Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

150 • BRIZZI, GAËTAN and BRIZZI, PAUL
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 fi rst 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).
Filmography
1973 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)
BROCA, PHILIPPE DE (March 15, 1933, Paris,
France–November 26, 2004, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hautsde-Seine,
France)
After completing his secondary studies, he entered
the Louis Lumière-Vaugirard Superior National
School, where he learned cinematic and photographic
techniques. He was a member of the Citroën Expedition
in Africa, where he shot his fi rst 16-mm
documentaries. During the Algerian War, he was a
news cameraman in the French army’s Cinematographic
Service. Having returned to civilian life, he
made his fi lm debut as a trainee assistant director
(1957 Tous peuvent me tuer / Tutti possono uccidermi /
UK: Anyone Can Kill Me / USA: Everybody Wants to Kill
Me, Henri Decoin, France / Italy; Charmants Garçons /
UK: Charming Boys / USA: Too Many Lovers, Henri Decoin).
He successively was second assistant director
(1958 Cargaison blanche / USA: Illegal Cargo, Georges
Lacombe) and then fi rst assistant director (1958 Le
Beau Serge / UK: Bitter Reunion / USA: Handsome Serge,
Claude Chabrol; 1959 Ramuntcho, Pierre Schoendoerffer;
Les Cousins / USA: The Cousins, Claude Chabrol;
Les 400 Coups / UK and USA: The Four Hundred Blows
/ USA: The 400 Blows, François Truffaut; A Double Tour
/ A doppia mandata / UK: Web of Passion / USA: Leda,
Claude Chabrol, France / Italy). Other credits (as actor):
1960 A Bout de Souffl e / UK: By a Tether / UK and
USA: Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard); 1962 Les Filles de la
Rochelle (Bernard Defl andre); 1964 Les Pieds-Nickelés
(also fi lm supervisor, Jean-Claude Chambon); 1970
Le Cinéma de Papa (Claude Berri); 1996 Belmondo le
Magnifi que (documentary, as himself, Patrick Chammings);
(as executive producer): 1967 O Salto / Le Saut
(Christian de Chalonge); (as delegate producer): 1978
L’Argent des Autres (Christian de Chalonge); (as coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist): 1968 Ne jouez
pas avec les Martiens / USA: Don’t Play with Martians
(Henri Lanoë).
Filmography
1953 Les Trois Rendez-Vous (16-mm documentary;
short)
1954 Sous un autre Soleil (16-mm documentary;
short; also cinematographer)
Salon nautique (16-mm documentary; short;
also cinematographer)
1956 Opération Gas-Oil (16-mm documentary; short;
also cinematographer)
1959 Sous un autre Soleil (short)
1960 Les Jeux de l’Amour / UK: The Games of Love
/ The Love Game / USA: The Lovers (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, actor)
1961 Le Farceur / USA: The Joker (also co-screenwriter)
L’Amant de Cinq Jours / L’amante di cinque giorni
/ UK: Infedelity / USA: Five Day Lover (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter; France / Italy)
1962 Cartouche / UK: Swords of Blood (also coscreenwriter,
actor; France / Italy)