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 was a Spanish licensing and production company of animated television series such as '' Around the World with Willy Fog'', ''Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'' and '' The World of David the Gnome''. At the end of January ...

. He created the television shows '' The World of David the Gnome'' and '' Gladiator Academy'', 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 The Málaga Festival, formerly Málaga Spanish Film Festival (FMCE), is an annual film festival held in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. The festival was established to promote Spanish cinema and help disseminate information about Spanish films. Since ...

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 ''Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'' is a children's animated television series that adapts the classic 1844 Alexandre Dumas story of d'Artagnan and ''The Three Musketeers'', produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional with animation by Ja ...

'' 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

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, although he did not obtain the necessary votes to win. He was also part of the directive of football team

for three periods (1986-1989, 1993-1994 and 2004-2006). Boyd died on 17 October 2022, at the age of 81.

Filmography

TV shows * '' A Thousand and One... Americas'' * '' Around the World with Willy Fog'' * ''

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 Seas'' by Jules Verne, with the characters from '' Around the World with Willy Fog'', produce ...

'' * ''

'' * '' The Return of Dogtanian'' * '' The Mozart Band'' * ''Football Stories'' * '' Fantaghirò'' * '' The Gnomes' Great Adventure'' * '' The World of David the Gnome'' * ''

Wisdom of the Gnomes ''The World of David the Gnome'', originally titled ''David, el Gnomo'' and also known as ''David, the Gnome'', is a Spanish animated television series based on ''The Secret Book of Gnomes'', a series of Children's literature, children's books ...

'' * ''

Ruy, the Little Cid ''Ruy, the Little Cid'' is an 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 Spani ...

'' * '' Vicky & Johnny'' * '' The Untouchables of Elliot Mouse'' * ''Yolanda: The Secret of the Black Rose'' * '' Gladiator Academy'' Films * ''The Monstrous Adventures of Zipi and Zape'' * ''The Princess and the Pirate: Sandokan the TV Movie'' * ''Fantaghiro: Quest for the Quorum''

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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 Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds {{animator-stub