Nick Bruno and Troy Quane are an American

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team best known for their work with

Blue Sky Studios Blue Sky Studios, Inc. was an American computer animation studio based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded on February 22, 1987 by Chris Wedge, Michael Ferraro, Carl Ludwig, Alison Brown, David Brown, and Eugene Troubetzkoy after their e ...

, including ''

Spies in Disguise ''Spies in Disguise'' is a 2019 American computer-animated spy comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Loosely inspired by the 2009 animated short ''Pigeon: Impossible'' by Lucas Martell, the film is dire ...

'' (2019) and ''

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'' (2023).

Career

Quane began his career at Walt Disney Studios as a storyboard artist on the films ''

The Wild ''The Wild'' is a 2006 American computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by animator Steve "Spaz" Williams and written by Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Mark Gibson and Philip Halprin. It features the voices of Eddie Izzard, Kiefer Sutherla ...

'' (2006) and '' Enchanted'' (2007). He later left the company to serve as a story artist on '' 9'' (2009), ''

Arthur Christmas ''Arthur Christmas'' is a 2011 computer-animated Christmas science fantasy comedy film directed by Sarah Smith and co-directed by Barry Cook. Featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, an ...

'' (2011), and ''

Hotel Transylvania ''Hotel Transylvania'' is an American animated media franchise created by comedy writer Todd Durham and produced by Sony Pictures Animation. It consists of four feature films, three short films, a flash-animated TV series, and several video ...

'' (2012). Bruno began his career at

as an animator on four ''

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'' films: '' The Meltdown'' (2006), '' Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' (2009), ''

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'' (2012), and ''

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'' (2016). He was also an animator on ''

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'' (2011), ''

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'' (2013), ''

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'' (2014), and ''

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'' (2015). In 2011, Quane began his directorial career with the film '' The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol''. In 2012, Quane was hired to co-direct the film ''Kazorn & The Unicorn'' with

Kelly Asbury Kelly Adam Asbury (January 15, 1960 – June 26, 2020) was an American animated film director, writer, voice actor, and illustrator. He was best known for directing animated films, including ''Shrek 2'', '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'', '' ...

. In 2019, Quane and Bruno first teamed up to direct the animated comedy film ''

'', for

. In April 2022, it was announced that they will direct the upcoming

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animated film ''

''.

Filmography

Troy Quane Nick Bruno

References

External links

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