Claudio Biern Boyd (21 November 1940 – 17 October 2022) was a Spanish television writer, director, producer and founder of the Spanish animation studio

BRB Internacional BRB Internacional S.A.U is a Spanish licensing and production company of animated television series as ''Around the World with Willy Fog'', '' Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'' and ''The World of David the Gnome''. On 31 January 2018, WildBrai ...

. He created the television shows ''

The World of David the Gnome ''The World of David the Gnome'', originally titled ''David, el Gnomo'' (also known as ''David, the Gnome''), is a Spanish animated television series based on the children's book '' The Secret Book of Gnomes'', by the Dutch author Wil Huygen and ...

'' and ''

Gladiator Academy ''Gladiator Academy'' ( es, Academia de Gladiadores) is a children's animated television series created by Claudio Biern Boyd, who also created ''The World of David the Gnome''. The series was targeted to children aged 6 to 10 and premiered on Te ...

'', among other projects.

Life and career

Throughout his professional career, Boyd received more than forty awards, among which are the Extraordinary Talent Award of the Academia de Televisión in 2017, Best Communicator with Children Award of the Festival Internacional de Comunicación Infantil El Chupete in 2014, Biznaga de Oro 2012 awarded by the Málaga Film Festival in 2012, Medalla al Trabajo President Macià Generalitat de Catalunya in 2011, the European Tribute of Honor award given by Cartoon Forum in 2007 or the Bronze Medal of the New York International Film and Television Festival for the series '' Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'' in 1982. Boyd later chaired his companies, BRB Internacional and Apolo Films. He also ran as a candidate for the presidency of the football club

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...

, although he did not obtain the necessary votes to win. Boyd died on 17 October 2022, at the age of 81.

Filmography

*'' A Thousand and One... Americas'' *''

Around the World with Willy Fog ''Around the World with Willy Fog'' ( es, link=no, La vuelta al mundo de Willy Fog) is a Spanish-Japanese animated television adaptation of the 1873 novel ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' by Jules Verne produced by Spanish studio BRB Interna ...

'' *''

Willy Fog 2 ''Willy Fog 2'' is a Spanish animated television adaptation of the novels ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' and ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'' by Jules Verne, with the characters from '' Around the World with Willy Fog'', produced ...

'' *'' Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'' *'' The Return of Dogtanian'' *'' The Mozart Band'' *'' Football Stories'' *'' Fantaghirò'' *'' The Gnomes' Great Adventure'' *''

'' *'' Wisdom of the Gnomes'' *''

Ruy, the Little Cid ''Ruy, the Little Cid'' is a Spanish animated adventure series produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional and Televisión Española with animation by Japanese studio Nippon Animation. The series is based upon the life of El Cid, an 11th-century ...

'' *'' Vicky & Johnny'' *'' The Untouchables of Elliot Mouse''

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* 1940 births 2022 deaths People from Palma de Mallorca Spanish animators Spanish film directors Spanish film producers Spanish television producers Spanish animated film directors Spanish animated film producers {{animator-stub