Didier Brunner (born 6 March 1948, in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

) is a French film producer. Brunner originally began working in the film industry as an assistant director and later director on educational documentary films. He later moved into working in the field of animation. In 1987, Brunner founded Trans-Europe Film, in which he produced animated productions such as

Michel Ocelot Michel Ocelot (born 27 October 1943) is a French writer, designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs (formerly also animator, background artist, narrator and other roles in earlier works) and a former presid ...

's ''

Tales of the Night ''Tales of the Night'' (French: ') is a 1992 French silhouette animation television special screenwriter, written and film director, directed by Michel Ocelot. It aired on Canal+ in France, ZDF in Germany and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. It ...

''. In 1994, he left Trans-Europe Film and started

Les Armateurs Les Armateurs is a French film production company focused on animation. It was founded by Didier Brunner in 1994 and is based in Paris. It produces feature films, short films and television series. Brunner served as the president of the company unt ...

where he has produced animations such as '' The Old Lady and the Pigeons'' and ''

The Triplets of Belleville ''The Triplets of Belleville'' (french: Les Triplettes de Belleville) is a 2003 animated comedy film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It was released as ''Belleville Rendez-vous'' in the United Kingdom. The film is Chomet's first feature ...

'' by

Sylvain Chomet Sylvain Chomet (; born 10 November 1963) is a French comic writer, animator and film director. Early career Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Seine-et-Oise (now Yvelines), near Paris, he studied art at high school until he graduated in 1982. Chomet ...

, and ''

Kirikou and the Sorceress ''Kirikou and the Sorceress'' (french: Kirikou et la Sorcière, ) is a 1998 traditional animation feature film written and directed by Michel Ocelot. Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves h ...

'' and other films by

Filmography as producer

*1992: ''

'' (TV movie) *1996: ''

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'' (TV series) *1998: ''

Lupo Alberto Lupo Alberto ("Alberto the Wolf") is a famous Italian comic book series created by Guido Silvestri (Silver) in 1974. It details the adventures of Lupo Alberto, a blue wolf. The protagonist of the comic book, Lupo Alberto, takes the shape of the ...

'' (TV series) *1998: '' The Old Lady and the Pigeons'' (short film) *1998: ''

'' *1999: ''

Charley and Mimmo ''Charley and Mimmo'' (french: T'Choupi et Doudou) is a traditionally animated children's television series that aired on YTV between 1999 and 2002. Plot ''Charley and Mimmo'' () consists of a typical family (father, mother, son, and baby siste ...

'' (TV series) *2000: ''

Princes and Princesses ''Princes et Princesses'' (Princes and Princesses) is a 2000 compilation film by French animator Michel Ocelot. The film consists of six episodes of the 1989 French silhouette animation television series ''Ciné si''. Release Produced in 1999 b ...

'' *2001: ''

Belphegor In Christian demonology, Belphegor (or Beelphegor, he, בַּעַל-פְּעוֹר ''Báʿal-pəʿór'' - Lord of the Gap) is a demon. In later Kabbalah Belphegor is a demon who helps people make discoveries. He seduces people by suggesting to ...

'' (TV series) *2001: ''

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'' *2003: ''

'' *2005: ''

Kiri le clown Kiri may refer to: People * Kiri (given name), a given name (and list of people with the name) * Kiri Te Kanawa (born 1944), New Zealand soprano * Riku Kiri (born 1963), Finnish weight lifter * Solomon Kiri (fl. 1990s), New Zealand rugby playe ...

'' (TV series) *2005: ''

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts ''Kirikou and the Wild Beasts'' (French: ''Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages'') is a 2005 French animated feature film. It premiered at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival on 13 May and, unlike its predecessor, received only festival screenings in all Engl ...

'' *2006: '' L'Equilibre de la terreur'' *2009: ''

The Secret of Kells ''The Secret of Kells'' is a 2009 animated fantasy film about the making of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript from the 9th Century. The film is an Irish-French-Belgian co-production animated by Cartoon Saloon, which premiered on 8 ...

'' *2010: '' Kill Me Please'' (live-action film) *2012: ''

Ernest & Celestine ''Ernest & Celestine'' (french: Ernest et Célestine) is a 2012 animated comedy drama film directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner. The film is based on a series of children's books of the same name published by the Bel ...

'' *2012: ''

Kirikou and the Men and Women ''Kirikou and the Men and Women'' (french: Kirikou et les Hommes et les Femmes) is a 2012 computer-animated children's film written and directed by Michel Ocelot. The second sequel to Ocelot's 1998 film ''Kirikou and the Sorceress ''Kiriko ...

'' *2015: ''

The Long Long Holiday ''The Long Long Holiday (Les Grandes Grandes Vacances)'' is a French animated series broadcast in 2015 on France 3, which tells the story of the German occupation of France during the Second World War through the perspectives of children in Norman ...

'' *2021: ''

The Summit of the Gods is a manga series written and illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi. Based on a 1998 novel by Baku Yumemakura, it follows Fukamachi, a photographer who finds a camera supposedly belonging to George Mallory, a mountaineer who went missing on Mount E ...

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