Jacques Demy).

 Filmography

1973 ◘ Un (animation, short)

1977 ◘ Fracture (animated short)

1982 ◘ Chronique 1909 (animated short)

1985 ◘ Astérix et la Surprise de César / USA: Asterix Versus Caesar (animation; also layout artists)

1999 ◘ Fantasia / 2000 (animation; segment "The Firebird Suite"; USA)

2009 ◘ Ruby Tuesday (animation)