Dominique Monféry (born May 4, 1965) is a French director, storyboard artist and also an animator.

Education

Monféry studied at the Gobelins School of the Image.

Career

Monféry started his career at Disney in 1990 with '' DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'', working as an animator and animation supervisor. He was an animator of the character

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from ''

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''. He also worked as an animation supervisor on ''

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'' (on the characters Titans and Cyclops), ''

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'' (on the character

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), ''

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'' and ''

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''.

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hired Monféry to direct the animated short film ''

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'', after

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returned to the project in 1999. It was Monféry's first film as a director. Monféry continued working at Disney until 2006 with ''

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''. When the Walt Disney Feature Animation studio in Paris closed, Monféry co-created Welldone Films. His first feature film was the French-Canadian ''

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'' in 2006, after which he directed the French-Italian feature film '' Eleanor's Secret'', which was shown at the

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was involved in the production of both films, formerly known under the name Alphanim. Monféry is also a graphic novel illustrator. His first work was ''Tin Lizzie'', edited and distributed by Swiss Editions Paquet (2015). The story is based on the Ford Model T, nicknamed

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. The first part was released at the end of January 2015, and the second part was released in early July 2015. The story was written by Thierry Chafouin, who also worked with Disney as a storyboard artist. Monféry also created the concept and animation of ''Au Fil de l' Eau'' (''On Flying Water''), an animated short musical film on the metaphor of life (little water drops). The film earned several distinctions throughout the year, some shared between Monféry and the producer and composer Julia Pajot, both for the concept and the original score. This film was released for a week in September 2015 in Los Angeles. Originally working as a director on an animated film adaptation of

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's novel ''

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'', Monféry is working on the screenplay.

References

External links

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Monfery at Internet Animation Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monfery, Dominique French animators Living people French film directors Walt Disney Animation Studios people Place of birth missing (living people) French storyboard artists French animated film directors 1965 births