Paul Briggs (animator)

Briggs was born on December 17, 1974, in San Antonio, Texas, and went to Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missouri.^[1][2]

Briggs started his career by an internship at the Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1997 and worked on the animated film Hercules as a visual effects artist.^[1]

In 2009, Briggs worked as a story artist on the animated film The Princess and the Frog, which released on December 11, 2009.^[2] 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.^[1] He also voiced the character Marshmallow.^[3]

In 2014, Briggs again worked as the storyboard supervisor on the animated film Big Hero 6, which released on November 7, 2014.^[1] He also voiced the minor character Yama.

In October 2018, he was set to direct a film titled Dragon Empire, alongside Dean Wellins.^[4] 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.^[5] The date was later changed to March 12, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] 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.^[7]

Year	Film	Credited as
		Director	Story Writer	Head of Story	Story Artist	Visual Effects Animator	Other	Voice Role	Notes
1991	Beauty and the Beast	No	No	No	No	Yes	No		The Special Edition, 2002
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	No	No	No	No	Uncredited	No		[8]
1997	Hercules	No	No	No	No	Additional	No		Effects in-between-er
1998	Mulan[3]	No	No	No	No	Assistant	No		Effects assistant
1999	Tarzan	No	No	No	No	Additional	No
2002	Lilo & Stitch	No	No	No	No	Key Assistant	No
2003	Brother Bear	No	No	No	No	Key Assistant	No
2008	Bolt	No	No	No	Additional	No	No
2009	The Princess and the Frog	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Two Fingers	[2][3]
2010	Tangled	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		[3]
2011	Gnomeo & Juliet	No	No	No	Uncredited	No	No		[9]
	Winnie the Pooh	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes		Additional Story Material
2013	Frozen	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Marshmallow	[3]
2014	Big Hero 6	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yama	Departmental Leadership[3]
2016	Zootopia	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Additional Story, Creative Leadership
	Moana	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet	No	No	No	Additional	No	Yes		Creative Leadership
2019	Frozen 2	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Marshmallow
2021	Raya and the Last Dragon[10]	Co-Director	Yes	No	No	No	Yes		Studio and Creative Leadership
	Encanto	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Year	Film	Credited as
		Story Writer	Story Artist	Other	Voice Role	Notes
2011	Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice	Yes	No	No		TV special
2013	Get a Horse!	Yes	Yes	Yes	Additional Voices
2015	Frozen Fever	No	No	Yes	Marshmallow

Year	Title	Prop Designer	Voice Actor	Voice Role	Notes
2005	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Yes	No		2 episodes
	Duck Dodgers	Yes	No
2017–21	Big Hero 6: The Series	No	Yes	Yama	9 episodes

Year	Title	Voice Role
2019	Kingdom Hearts III	Marshmallow

Year	Title	Role
2020	Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II	Himself

Year	Title	Credit
2016	Born in China	Special Thanks