- 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).Filmography1973 ◘ 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)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.