Fabrice O. Joubert is a French film director, animator, story artist, and producer. He made his directorial debut with the animated film '' French Roast'' (2008), for which he was nominated for

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Life and career

Joubert was born in France and grew up in Paris where he graduated from the Gobelins Animation School after majoring in film studies at the Sorbonne University. He started his career in Los Angeles, hired by DreamWorks Animation in 1998 to work as an animator on their first 2D animated feature The Prince of Egypt, and honed his skills in traditional and cg animation on their next five movies “ In 2007, he settled in Paris to write and direct his first short animated film French Roast. The film was screened throughout the world and won multiple awards before being nominated for an Oscar in 2010. In 2013, he moved back to Los Angeles to work for Illumination Entertainment (''

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'', '' Minions'', ''

The Secret Life of Pets ''The Secret Life of Pets'' is a 2016 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, and distributed by Universal. It was directed by Chris Renaud, co-directed by Yarrow Cheney, and produced by Chr ...

'', ''Sing'' and so on). There, he directed a series of short films and commercials. In 2019, Fabrice wrote, directed and produced his first live action short film ''

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''. In 2025, he co-directed with Alain Chabat the animated mini-series Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight for Netflix.

Filmography

Fabrice worked on many different films, formats and techniques. Here is a list of the films he worked on: * 1998: ''

The Prince of Egypt ''The Prince of Egypt'' is a 1998 American animated musical drama film directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells, and written by Philip LaZebnik, from a story by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook. Produced by DreamWorks Pictur ...

'' – animator * 2000: ''

The Road to El Dorado ''The Road to El Dorado'' is a 2000 American animated musical adventure comedy film directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul, from a screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, as well as additional sequences directed by Will Finn and ...

'' – animator * 2002: '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' – animator * 2003: '' Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'' – supervising animator * 2004: ''

Shark Tale ''Shark Tale'' is a 2004 American animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks. The film was directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, and Rob Letterman, from a screenplay written by Letterman and Michael J. Wilson. The film features the vo ...

'' – supervising animator * 2005: '' Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' – stop-motion animator * 2006: ''

Flushed Away ''Flushed Away'' is a 2006 animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features. The film was directed by Sam Fell and David Bowers, from a screenplay by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keen ...

'' – supervising animator * 2008: '' French Roast'' – writer, director * 2010: ''

'' – character animation lead * 2011: '' A Monster in Paris'' – animation director * 2012: ''

The Lorax ''The Lorax'' is a children's literature, children's book written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1971. It chronicles the plight of the Biophysical environment, environment and the Lorax, the main character, who "speaks for the trees" and confront ...

'' – lead animator * 2013: ''

Despicable Me 2 ''Despicable Me 2'' is a 2013 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, and distributed by Universal. It is the sequel to '' Despicable Me'' (2010) and the second installment in the '' Despi ...

'' – story artist * 2013: '' Panic in the Mailroom'' – co-director * 2015: '' Binky Nelson Unpacified'' – co-director * 2019: ''

'' (live action) – director, writer, producer * 2025: '' Astérix & Obélix: The Big Fight'' – co-director

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joubert, Fabrice Living people French film producers French film directors Year of birth missing (living people)