Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi (born December 24, 1951 in Paris, Francehttp://www.artistregister.com/brizzis.html ) are twin French artists, painters, illustrators, animators, and

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Career

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The Brizzis first made their name working in commercials and short films, including the award-winning short ''Fracture''. In 1985, the brothers directed the animated film ''

Asterix Versus Caesar ''Asterix Versus Caesar'' (also known in France as ''Astérix et la surprise de César'') is a 1985 French–Belgian animated adventure comedy film written by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo and Pierre Tchernia, and directed by Paul and Gaëtan Br ...

'' (''Astérix et la surprise de César'') for

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, and started their own animation studio, Brizzi Films, the following year. Brizzi Films worked on several international television series, including ''

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'' and its feature film adaptation, '' Babar: The Movie'' (1989). In 1989, the Brizzis sold their studio to

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, who first turned the facility into a satellite shop for

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. The Brizzis worked as unit producers on several Disney TV shows and two films based on Disney TV shows, '' DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'' (1990) and ''

A Goofy Movie ''A Goofy Movie'' is a 1995 American animated musical comedy-adventure film produced by Disney MovieToons and Walt Disney Television Animation. Directed by Kevin Lima, the film is based on The Disney Afternoon television series ''Goof Troop'' ...

'' (1995). In 1994,

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was placed under the

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division, and after completing work on ''A Goofy Movie'', the Brizzis moved to Los Angeles to work as storyboard/concept artists and sequence directors on ''

The Hunchback of Notre Dame ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (french: Notre-Dame de Paris, translation=''Our Lady of Paris'', originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. It focuses on the unfortunate story o ...

'' (1996). They also worked extensively on ''

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'' (1999), and developed and directed the '' Firebird Suite'' sequence in ''

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'' (1999). The Brizzis left Disney in 2001, and the studio in France was closed down in 2002 during a massive downsizing of Feature Animation. The brothers continued to work on their personal art and painting projects, and were briefly signed to direct ''

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'' at

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. Following work as story artists on the

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-produced '' 9'', the brothers had been working with

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on a film entitled ''Ruby Tuesday'', which will present animated interpretations of songs by Jagger's band

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. In 2015 they released the comic book ''La Cavale du Dr Destouches'', which they made in collaboration with

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. The comic is based on

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's novels ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Rigadoon'', which form a trilogy about his experiences from the

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enclave during

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Selected filmography

*''Fracture'' (1977, short) – directors *''Chronique 1909'' (1982) * '' Asterix Versus Caesar/Astérix et la surprise de César'' (1985) – directors *''

'' (1989, television series) – Unit producers *'' Babar: The Movie'' (1989) – Unit directors * '' DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'' (1990) – Unit producers * ''

TaleSpin ''TaleSpin'' is an American animated television series first aired in 1990 as a preview on Disney Channel and later that year as part of '' The Disney Afternoon''. It features characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature ''The Jungle Bo ...

'' (1990, television series) – Unit producers * ''

Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too ''Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too'' is a 1991 Christmas television special based on the Disney television series ''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'', originally broadcast on December 14, 1991, on ABC and produced by Walt Disney Animation ...

'' – Unit producers * ''

'' (1995) – Unit producers, sequence directors * ''

'' (1996) – storyboard artists, visual development, sequence director (Paul) * ''

'' (1999) – storyboard artists, visual development * ''

'' (1999) – storyboard artists, visual development, directors: ''Firebird Suite'' * '' Enchanted'' (2007) – storyboard artists * '' 9'' (2009) – storyboard artists * '' Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet'' (2015) – storyboard artists, segment directors * '' Space Jam: A New Legacy'' (2021) - storyboard artists

References

External links

* *
BrizziBrothers.com – official website
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Career

Selected filmography

See also

References

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