Paul Briggs (born December 17‚ 1974) is an American animator and voice actor. He is best known for working for the

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as a head of story on films such as '' Frozen'', '' Big Hero 6'', ''

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'' and ''

Raya and the Last Dragon ''Raya and the Last Dragon'' ( ) is a 2021 American animated fantasy action adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, co-directed by ...

''.

Early life

Briggs was born on December 17, 1974, in

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, and went to

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Career

Briggs started his career by an internship at the

in 1997 and worked on the animated film ''

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'' as a visual effects artist. In 2009, Briggs worked as a story artist on the animated film ''

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'', which released on December 11, 2009. He also provided the inaudible voice of Two Fingers, a character who was part of a bumbling trio of Cajun frog hunters. In 2013, he worked on the animated film '' Frozen'' as a head of story, which released on November 27, 2013. He also voiced the character Marshmallow. In 2014, Briggs again worked as the storyboard supervisor on the animated film '' Big Hero 6'', which released on November 7, 2014. He also voiced the minor character Yama. In 2018 it was revealed that Briggs would be directing with

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a new original film for Walt Disney Animation Studios with ''Dragon Empire'' as a tentative title, and would be released at any time from 2020. On August 24, 2019, at

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this information was confirmed, now titled ''

'', to be released on November 25, 2020. The date was later changed to March 12, 2021, due to the

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. In August 2020, Disney announced that Don Hall and

Carlos López Estrada Carlos López Estrada (born September 12, 1988) is a Mexican-American filmmaker, music video director, commercial director, theatre director, and actor. Born in Mexico, he moved to the United States when he was 12 and later enrolled at Chapman ...

replaced Briggs and Wellins as directors on the film, with Briggs and Wellins demoted to co-directors.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

Television

Video games

Documentaries

Other Credits

Accolades

For his work on ''Raya and the Last Dragon'', he was nominated at the

2021 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards The 6th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards were announced on January 17, 2022. The nominations were announced on January 10, 2022, with '' The Power of the Dog'' leading the nominations with eleven, followed by ''Dune'' with ten and '' The Green ...

for Best Animated Feature.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Briggs, Paul Living people Animators from Texas American visual effects artists American storyboard artists American male voice actors Artists from San Antonio Male actors from San Antonio Kansas City Art Institute alumni Walt Disney Animation Studios people 1974 births