Paul Briggs (born December 17‚ 1974) is an American animator and voice actor. He is best known for working for the Walt Disney Animation Studios as a head of story on films such as Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia and Raya and the Last Dragon.
Early life Briggs was born on December 17, 1974, in San Antonio, Texas, and went to Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missouri.
Career Briggs started his career by an internship at the Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1996 and worked on the animated film Hercules as a visual effects artist.
In 2009, Briggs worked as a story artist on the animated film The Princess and the Frog, 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 October 2018, he was set to direct a film titled Dragon Empire, alongside Dean Wellins. On August 24, 2019, at D23 Expo this information was confirmed, now titled Raya and the Last Dragon, to be released on November 25, 2020. The date was later changed to March 12, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2020, Disney announced that Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada replaced Briggs and Wellins as directors on the film, with Briggs and Wellins demoted to co-directors.
Filmography
Feature films YearFilmCredited asDirectorStory WriterHeadofStoryStoryArtistVisualEffectsAnimatorOtherVoice RoleNotes 1991 Beauty and the Beast The Special Edition, 2002 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1997 Hercules Effects in-between-er 1998 Mulan Effects assistant 1999 Tarzan 2002 Lilo & Stitch 2003 Brother Bear 2008 Bolt 2009 The Princess and the Frog Two Fingers 2010 Tangled 2011 Gnomeo & Juliet Winnie the Pooh Additional Story Material 2013 Frozen Marshmallow 2014 Big Hero 6 Yama Departmental Leadership 2016 Zootopia Additional Story, Creative Leadership Moana 2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet Creative Leadership 2019 Frozen 2 Marshmallow 2021 Raya and the Last Dragon Studio and Creative Leadership Encanto
Short films YearFilmCredited asStory WriterStoryArtistOtherVoice RoleNotes 2011 Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice TV special 2013 Get a Horse! Additional Voices 2015 Frozen Fever Marshmallow
Television Year TitlePropDesignerVoiceActor Voice Role Notes 2005 Avatar: The Last Airbender 2 episodes Duck Dodgers 2017–21 Big Hero 6: The Series Yama 9 episodes
Video games Year Title Voice Role 2019 Kingdom Hearts III Marshmallow
Documentaries Year Title Role 2020 Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II Himself
Other Credits Year Title Credit 2016 Born in China Special Thanks 2025 In Your Dreams Special Thanks
Accolades For his work on Raya and the Last Dragon, he was nominated at the 2021 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards for Best Animated Feature.
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