Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi (born December 24, 1951, in Paris, France)
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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 ''

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'' (''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'' (1995). In 1994, Walt Disney Animation France 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'' (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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'' and '' Surf's Up'' 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 Christophe Malavoy. The comic is based on Louis-Ferdinand Céline's novels '' Castle to Castle'', ''

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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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. In 2023 they published '' Dante's Inferno: A Graphic Novel Adaptation'', a comic book based on

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's poem '' Inferno''.

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 * ''

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

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'' – Unit producers * '' A Goofy Movie'' (1995) – Unit producers, sequence directors * '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996) – storyboard artists, visual development, sequence directors * ''

'' (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

Selected bibliography

* '' La Cavale du Dr Destouches'' (2015), Futuropolis * ''L'Automne à Pékin'' (2017), Futuropolis * ''Les Contes Drolatiques'' (2021), Futuropolis * '' Dante's Inferno: A Graphic Novel Adaptation'' (2023), Daniel Maghen * '' Don Quichotte de la Manche'' (2023), Daniel Maghen * '' Le Fantôme de l'Opéra'' (2025), Futuropolis

References

External links

* *
BrizziBrothers.com – official website
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Selected filmography

Selected bibliography

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